All user reviews of 4/5 for the Native Instruments Guitar Rig 1

When Native Instruments Guitar Rig 1 came out, I was very excited to get it. It has come along ways since version one but still version 1 was what set the ground floor for everything after that. When I purchased it , it came with a Rig Kontrol foot pedal /controller to give the real feel of a foot pedal. I did have some issues with getting the foot pedal to work right on my Windows computer at the time; I think I was running Windows XP. I had to jump through all sorts of loops to get it to work right but after about 30 minutes of trouble shooting I had it figured it. But the software installed great and I was able to load up the plug in without any issues.

SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE

There are a bunch of presets that are copied from major songs in Guitar Rig, I didn’t like using them because they sound so identical to the actual sound of the song it felt like I was copying but it definitely would use the presets to build off of and create something new from. The cabinet and microphone can be altered in different settings with the microphone positioning giving a completely different sound. The amps that inspired Guitar Rig 1 are the Mesa/Boogie Rectifier and the Marshal Plexi 50W.

OVERALL OPINION

When Guitar Rig 2 came out I was able to have both of them installed simultaneously because they were two completely different programs. But when version 3 came out for some reason it got installed over version 1 and 2 which I was very upset about because I lost all of my custom presets and never got them back. Now I am running Guitar Rig 5 and love using. It is one of my favorite plug ins of all times, I use it on my instrument and drum tracks to try out new things. I do wish Native Instruments to spend some time creating presets that are not so based off of “popular” songs because sometimes I feel like they overdue it. But none the less, this is one of my favorite plug ins to work with.

Great install, very friendly, everything is clear!

SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE

Foctionne software fine on a P4 2.4. E-MU 1820m.
3 ms latency, so very playable.

OVERALL OPINION

I've had two weeks, the sound is huge, we rgale test combinations, effects, pramplis ...
DIFFERENT microphones are the thundering of modliss ism, their positioning on HP crdible.
Small problem: the software does not prvoit positioning prcis more, there are only four pRSET.

I currently play on Roland VG-88, which also has the amp modlisation among others, and I find myself imagining scne on the Guitar Rig on a laptop!
The Amplitube Antares seems little cot.

Although sr, this software is made for live, then € 500 is not much, but rejoutez € 2,000 for a laptop can give you the power and reliability ncessaire! (It requires a lot of resources !...).

In short, the future, forget the firms that do not fit into your wagon, which get damaged and larsenent, here you go year Smart rooms, a laptop, guitar prfre , and a pdalier ear monitor ...

I think that is ncessaire DI output (lamp, like Avalon U5!) Exploded for all harmonics.

NB: Prparez you in 10 years, no more snoring amps, and welcome to the sounds of Windows that plant in your faade!

Super simple installation.
No problem.
Trs easy to use.
Trs intuitive .... I confess that I not opened the manual.

SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE

ALL PERFECT!

OVERALL OPINION

While the careful ears! Opportunities are endless .... rglages The quality of the effects is impressive .... In short it is the BOMB!
The overdrive is really super good (rare in soft).
This is perfect for avoid to take the head to place the microphones in front of an amp and spend hours finding the good.
Not worth forcing a real impact and a real amp lamp .... but again it's very good.
I advice everyone.

Hyper installation simple, the pedal is the sound card, you just report it to the computer.
We need the internet to get the key to unlock the version, otherwise it stays in demo.

SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE

MacBook Pro 2.4 GHz Core 2 Duo, 4 GB RAM, 180 GB HDD The sound card is not the issue, since it is the pedal of Guitar Rig 2, which is sound card.
Connecting pedals USB 2.
it crashes ever, no latency of sound. When giving a helping pick on the guitar, the sound is right there.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it since 2007, first version 1, with the pedal, then the 2, also corresponding with the pedal, then 3, with the pedal 2. Well, there was still a problem between versions 1 and 2, because in the version 1 is the sound card of the computer that was working, the pedal was a pilot. In Version 2, is the pedal that makes driver and also the sound card. So we are left with the pedal version 1 that is useless.

I use it mostly live, rehearsals and concerts.
I connect a guitar (Shergold modulator 3, or melodymaker Gibson), first in a Proco Rat and in the lobby of the pedal, it appears in a bass amp Marshall JCM 800 series, with matching 4X12 cabinet.
I use the effects and amps, rarely firms. The sound and the possibilities are noisy at will. The ring modulator with the expression pedal kills more surely than a sniper. The Psychedelay also does damage. The pitchpedal sending you direct deathmétalland. The ultrasonic you saturate the atmosphere. The octave you dropped 2 floors. The layers of effects can be controlled very well from the pedal to 6 switches (including an expression pedal). You can record, sampler, rebalance loops, sequence effects.
My concern is not its accuracy, but the production of layers of sound (besides, I plug a Korg Monotron also in there). The range goes from very sharp sound of the wah and the Ring to the very serious of the octave and the pitch. Therefore the amp that the cash thing. After a few trials directly into the sound, ultimately very disappointing, with little momentum, the passage through a tube amp suits me perfectly. For me, Guitar Rig is a infinite effect rack which saves me having two meters of Electro-Harmonix pedals and Death by Audio in front of the shoes.

Native Instruments' Guitar Rig is the first version of the popular guitar modeling software. I've also used the newer versions of the software but first used this one a number of years ago now. I don't remember having any issues with installation, but that's about as much as I can remember from it now. Learning to use Guitar Rig isn't too hard, but it's definitely going to take a little bit of use and isn't the type of software where you'll immediately understand everything right off the bat. It's not too far off from this but I still remember needing a little bit of time to become fully comfortable with it. The presets are a good way to get started with it as it gives you some great sounds and starting points without having to have too much knowledge about it. The manual might be a good idea if you've just bought it and are looking to learn all the ins and outs of it, but I haven't seen it for myself.

SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE

When I was running Native Instruments Guitar Rig, I was doing so in Cubase SX and on a Hewlett Packard Pavilion dv8000 Notebook. The computer consisted of a 3.0 Ghz processor and 2 GB of RAM. Guitar Rig definitely takes up a good amount of processing power, especially on a system like the I one I was using it on. I am now running Guitar Rig 2 in Pro Tools on my Mac Book Pro and it runs a lot smoother than this version did on my old computer.

OVERALL OPINION

Native Instruments Guitar Rig was definitely a great first effort for this series of guitar modeling effects and processors. It's great in it's own right but the newer versions definitely sound better and run smoother in my opinion. If you can get a cheap version of the original Guitar Rig it might be worth it, but if that's not a factor you should definitely go with one of the newer versions. The effects in here are for the most part pretty realistic, but in general virtual guitar processing is only going to take you so far. If you rely totally on Guitar Rig for your sounds I think you'll suffer a little bit, but if you use it in tandem with real amps and effects, it's going to sound better of course. I didn't use this with the controller, but if you buy it new it will come with that. Guitar Rig in all of it's forms is software every DAW owner and guitar player should be at least aware of.