IK Multimedia iRig HD 2 – Interface for Guitar, 96 kHz with 24-bit A/D Conversion, Outstanding Audio Quality, Compact, Professional Sound, FX and Thru Adjustme
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24-bit/96kHz pristine noiseless soundFirst and foremost, iRig HD 2 simply sounds amazing. It features superior digital audio quality with premium 24-bit A/D converters and a 96kHz sample rate — the highest in its class — for a crystal clear digital signal that’s free from noise and crosstalk. This pure high resolution conversion lets your guitar’s natural performance tone come through loud and clear when playing and recording on your iPad, iPhone, Mac or PC. It’s super-transparent preamp ensures that every nuance — from the pickups, wood tone, string size, nut material, electronics, and every other reason you picked “that†guitar in the first place — is accurately communicated to your device with zero coloration or interference. And because of it’s 96kHz sample rate, the depth and clarity of your sound will simply floor you — iRig HD 2 sounds amazing. | Amp Out with dual mode switchOne of the things that makes the iRig HD 2 unique is the ability to send your processed signal directly to a guitar amp without the need for special conversion adapters. iRig HD 2 features an unbalanced 1/4″ Amp Out jack that you can use to send your processed or unprocessed guitar signal to an external amplifier, floor tuner or completely different rig setup for live performance. The Amp Out jack features a dual mode switch allowing you to choose what type of signal you want to send to your amp. The “FX†setting sends your processed signal, or the sound coming out of your software/app to the external device. This is perfect when you want to use your iPad or Laptop as your effects pedalboard, your amp’s front end or complete tone rig in a live setting. The “Thru†setting sends your guitar’s dry, unprocessed signal directly to the out jack, allowing you to use a floor-based or rack tuner, a pedalboard or even an additional full-on stage rig. Plus as an added performance feature, iRig HD 2 has an integrated microphone stand “clip†and Velcro strap so you can secure it to a mic stand on stage for live performance. | Integrated headphone out, iPhone 7 readyIf you’re contemplating upgrading to the latest and greatest iPhone, then listen up. iRig HD 2 sports a new 1/8″ (3.5mm) headphone jack with preamp and level control integrated into the unit so you can monitor your recording and playing… even if your device doesn’t feature a headphone jack. Pretty smart. But this is no ordinary standard “headphone†jack — it features a high-resolution headphone preamp that optimizes the audio signal for full range playback and monitoring. You can also use this output to send a stereo signal out to a mixing console or a pair of powered monitors like iLoud Micro Monitor. |
One interface – everywhere you play
iPhone, iPad, Mac or PC — iRig HD 2 works everywhere you do. All the cables you need to connect it to the latest devices are included, and iRig HD 2 is class compliant so it works with all your devices and computers. Got an idea? Start it on your iPad, finish it on your Mac — same great tone.
The Bottom line
iRig HD 2 will free your mind from the confines of tradition and inspire you to be your creative best. Break away from the past and enter a whole new world of mobile guitar playing — get the iRig HD 2 and take your playing to a higher level.
| Weight: | 36.3 g |
| Dimensions: | 9.9 x 2.1 x 3.9 cm; 36.29 Grams |
| Model: | IP-IRIG-HD2-IN |
| Colour: | Black |
| Colour: | Black |
I use this for both guitar and mono line sources adapted to 1/4″. Works great for both. I don’t use the IK software so can’t comment on that. The interface itself is great though.
Works great clean clean sound direct from amp or pedal Board for the price if you want to go live on social media, yt insta fb via a guitar this js the only kit you need, every guitarist on social
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After being very disappointed with a cheaper guitar-to-USB cable and sending it back because of lots of hiss, I got this in order to connect my guitar to my laptop (running Guitar Rig and Amplitube with the ASIO4ALL driver). One nice thing, in a sense, is that you bring your own cable, so you know it’s decent quality. When the gain control was set to almost full volume, there was no hiss in the output sound. That’s all I needed – a hiss-free connection from guitar to laptop, and it’s very portable too and does not require a battery or power cable.
Garage Band on the iPad is great as it is for producing “electronic” music; drum machine, bass lines, string section etc. but I wanted to add some human input.
