01.04.11
iPhone integration with audio kit – the solution
A little while ago I set out on a quest to be able to insert my iPhone into my audio setup to allow me to use the studio as a hends free interface for calls. It’s seems very frivilus now that I read that back, but it’s actually important to be able to caprute the calls to.. so there!
Anyway, time moved on and I had some little success building various cables and experimenting but my solution came in the form of a relatively simple little device designed to do something totally different (isn’t that always the way), namely to provide an interface to connect an electric guitar to the iPhone (or iPod Touch or iPad). The manufacturer is Peavey – those of you in the know will already have the association made as Peavey are well know for their guitar amplifiers among other things – and the device is the Ampkit Link.
This innocuous little white widget does exactly what I want it to do and I’m now a very happy, and very audio integrated, person. The XBox side of the equation is going to be handled by a simple adaptor cable which I’ll build up as the connections are different on the iPone jack – and therefore on the Peavey device – than on the XBox controller.
As an aside, the app which supports the Link hardware is free for a basic version and, if you’re a guitar person with an i-Device, might be worth a look-see.
The Ampkit Link
