Anyone Using iRig With Koala?

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I’ve been thinking about getting iRig to get sounds into Koala? Can you do it directly? Anyone got experience?

Silvertip

Just checked with iRig PRO
(the rectangular version 1).
Worked flawless.

chrka

I sometimes use an iRig and a 3.5mm-to-lightning-adapter with Koala and it works great for both electric guitar and an old Casio keyboard. Sound quality isn't the absolute best maybe but perfectly acceptable (and more than adequate for lo-fi

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@Silvertip said:
Just checked with iRig PRO
(the rectangular version 1).
Worked flawless.

Brilliant! Thanks.

[Deleted User]

@chrka said:
I sometimes use an iRig and a 3.5mm-to-lightning-adapter with Koala and it works great for both electric guitar and an old Casio keyboard. Sound quality isn't the absolute best maybe but perfectly acceptable (and more than adequate for lo-fi

Does iRig need the lightning adapter to work?

chrka

@looperboy I have the ”plain” iRig that connects to the headphone jack (it’s not a real audio interface). My iPhone doesn’t have that but Apple’s adapter works.

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@chrka said:
@looperboy I have the ”plain” iRig that connects to the headphone jack (it’s not a real audio interface). My iPhone doesn’t have that but Apple’s adapter works.

Right! Thanks.

Vip8888

I just plugged in my iRig HD2 to test, and that works fine recording into Koala. It only records clean guitar, or you can apply the eight standard effects (I can’t see that there is a way to apply the Performance effects playing live).

Rather than plugging straight into Koala I’d probably set up Koala in AUM though, giving the option to record with AU effects.

dobbs

@looperboy said:

@chrka said:
I sometimes use an iRig and a 3.5mm-to-lightning-adapter with Koala and it works great for both electric guitar and an old Casio keyboard. Sound quality isn't the absolute best maybe but perfectly acceptable (and more than adequate for lo-fi

Does iRig need the lightning adapter to work?

@chrka said:
@looperboy I have the ”plain” iRig that connects to the headphone jack (it’s not a real audio interface). My iPhone doesn’t have that but Apple’s adapter works.

Switching to a digital irig will be a day and night difference the irig with headphone jack is basically just an impedance changer/passive DI box and uses the dac of the phone (or in this case of the lightning adapter) itself. So not a whole lot more functionality than a 6,3->3,5mm adapter

That thing was the first „recording equipment“ I ever bought and i was very glad to return it, results were incredibly noisy especially when used with an amp-sim. But idk, maybe the lightning adapter gives better results than with the ipad mini 1 and 2 i used back then…

I feel like the digital irig interfaces get a bad name because they’re so often thrown together with the passive 3,5mm jack version

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@dobbs said:

@looperboy said:

@chrka said:
I sometimes use an iRig and a 3.5mm-to-lightning-adapter with Koala and it works great for both electric guitar and an old Casio keyboard. Sound quality isn't the absolute best maybe but perfectly acceptable (and more than adequate for lo-fi

Does iRig need the lightning adapter to work?

@chrka said:
@looperboy I have the ”plain” iRig that connects to the headphone jack (it’s not a real audio interface). My iPhone doesn’t have that but Apple’s adapter works.

Switching to a digital irig will be a day and night difference the irig with headphone jack is basically just an impedance changer/passive DI box and uses the dac of the phone (or in this case of the lightning adapter) itself. So not a whole lot more functionality than a 6,3->3,5mm adapter

That thing was the first „recording equipment“ I ever bought and i was very glad to return it, results were incredibly noisy especially when used with an amp-sim. But idk, maybe the lightning adapter gives better results than with the ipad mini 1 and 2 i used back then…

I feel like the digital irig interfaces get a bad name because they’re so often thrown together with the passive 3,5mm jack version

Very true. I bought iRig Stream in the end, for the stereo phono inputs, and the quality is perfect. Straight into Koala too. It works like a dream.

gabal

Is it possible to use the loopback function of the new iRig HD X to record in Koala the audio playing from other applications like YouTube or Spotify?

gabal

@gabal said:
Is it possible to use the loopback function of the new iRig HD X to record in Koala the audio playing from other applications like YouTube or Spotify?

I answer myself, yes, it is possible

offbrands

Nice of you to come back a month later and answer in case anyone stumbles upon this thread! Cheers.

@gabal said:

@gabal said:
Is it possible to use the loopback function of the new iRig HD X to record in Koala the audio playing from other applications like YouTube or Spotify?

I answer myself, yes, it is possible