Hi there,
My name is Alex Buga, I’m from Bucharest, Romania and I am a design-addict - in the good way. (Voices: “Helloooo Aleeeex !”)
I was the Creative Director at MB Dragan, an interactive agency based in Bucharest and I can tell you: It was the most fun place to work at.
I have an over 7 years background in webdesign in which I had the chance to gain experience and meet cool and smart people in great agencies like Kondiment, Firedive Interactive or Baritchi Advertising and MB Dragan.
If you want to work with me or just say hello, just do it
Have a great day,
Alex Buga
So maybe you’re wondering what’s with all this stuff thrown in this page ? Well, the concept name of this version is “Alex Buga’s Livingroom”. And in my real livingroom you can find lots of things like my guitar – Squier American Stratocaster, my Native Instruments Maschine – depicted in the Music section, my Leica – because I’m a hobby photographer and I love to shoot film, an iPad for the Portfolio – although I don’t currently own one :D
I really love to inspire my designs from real life objects so that’s why it looks like a real room.
Some people don’t like the Autoscroll (there’s a button to disable it). Some people might not like animations (there’s a button for that too), some people might not like the roulette menu… etc.
But those people must understand this is a designer site, an experimental site. It’s not meant to be usable, viewable in Shiternet Explorer, etc, etc.
This site is meant as an experiment, and I love it. If you don’t – I don’t care. If you do, and want to make a suggestion, I’ll love your feedback.
Cheers!
So now there are a lot of iPhone apps like Ampkit or iRig that simulate guitar amps. And you’re dying to connect your guitar to the iPhone and play some licks…
Problem is those “interfaces” are quite pricey and hard to find – at least here in Romania. The Ampkit Link, which is supposed to be a battery powered preamplifier and impedance matcher, is actually great, but its build quality is desirable… way to desirable.
I couldn’t play my guitar because it had a faulty cable. The tech support were kind and I guess they’ll replace it.
Anyway… the problem is I REALLY WANT TO PLAY my guitar. So I found a solution.
I bought a used iPod AV cable, and converted it to a guitar cable with no hassle. Click on the photo to view it large.
You can find a tutorial here. The problem is that without a preamp, the guitar sounds a little muffled, and you have some noise when you use distorsion pedals. But it works very well.
Update You have to attach a 1kΩ resistor on the guitar jack in order to match the impedance with the iPhone’s. I must say, it works damn well now.
November 2
Hey, I’ve been looking for inspiration lately and stumbled upon your website. And I’ve gotta say, this is the most amazing website ever! I’m really in love with the layout. Did you do all those materials on your own?
Anyways, it’s all pretty awesome 
November 4
@Maxu – E huge prostia aia. am vazut-o azi.
@FYN Thanks. Yup I do it all on my own. The wood is a texture.
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Un preamp/DI box ar fi prea mare ? Porcariile de la Behringer sunt destul de ieftine ...