The iOS bass player thread. (Jamup XT, Audiobus, Multitrack DAW and more)

[adambomb]

Well, I went ahead and installed Jamup (Free) and bought the Bass Expansion pack. I played around with it (using my Peavey AmpKit Link) for a while. It's nice. But, so far, I'm not hearing any special difference from AmpliTube, as far as the bass tone goes.

That said for practice use only any of the amp sims would do... Hey, free AT would do the job of just hearing yourself to play along with the practice player. I just recently order myself some shure in ears to play live with. I have so much money going out for family expenses and bills .... I wish I had the funds to be able to go out and just plop down some multidriver in ears for practice. .... Anyway sorry for the one man pitty party... You should be hearing a big difference from AT to jamup bass exp. I heard it right away. At first I was just using the earphones that came from apple (the stock iPhone ones) for practice. And you can hear a huge difference live with a much better set of headphones and a good FOH.

 

[Rip Topaz]

Definitely a big difference with better earbuds/headphones.

My live signal chain looks like this:

Bass --> Irig (for now)-->DI (signal splits here)-->side A to DI--> PA

Side B (from DI) to Yamaha mixer for in ears, which also recieved feeds from the main PA mixer. I'm currently running four channels on the in ear board. Two for the main mix, my bass signal, and my vocals.

So from the mixer I can control the levels (in my ears) of my bass, my vocals and the main mix.

The main PA mixer gets my bass after Jamup.

 

[steve_rolfeca]

I'd love to hear specifically how people are using their iOS device in a live setting... Specifically what interface(s) you're using and how you are amplifying it.

I've only used mine in rehearsal so far- stuff has to prove itself for a while before I trust it on stage.

I have JamUp Pro XT and the paid versions of Amplitube, GK, Garage band, etc. Ended up using Pocket GK with Apogee Jam into iPhone 5, JamHub Tour and Shure SE425 buds.

I'm not a JamHub fan, and I've had limited success using a post-EQ feed from my GK MB800, or my Empress ParaEQ, to sweeten it up. The Pocket GK setup turned out to be my best-sounding solution yet!

 

[Joe Nerve]

Haven't used anything live yet but I've done some recording with auria. Surprised nobody's yet mentioned it. If you're doing recording, right now it's the best that's out. Worth looking into.

 

[Rip Topaz]

Haven't used anything live yet but I've done some recording with auria. Surprised nobody's yet mentioned it. If you're doing recording, right now it's the best that's out. Worth looking into.

It's also the most expensive.
Plus, with Audiobus just coming out, everyone is still learning that, and all the apps attached. Right now, Multitrack DAW is also a major contender.

Auria seems great but at $50 it's out of the range most are willing to spend for an app. It's also not available in the App Store yet, so getting it on your device still isn't easy for most.

 

[Duke21]

It's also the most expensive.
Plus, with Audiobus just coming out, everyone is still learning that, and all the apps attached. Right now, Multitrack DAW is also a major contender.

Auria seems great but at $50 it's out of the range most are willing to spend for an app. It's also not available in the App Store yet, so getting it on your device still isn't easy for most.

+1, never heard of Auria, but 50$ is pretty steep for an iOS app.

 

[Duke21]

That said for practice use only any of the amp sims would do... Hey, free AT would do the job of just hearing yourself to play along with the practice player. I just recently order myself some shure in ears to play live with. I have so much money going out for family expenses and bills .... I wish I had the funds to be able to go out and just plop down some multidriver in ears for practice. .... Anyway sorry for the one man pitty party... You should be hearing a big difference from AT to jamup bass exp. I heard it right away. At first I was just using the earphones that came from apple (the stock iPhone ones) for practice. And you can hear a huge difference live with a much better set of headphones and a good FOH.

Don't you worry about the single driver SE215. They are actually better for bass playing then the SE425. The SE425 are much better for music listening but I actually prefer the SE215 for bass playing as the bass is more dominant in these.

 

[TaySte_2000]

It really depends. Part of the reason that I'm running the free version of Jamup was that I just don't need all the guitar stuff. For my purposes it ended up being better to just buy them individually (with the exception of the bass pack).

Yeah I got the free version and then bought the Bass pack, amps sound nice, effects need expanding, at least for what I'm messing with.

