I am trying to use MG2 on my iPhone as part of a live rig. I’m using an iRig HD 2 as my audio to digital interface. MG2 is running on my iPhone. The output of the iRig is plugged into the rest of my set up. This worked fine at home. However I can’t get MG2 to work unless microphone is enabled on the MG2 app and no matter what I do, the mic on the phone is triggering MG2 with whatever ambient noise is present and there is a lot, like drums.
Any ideas of what I should try so that only the guitar signal is the input for MG2? What am I missing for app settings?
Unfortunately this does not help. I have microphone enabled for the app. That is the source of my problem since audio from the mic that is ambient noise is triggering MG2.
Normally, when you plug in an audio interface on iOS, the interface takes over from the iphone internal mic and speaker. It sounds like your iRig isn’t working or registered by iOS when you plug it in?
Same cables used in both places. All hook ups the same. I think the difference is it is pretty quiet at home versus a high school auditorium with people all around me doing stuff and making noise.
The problem seems to be caused by trying to charge the phone at the same time using a Y lightening connector. One side of the Y goes to the iRig and the other goes to a USB power source (a transformer in this case). That causes it not to work properly. When I remove the Y connector and hook straight up to the iRig the problem goes away.
Anyone had this issue with their iPhone or iPad? Anything I can do about it? I wanted to be sure the phone didn’t run out of juice while hooked up for live play.
So to follow up, got it to work by not trying the charge the phone at the same time and by plugging in the iRig into the phone after starting Midi Guitar 2.
