By Guitarify on December 13, 2011
The folks over at Positive Grid are clearly in the holiday giving spirit. Makers of the recently released JamUp Pro software that turns your iOS device (iPads,iPhones, Ipod Touch) into a virtual amp and pedalboard. And the JamPlug, the hardware which allows you to connect your guitar to said iOS device. The software currently has 6 different hybrid amp models […]
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By Guitarify on November 11, 2011
Guitar Hero and Rockband are the reason I got serious about playing the guitar again after 15 years of just occasional noodling. Playing those games with my kids was close enough to the real experience of being in a band, to remind me how much I had loved it. But the plastic button approach was different enough […]
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By Guitarify on October 29, 2011
Over at Gearpipe they are giving away 10 JamUp plugs, one a day till November 7th. The JamUp plug is an adapter that allows you to connect your guitar to your iOS device. Ideally, the JamUp Plugs creators, Positive Grid, hope you will use it along with their new JamUp software. JamUp is basically an […]
Posted in Amps, Gear, Pedals, Record | Tagged Amps, contest, emulation, free, iPad, iphone, practice, recording, tuner |
By Guitarify on March 15, 2011
Videogame company Ubisoft has just announced an interesting new title called “Rocksmith”. It’s basically what all the critics of games like Guitar Hero have been asking for, a game where you learn to play an actual instrument instead of a plastic ‘toy’. You don’t need any kind of ‘special’ guitar controller either. Any electric guitar […]
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By Guitarify on July 15, 2010
simple metronome Using a metronome when practicing guitar is essential. Besides the obvious benefit of helping to develop your sense of timing and rhythm, a skill that many beginning guitarists overlook, it has many other benefits as well. By making you more conscious of when you are hitting the note you will have a tendency […]
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