You can record through the built in microphone but for electric guitar in wanted something better and the iRig 2 is perfect. Just connect it to the headphone socket, plug guitar and headphones into their respective sockets and you’re away.
While it might not be good enough for professional studio quality recording, it’s certainly up to amateur use and demos.
Well worth the money. I have a Roland PD 5 drum kit, a little mixer, a go pro and my samsung s10 +
Everything through the mixer (backing tracks and PD5) via main mix out, into the Irig, which then goes into headphone jack of phone. Using irig recorder or if im making a music video- using native camera app which uses the Irig as sound source, can get decent quality results!
So I purchased the iRig2 to help with my practice but also when I am traveling. I use it with my POCO F3 and Deplike and it works – no latency. Sound is not spectacular but it is Okay – I am now thinking to buy all the options of Deplike and see if I can get something more from it. One of the issues that I have with it is that the volume level is not much and therefore it might require some kind of headphones amp to get more out of it.
gigs and recording with logic x.6 and with final cut pro
On the whole I am very happy with this item, though I do have a couple of issues. Everything works fine on my Mac via Logic Pro but on IOS things are a little more spotty. Once it works it is all good, however to get to this a lot of replugging is required until it picks up. I do not know if this is an IOS issue, I have tried both iPhones and iPads, but is worth considering.
Convenient sized device that seem well built and designed. I use it mainly to play my guitar using head phones and it sounds pretty good. As mentioned many times in the reviews, the software is terrible and would require a lot of additional purchases to make it useful however free apps like tonebridge or amplix are compatible.
Really enjoying using the iRig to record guitars and bass onto iPad garageband. Plug and play really. Enables my demo recordings with zero hassle and quietly so I can record when the kids are in bed without having to turn the guitar amp on.
Money well spent!
This worked excellent for recording into garage band, it had good sound quality and excellent value for money. Unfortunately, I broke mine after plugging it in to the wrong thing. I will definitely buy another when I need it.
Great device for playing my bass guitar into my iPad. Totally easy to set up and install.
Brilliant bit of kit. Very easy to use. Works well with GarageBand.
Great bit of kit and excellent sound for my live Dj streams
Excellent little practice tool that being said, when using tonebridge there can be a touch of latency with makes playing really difficult, however I have only had this issue when at low phone battery or when something has been left open in the background
I really like this interface. The sound quality is great and it’s very easy to use with an ipad and garage band
Does what it says , new to guitar but have GarageBand and headphones this prevents me driving everyone nuts by only needing my iPhone and some headphones (you’ll need to buy a lightning converter if that’s your phone input 9 from Apple and also normal jack headphones are needed as well) other than that it’s plug in and go
I needed something to reduce the volume on my mixer which runs to an iPad for live streaming interviews.
With perfectly mixed audio at unity gain, my iPad was clipping relentlessly. Turning down the master did fix it but it also upset the balance of the mixer so the quality was lost.
Whilst not marketed as being able to come between the mixer and an IOS device, it does the job perfectly and with zero added noise.
Its well worth it for the money (until the iRig Pre is back in stock).
Every guitarist should have this! I’ve been using it with GarageBand and it’s killing! I record and release original music and, as a home-recording artist, I have a need to practicality and the iRig definitely helps me with that! Apart from the occasional latency (which can be fixed by disconnecting and reconnecting it) this works great as a recording interface.
No regrets whatsoever. Yes, it took me the better part of an afternoon to get all the software and the audio driver set up on my PC to where they’re working perfectly, but the only reason it took so much effort is because I’m a certified moron. Once I got it working, it worked and continues to work perfectly. Guitar plugs into the iRig via a 1/4″ jack, iRig connects to the PC via USB (cable included in the box), a cheap pair of my speakers connect to the PC, but they’re only used as an interface for the much better headphones. And just like that, through the use of the AmpliTube software that’s included with the purchase, I can tweak the virtual set-up to my heart’s content and destroy my eardrums with the crunchiest overdrive at 2am, all while my family and neighbours sleep soundly. AmpliTube also works as a (VST) plug-in for DAWs, although after some fiddling around, my understanding is that it’s limited to 64-bit ones.
