Back in early January of this year, IK Multimedia announced the iRig 2, one of three Android-compatible digital music interfaces announced by the company in recent months. While the first one -- the iRig HD-A -- is compatible exclusively with Samsung Professional Audio devices (Note 3/4, Galaxy S5/6/Edge), the iRig 2 is the first interface on the market that should support most Android 5.0 devices in some way or another.Today marks the public release of the iRig 2, and it's already available from retailers like Musician's Friend and Sweetwater Music, though Amazon shows that it's actually not available until March 30th.[EMBED_YT]https://youtu.be/VsC2HXisQFw[/EMBED_YT]The iRig 2 comes a full five years after its predecessor, and brings with it a half-a-decade worth of changes, too. This version features a gain control, which allows musicians to tweak the sound of their instrument to always get the best sound. For example, a humbucker-equipped guitar may require less gain than something like an acoustic guitar to get the best results.It also features a new 1/4" amplifier output, which allows the unit to be used through a traditional guitar amp or powered speaker. And with the new FX/THRU switch, iRig 2 allows musicians to play live and use the iRig with their mobile device as a tuner or with a recording app to capture the dry signal.The iRig 2 is currently fully compatible with the Galaxy Note 3/4 and S5/6/Edge on the Android side, and other Android 5.0 devices are also supported but "can't do low-latency processing." I'm not exactly sure what that means (or what the iRig 2 can do on those devices), but I've reached out to IK Multimedia and will update when more information is available. It's worth noting that the iRig UA will be available at some point in the near future, which will be able to do full audio processing on Android 4.0+.You can pick an iRig 2 right now for $40.

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