Tones with Guitar Rig

[Soundguy213]

Anyone here use it?

I was playing around with the Plexi and Rat pedal combo and got some pretty decent rock-ish type tones

 

[Fenderoid]

I prefer TH2.Decent tones n both of them for playing around and practicing.Wth guitar made a nice clean Shawn Lane-ish tone.

 

[Soundguy213]

seems to be able to produce a lot of awesome tones, however looks like it take a ton of tweaking.

 

[Spaceboy]

I compared GR 3 and Amplitube 3 awhile back, and went with Amplitube, which is actually my primary "rig" for awhile now. I've heard that GR 4 is lePs and bounds better though.

 

[bubbastain]

If I just want to record something so I don't forget it, I will use GR in my computer first then maybe I'll record with an actual amp. GR sound cool. I'll see if I can do some clips later.

 

[Beret]

The JCM with a tube screamer in front is OK for messing around but I haven't found much others I care for. The Mesa type models are complete rubbish.

~B

 

[Soundguy213]

The Mesa type models are complete rubbish.

~B

I dont know about that. Ive been finding clips and such around the internet. some people are nailing some really decent sounds with all diff amp models

I mean dont get me wrong, i totally prefer my real amps. but i cannot always record with them. and when i do i cannot record at optimal levels =(

the one i was futzing with before was a Plexi model with a ProCo Rat in front. got some pretty "Slash" type tone out of it, was actually surprised

 

[garbagetruckdriver]

So the neat thing about working with GR4 and the like is that you actually print a naked guitar stem in your DAW. You can always come back and reamp that to a proper amp later (CAL's MW-1 Studio Tool is my personal weapon) when you have the means. I use GR4 on my macbook pro when I am traveling. It gets you into the ball park and lets you move forward. For me, that's very useful.

 

[Soundguy213]

im not really much into re-amping, but i can see the benefit to those who do.

 

[guitarnoize]

I have Guitar Rig 5 Pro, I previously had V4 and this is a big improvement. GR has a much better interface than TH2, really quick and easy to get up and running but I do love Amplitube 3.5 too for tweakability.

I will be posting up lots of GR5 examples over the next couple of weeks but for the moment here is the result of about 10 minutes tweaking a preset with the new VAN 51 amp model which is very cool, I know Eddie didn't use the Peavey 5150 until the early 90's but I did manage to get a fairly decent "Summer Nights" tone:

https://soundcloud.com/guitarnoize/guita ... van-51-amp

 

[halford]

Didnt know 5 was out !!

Thanks for the info.

Use it to demo here, works great

 

[Soundguy213]

I didnt know 5 was out either. ill have to check it out. Whats the diff with Pro or the normal? tonal or just features?

 

[halford]

Looks like they added 2 new amps

5150 and a Soldano Hot Rod


and other things like effects etc

http://www.native-instruments.com/#/en/ ... ?page=2508

 

[guitarnoize]

Looks like they added 2 new amps

5150 and a Soldano Hot Rod


and other things like effects etc

http://www.native-instruments.com/#/en/ ... ?page=2508

The new Control Room Pro is really cool, 8 Cab/Mic combos at once that you can blend

 

[Soundguy213]

another curious question. Since people seem to like using GR4 for re-amping. What is the allure about re-amping? I always felt that amps kind react to your playing. So if you play something not amp'd or through a diff amp, you would play it differently than if you were playing through the actual amp that you wanted in the end. So the performace would change depending on how the player feels the sound of the amp reacting.

Great example for me are rectifiers. The feel totally different to me than other amps. that"sag" feels almost like a delay to me. so i play differently than through a 5150 or whatever

 

[guitarnoize]

another curious question. Since people seem to like using GR4 for re-amping. What is the allure about re-amping? I always felt that amps kind react to your playing. So if you play something not amp'd or through a diff amp, you would play it differently than if you were playing through the actual amp that you wanted in the end. So the performace would change depending on how the player feels the sound of the amp reacting.

Great example for me are rectifiers. The feel totally different to me than other amps. that"sag" feels almost like a delay to me. so i play differently than through a 5150 or whatever

That's a great point, I guess people want the option of adding extra layers to the recording and maybe by recording the original amp and running a line out to your computer to re-amp at a later date you might even stumble on amp/cab/mic and effect combinations that really enhance what you originally recorded? It just gives you some extra options to play around with something at a later date.

 

[th3m1ke]

Guitar Rig is great. I used it a lot for practicing back in the day but have since switched to Peavey's ReValver. It's realllllllly good, especially when you use aftermarket cabinet IR's like Red Wirez or Ownhammers.

 

[polaris20]

Looks like they added 2 new amps

5150 and a Soldano Hot Rod


and other things like effects etc

http://www.native-instruments.com/#/en/ ... ?page=2508

It also has Redwirez impulses now in the Control Room feature. I'll be picking it up. I'm a little tired of POD Farm.