Caveat: I’m not a sound engineer, a record producer, or a professional musician, so my ear isn’t fine-tuned to every tiniest little imperfection. But I can say the following: if there’s any latency, I don’t notice it, and if the sound is supposed to be much worse than on a real amp, I’m not picking up on it. I bought this to be able to jam with headphones, and not only does it do facilitate that perfectly, but it does a whole lot of other things that I didn’t expect but will accept as a pleasant bonus.
I use it for streaming my live music production sessions on Instagram and it works a treat!
I purchased this to replace my irig one which was not directly compatible with my 2019 MacBook Pro. It works as intended and I’m able to record drums directly to logic pro x. Nothing really to dislike about it as it works as intended.
his is a clever little gadget to stream live on social media. i have successfully telecasted the live with top clarity. loads of comments received for the sound output and I was absolutely thrilled. i was bit sceptical about this product as my trails were not good. i explored on youtube and watched several videos as the instructions included are pretty poor. my first trial had severe distortion, but a youtube video saved me. make sure you use stereo adaptors only. do not use mono as it may lead to poor sound quality. i have used various other equipment for live and so for the most cost-effective way is this tiny little gadget. lack of some led lights is a minus as there is no way you know if the unit is actually working or not.
Makes playing the electric guitar a pleasure without an amp. Not only that but with Tone Bridge it’s a massive load of fun. Love i
I can practice electric guitar at full volume through headphones and its great quality. Its the software that makes it, as well as plug-in versatility. It plugs into the iPad and PC. I find the PC software to be much more comprehensive and with more sounds. Tip: Connect your headphone to the iRig and you will need to adjust the latency in the MIDI settings dialogue depending on the PC load at the time.
A great selection of guitar sounds.
Love this audio interface for my bass guitar. Plug and play – easy and portable as well. Works fine with my Mac and iPhone. Wish they included a USB c to USB c adapter to use with my iPad.
This product does exactly what it sets out to do and act as brilliant interface if you’re a DJ or musician. I use this for streaming purposes and it improves the sound quality brilliantly. Would highly recommend.
Am using as a media interface for live Facebook streaming and have to say works a treat with both iPad, iPhone and Android phones s7 and S9 running directly from a laptop. Plug and play and sound is much better than if just using a trrs cable, very happy and well worth the money.
Perfect for what I needed , streaming dj sets live via my mobile
Used this product for a few hours – works extremely well. Only downside is the paid applications you need to use it – but that’s not down to the seller.
bought this to DJ on Facebook live and it works perfect and the sound quality is amazing. no more relying on phone speakers. the only issue for me was volume control is a bit awkward to use but not a major problem just set volume about halfway then leave it and then adjust volume from your controller and do not adjust the volume in irig2 whilst streaming live as you will get feedback. I learned that the hard way.
Fantastic product great price such an easy solution..just plug and play.
Great tone – works well with Tone app and guitar tab app as well guitar tune
Great interface. A slight pain getting amplitube 4 presets into garage band though!
This irig2 did a fantastic job I couldn’t have asked for bette
A very nice, low latency, interface. Works very well with amplitube 4 and my strat.
Husband has this and finds great value for money and easy to use.
Does exactly what I wanted it for, streaming / recording mixing from dj controller. Perfect sound quality and very easy to set up.
A bit fiddly to get going on a MacBook, but got there in the end.
Pleased with purchase, just need an Ipad Apple to use with it. Great sound.
Really good, just remember on iOS to change input setting or you’ll think it doesn’t work.
Bought this as an audio interface for my mobile phone for connection to a Telco input/output on a broadcast radio desk. Easy to make and receive calls and integrate the callers sound into the desk and for the them to hear the desk outpu
Utterly fantastic sound via the AmpliTube app and/or GarageBand with no crosstalk I can detect. I’d recommend it even if you only had GarageBand.
What you’re probably curious about is the AmpliTube software it comes with. What you get are the IK Multimedia stomp boxes and amps, which do a fine job. What you don’t get are the branded things and collections (think Fender, Orange, Hendrix, May, etc). You can still sound a lot like your hero, but it’ll take some research and experimentation…. or a few quid.
Buy this.
Good for home practice without disturbing too many people. Basic choice of effects with initial purchase, but more available at a cost. Clean sound is all you need to practise. Beware that after registration you will be bombarded with promotion offers. Stomp I/o looks good with built in looper.
