
What they are missing is that sparkle and liveliness, like a real amp, but I found that could be rectified rather easily with two of Guitar Rig’s ‘dynamics’ tools: 1) Transient Master (select Zep Room) and the VC76 model (select Electric Guitar). as well as chunky, thick and meaty (refer to the accompanying demo). Second, the crunch and hi-gain tones may sound slightly flat when compared to a tube amp (including picking dynamics), but they, too, are very clear. First, the clean guitar tones are superb and with utter clarity. I would not compare the tones to live tube-amps, and high-end gear like the Axe-Fx and Kemper would give Guitar Rig a run for its money, but there are some definite strengths that should not be ignored. I believe the above is widely accepted, based on forum discussions and comments, whereas the true test of the program comes from the amp and cab quality.
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Further, there are so many options in what effects to choose, how to stack them, how to route them (e.g., you can apply amps, cabs and effects to certain frequencies only) that there is something for everyone and, at the same time, it's somewhat overwhelming, like a child in a candy store not knowing what to choose. In essence, even if you do not care for any of the guitar amp/cab tones, Guitar Rig is worth the investment just to have the limitless rack of effects, tools and routing options. In other word, yes, you can have a basic and classic sounding reverb, but if you want one that is beautifully and authentically strange, then you're in for a treat. Many companies produce quality delays, reverbs, modulations, etc., but I place Guitar Rig up there with Eventide - pristine, clear and great sounding, but with dozens of presets that are absolutely unique and stunning.

Now, Guitar Rig's strongest attribute are the effects. When you have a preset selected, presuming you're not building from scratch), you can make any number of desired choices, such as changes in the amp or cab, what delay you're using (as well as a number of created presets for any delay or other effects, if not customizing differently), along with various tool for routing, e.g., you can have two different rigs that work in parallel that then converse into one tone. For instance, you can select presets that emphasize a genre of music (e.g., metal, rock, country, pop, ambient), an FX concept (lots of delay or modulation) and even artist-created tones. First, you select the instrument (e.g., guitar, bass, keys, etc.), which gives presets that are most useful for that instrument, and from there you have other categories to narrow your choice. General choices can be based on a number of factors, with over 1,000 presets from which to choose (edit and build your own as desired). In a DAW, you simply drag and drop the program into the FX bin of an audio track, and you're ready to go.

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It downloads/loads very easily via Native Access (a general platform program free for download), and the number of times I used it (either stand-alone or in a DAW) it worked without any glitches. I'll get to that soon, but to provide a general description, Guitar Rig 6 is a stand-alone program (you can connect a computer/laptop to a speaker system and jam away) or within a DAW for recording. What I can say about version 6, relative to using hardware (including tube amps) is that it sounds pretty darn good in a number of ways. Based on internet feedback, it seems Guitar Rig showed promise, but fell to the wayside as other VST and modelers came on board over the past few years. I have used other VST plug-ins, although I found them a bit sterile sounding. Guitar Rig, by Native Instruments, has been around for some time, although I have not used the program in previous versions.
