IK Multimedia iRig HD X Guitar Audio Interface - 96 kHz Music Recording, 24-bit, For iPhone, iPad, Mac, iOS, And PC With Lightning Cable, USB-C, Guitar Accessories, Recording Studio Equipment

Feels good, good quality build. Works to record via line on iOS - i got it for garage band, and it works!According to the official product page on their site, you also get access to TonEx and some other goodies for MacOS and iOS. I haven't tried them yet, but look forward to it (just been busy). Feels good quality and works well though.

I really like this thing. Just needs better instructions but once you figure it out it works great. Had to look up YT videos to figure it out.

I literally spent 10 hours trying to get this to work. Better directions would be helpful. Nice product if you can get it working. The help phone number was not working, shocker. Nice product, poor instructions, weak assistance.

I haven’t played guitar seriously in a long time. One of the main reasons is when I sit down to play I legitimately only have 15 to 30 minutes to play because of my busy lifestyle. If I have to tinker around with amp settings or locating a good guitar tab, that eats into most of my practice time. Having this tool allows me to get the exact sound coupled with using Ultimate Guitars pro tabs, I am able to sit down plug-in and instantly start playing what I want. This has greatly helped my playing because it keeps me engaged and keeps it fun without being near as stressful as I found it to be in the past.I plug headphones and my guitar into this device and have no issues on latency, sound, quality, etc.I would recommend this to any beginner, novice, gigger, whoever plays this is a great tool.

I wanted to try this interface for a while now and finally got my hands on one a couple of weeks ago. I've been trying it out ever since and honestly I really like it. It does sound just like a regular amp. I also bought the Dimebag Darrel presets on the shop and it sounds just like it. It's small and pretty simple to use. Technically just buy AmpliTube and plug it onto your device with the cables it came with and there you go. I love that it's also compatible with windows. BUT, that's where I found some issues. It works great for ISO devices and pretty much anything Apple-related. But when it comes to Windows it lacks a lot. Every time I found myself trying to use it on my PC it kept on messing with my audio. It disables all my other audio devices and it has a lot of static noise when plugged. Which is strange cause this doesn't happen on Apple devices though, so if you are getting it for that then really look no further. I would really recommend this for anybody that wants to try out a virtual amp. If you want to invest some more and buy yourself the pedal instead of just the interface I'm pretty sure you will enjoy it way more.

Pros:The iRig HD2 provides an inexpensive, easy way to play your guitar through your laptop, tablet or phone, for whatever reason you might want to do that. The interface quality is good, and I’ve experienced no latency issues whatsoever. iRig HD2 comes with the Amplitube 4 amp/effects farm.Cons:The literature says: “Comes with AmpliTube 4 for Mac/PC, Unlocks full version features and gear of AmpliTube for iOS (Free download from App Store),” but that’s a little misleading. You have to really hunt to find out how to unlock the real version of Amplitude 4 — it took me four or five emails with IK to figure it out. And once unlocked, it’s still a hamstrung version, where most of the best amps, cabs, speakers, effects, and presets remain paid upgrades. But you get plenty of basic stuff to work with for non-critical applications. Considering the hardware and software together only cost $100, my gripe is more with the misleading marketing claims than the product itself.The electronics in the iRig HD2 seem to be of high digital quality, but the unit itself is very light weight and feels kind of flimsy — even it it isn’t. The weak point is the connection point for, and/or the USB chord on the unit side. Once plugged in and working, if the unit jiggles — which is pretty likely when a guitar chord plugged into it — the connection between the hardware and AmpliTube 4 usually drops for a few seconds, and when it does, you have to reboot AmpliTube 4. Imagine that in a live environment.AmpliTube 4 is kind of buggy, too. When I first started using this setup, it seemed to be working properly on both of my Mac laptops, but after a few months, I’ve had trouble with software crashes on both machines. I can usually get it to come back, and it seems to have stabilized again, but at one point, I needed (on both machines) to delete my AmpliTube 4.settings file from the IK Multimedia directory deep within the system library so the software would generate a new, clean one. Only my decades in the software industry led me to try this, and it did seem to solve the problem. You can create support tickets with IK, and they do get back to you, but my dealings with support on the unlocking the real version of AmpliTube 4 situation didn’t fill me with a lot of confidence.I use this setup for practice only — through Mac earbuds, no less, so the sound quality isn’t particularly inspiring in my particular use-case. Given that IK pitches this as both a live a recording solution, your mileage may vary. For live, IMO, I wouldn’t rely on it for anything larger than a coffee house kind of gig, where it might be enough. Though the chance of the connection dropping or the software crashing would likely scare me off. For recording using AmpliTube 4 as your amp, you might get good results, and as I said, I haven’t experienced any latency issues. Personally, I’d have to hear it in the context of recorded tracks, through studio monitors.Summary:I wanted a way to centralize my entire practice routine and all of my resources (TABs, backing tracks, reference diagrams, videos, practice log,) onto my laptop. iRig HD2 let me do that at a very reasonable cost.