Wow. Loving this. Bedroom guitar enthusiast and can now get great tones very easily. Amazing piece of kit. Very small and light. I don’t use the bundled software though and have gone for bias fx – you will not be disappointed
This iRig has changed my life. I am happy now after trying researching for some kind of sound card or some sound adapter that could connect my guitar into my iPad. Great product.
He uses an app on his Samsung phone called ToneBridge, and records straight onto the PC using Audacity.
This does the job perfectly.
Love using this with garageband in iPad and my semi acoustic guitar, I would advise buying this instead of the regular iRig as it gives you amplification/gain option and allows you to see if the sound is peaking by way of a colour changing LED.
Excellent product. Use it for recording live DJ sets onto phone or Dslr camera. A revelation. Really versatile product.
Very good through amplitude 4 though needed additional software (asio4all) and configuration to get to work without latency through a top end (area51m) laptop. Sound quality is excellent and has an efx pass through for pedals.
Does what ot says on the box nice sound without using obs anymore
Bought it for my sons birthday and he’s made up with it good price and delivery
My husband love it so much. Perfect gift for a guitar playe
Does everything it says it does.
Comes in a great presentation box
The plastic the actual irig is made from feels low grade tho
Great bit of kit if you want lots of iconic sounds!
Arrived in good time. Easy to set up. Works well with Garage Band. Not sure about Amplitube app, seems a little underwhelming without the extras. The unit adds a degree of hum but it is not too intrusive. OK for an enthusiastic amateur like me, don’t think it would cut it in a pro situation.
This is a fab product to use if you are looking to stream videos from your phone to social network cuts out background noise and just feeds the music ..love it..
Beautiful piece of kit irig2 works perfect with iPhone 7+ and dj equipme
Awesome – bought to mess about with my electric guitar on the iPad, works great! Even the basic guitar modes in garage band sound good through headphones.
I’m happy with this so far. Was a bit counter intuitive in setup on IMac. Using it on both IMac and IPad, it’s ok.
Awesome, great for rehearsing in your office or a hotel room. Also has the added benefit of being able to use regular headphones with the iPhone 8
The amplitude free version contains all you really need if you want to practice, though any of the add on packages soon get expensive and probably aren’t useful unless you want to use this as part of a studio – which you can do as it has a computer interface. I use it for practice when I’m traveling and it’s perfect for that.
Very useful for travel and garage band recording but sometimes has too much feedback and it isn’t due to the GarageBand amp
I do really like this great tool for guitar players, which needs to be used alongside Amplitude. I like the addition of the ‘output to amp’ facility, but mostly use to for practicing with headphones. It would be 5 Stars except it (only very occasionally) drops the connection when I switch through several combinations of amps, but it usually resets when I disconnect and restart it.
Now and it’s quality!
Purchased this for my guitar fanatic husband as one of his birthday gifts, not sure exactly what I was purchasing I had read the reviews and was not disappointed by what this actually can do! It does plug straight into his iphone, mac pro ipad and gives him the opportunity to play guitar in the house rather than go to his studio. He was surprised that I had managed to find such a gadget so well worth the money.
great bit of kit, I use to play guitar through pc using garageband,straight forward enough to use i can’t find fault as yet so for me it’s 5 stars
Excellent little unit which works really well. I am indebted to the earlier reviewer with the tip about downloading the drivers for Windows operation. These aren’t mentioned in the user documentation – but are included in the FAQ’s on IK’s website.
I purchased this to use with the excellent Jam Origin MIDI Guitar 2 and it works really well. I thought I’d give Amplitude 4 a try so I downloaded it only to find that it couldn’t be installed on a 32-bit machine. However, I contacted IK’s customer support who gave me access to the earlier Amplitude 3 version which is 32-bit compatible. Their response was very quick and helpful. I was so impressed with this software I’ve just upgraded to a 64-bit PC so I can run the latest version.
Was a bit disappointed with the output volume but otherwise does what it says on the tin.