I'll work it out and see which is cheaper.

 

[Rip Topaz]

+1, never heard of Auria, but 50$ is pretty steep for an iOS app.

Auria is pretty much just a ghost at this point in the game.

 

[adambomb]

I'd love to hear specifically how people are using their iOS device in a live setting... Specifically what interface(s) you're using and how you are amplifying it.

I've only used mine in rehearsal so far- stuff has to prove itself for a while before I trust it on stage.

I didn't have to let AT prove itself to me it was the best to my ears on the headphones that was good enough to me at the time, because the church I play at several times a week began a "no amps on stage" policy for "controlling stage volume" and feedback and the such. Well, since my 1972 bassman does not have a DI, and i wasn't able to have my amp up there and mic it and I could not stand the bland, DI to FOH. So I used the iRig and AT for a year live.... it wasn't as good as I have it now, but I could use the iRig with a lot of tweaking to get the tone I was looking for in the mix from the aviom headphone monitors to send to DI just like a mic'ed cab.

Now I use the ART USB Dual Pre into the apple USB camera adapter to 30 pin and jamup's bass expansion to send by di so it then by the FOH soundboard get split out to stage monitor (for singers) and mains and subs and aviom system for the musicians own personal headphone mixes....and it sounds killer.

 

[adambomb]

+1, never heard of Auria, but 50$ is pretty steep for an iOS app.

It looks like it would be amazing (from you tube clips and such)

 

[twocargar]

I mainly use my iPad for my Moog sounds using Animoog, and controlling it with an M-Audio Oxygen 25 (3rd gen), connected via USB and the Apple Camera Connector. With GarageBand I'm able to dial in quite a few good bass sounds using the stomp boxes and amps, including a great Geddy Lee bass tone!

 

[Rip Topaz]

That's the thing. Auria looks like a great app to everyone, but nobody has actually seen it!! It's a fancy website but not available to the general public.

 

[Rip Topaz]

I mainly use my iPad for my Moog sounds using Animoog, and controlling it with an M-Audio Oxygen 25 (3rd gen), connected via USB and the Apple Camera Connector. With GarageBand I'm able to dial in quite a few good bass sounds using the stomp boxes and amps, including a great Geddy Lee bass tone!

Have you started using Audiobus yet?
Also, the amp models available in Jamup far surpass Garageband. You should give it a listen.

 

[Joe Nerve]

It's also the most expensive.
Plus, with Audiobus just coming out, everyone is still learning that, and all the apps attached. Right now, Multitrack DAW is also a major contender.

Auria seems great but at $50 it's out of the range most are willing to spend for an app. It's also not available in the App Store yet, so getting it on your device still isn't easy for most.

$40 when I bought it at the app store last month. Also offers waaaay more in functionality than any other recording app currently available. Considering the price of comparable recording software, imo $40 is practically a giveaway.

 

[Rip Topaz]

Just did a search for it. Nothing.

Maybe it's iPad only. I'm running all my stuff on an iPhone 4S.

 

[Joe Nerve]

Just did a search for it. Nothing.

Maybe it's iPad only.

There ya go.

 

[adambomb]

Don't you worry about the single driver SE215. They are actually better for bass playing then the SE425. The SE425 are much better for music listening but I actually prefer the SE215 for bass playing as the bass is more dominant in these.

Glad to hear you say that because I haven't gotten my shures yet I hope to get them for Christmas (fingers crossed) and they are the 215's. I was sick of getting on stage and putting those huge cans on my head.
The church provided them and it has great response (Behringer HPS3000 Studio Headphones) they sound great but dorky lookin I was worried about the bass and clarity and I wasn't gonna put someone else's in ears in my ears to try them out (eeeeeeewwww). The reviews say they are great but I don't know those people and don't really trust them

 

[Rip Topaz]

If that's the case, then Multitrack DAW is DEFINITELY the best, just for being cross-platform!!

 

[adambomb]

I mainly use my iPad for my Moog sounds using Animoog, and controlling it with an M-Audio Oxygen 25 (3rd gen), connected via USB and the Apple Camera Connector. With GarageBand I'm able to dial in quite a few good bass sounds using the stomp boxes and amps, including a great Geddy Lee bass tone!

Awesome avatar picture !!!!!!!!