The iRig HD 2 arrived well packed and after reading the installation manual several times, not really necessary but I was looking for possible problems of which there were basically none for a normal installation, I installed the iRig HD 2 onto my Windows 10 PC. I had hoped that an analog audio lead would not be required but unfortunately for me it was. Also a download and installation of AISO4ALL is required, this is normal, so that sound from the iRig HD 2 can be played back through the normal PC speakers. iRig HD 2 comes with a licence and download facility for Amplitube 4, the software to use with your guitar/bass.
After much fiddling with the audio settings I eventually got the iRig HD 2 working with sound coming out of my PC speakers. Most people shouldn’t have an issue with this but I know from experience my equipment can be fussy. With Amplitube 4 running I was again able to play along to my backing tracks, the output from the iRig HD 2 being loud enough that the input to my audio on my PC could be set to LINE instead of MICROPHONE, meaning less background noise, in fact now I actually have to turn down the volume for my bass guitar so that I don’t overpower the backing tracks. Previously with the Line 6 Gear Box Guitar Port GX I had to turn down the volume for the backing tracks to be heard.
Be aware that Amplitube 4 comes with a basic set of simulations for amps, speaker cabinets, pedals, rooms & mics and these are not as limiting as you might think, more can be purchased if you require. Using the basic set I was able to get a reasonable sound for my bass guitar.
Overall I am very happy with the iRig HD 2 and consider it a worthy replacement for my Line 6 Gear Box Guitar Port GX so if you are looking for a way of connecting you guitar / bass to your PC I would recommend the iRig HD 2.
Bought for my younger Brother who wanted for a present. But seem to enjoy using it most of the time.
Using this to run my mixing board through to a device that streams Instagram live sound quality is excellent and although this is not it’s primary purpose I would reccomend it highly .
It was a fairly expensive gamble as I wasn’t sure it would work in the way I needed it too but it was worth every penny
Very pleased with this, does what it says and the sound through it is great would recommend
I use this to live stream the audio from DJ mixes to my iPhone for Facebook Live.
Good quality
Fantastic piece of kit, easy to use with GarageBand. Lets your guitar have all the different sounds through all GatagBand kits. Can’t believe I didn’t buy this sooner!! 100% must have for any guitarist!!
Works great with Samsung S7 and iPad air 2. Bit of messing about registering to enable more amp functions
So so simple. Plug it in, open the app, plug in headphones or a speaker, and rock-away! Can even record your riffs!
Ever wondered how people transmit high quality sound on to Facebook video well this is the box of tricks that does it simply connect to a DJ mixer via phono to big Jack and then connects to your mobile phone transmitting high quality sound from any disco DJ pioneer cdj DJ equipme
Superb. Really impressive. No discernible latency and the jack means you can charge at the same time as playing. The software is a bit rubbish as you need to buy a lot of add one to get a decent sound but just pick up garage band and you’re all set. Very decent bit of kit and goes in the pocket of my guitar case. Tried with a fender p bass and an Ernie ball musicman and sound was very good for a pocket solution.
I bought this so that I could be let loose with BIAS amp (If you haven’t, check it out) it was so simple to set up and works perfectly with my iPad and iPhone, the feature to forward the signal chain to an amp is a well thought out feature.
Used this to send sound from my sound desk to my tablet working all is good.. thank you for the good all round experience
Used with GarageBand, this is brilliant. Plug your headphones in and you can play as much as you want without disturbing too many people. Easier than plugging into amp and effects peddle. Great value for money.
An excellent little tool, worth pointing out that you need to plug in headphones or attach to an amp to hear the effects. Connected to Amplitude produces some great sounds at a low cost.
Excellent bit of kit and improved over the last version, it now let’s you plug into your amp. I use it with BIAS FX on my iPad.
Plugged straight in to my Galaxy s6, I downloaded the Amplitude app the day before. Great blues tones on the clean amp. Really handy little bit of kit. This will save me from taking an Amp to my ship.
Very simple to set up. Downloaded amplitube on my Android 5 phone. Connected cables and headphones easily (nice simple.instructions) and was up and going in a couple of minutes. Now I can practice wherever I want.
This is great, I use it with Ampkit. Makes a massive difference when you can get on with some practice with all the kit you can emulate with this.
Not so solid volume wheel and effect/thru knob does not appear to work
Quite an improvement on the original iRig interface. It allows you to use its output directly into your guitar amp which the old one wouldn’