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Description
Unlock a world of sonic possibilities with Native Instruments Guitar Rig 6, the ultimate amp simulator plugin that brings the sound of iconic guitar and bass gear right to your fingertips. Perfect for both professional musicians and hobbyists, this powerful music software offers an array of features to elevate your musical creations. With cutting-edge machine-learning technology, Guitar Rig 6 delivers unmatched sonic realism that captures the essence of classic amps and effects.
Dive into its expansive collection of 68 effects, including 16 exciting new additions, and explore your creativity by crafting intricate signal chains. Guitar Rig 6 introduces three all-new amplifiers: the responsive Chicago, the versatile Bass Invader, and the high-gain Fire Breather. These amps are designed to cater to a variety of musical styles, ensuring you have the perfect tone for every track.
Guitar Rig 6 also provides an ever-expanding set of artist presets from renowned musicians, offering you studio-ready tones that can serve as a foundation for your own unique sound. The restructured interface makes navigation intuitive and seamless, allowing you to focus more on your music and less on the technicalities.
Key Features:
- Three new amplifier models: Chicago, Bass Invader, and Fire Breather
- 68 total effects, including 16 new ones, for diverse sound shaping
- State-of-the-art machine learning for realistic hardware emulations
- Scalable interface with an improved workflow
- An ever-expanding library of artist presets from top musicians
- Enhanced cabinet modeling with top-tier IRs from OwnHammer and 3 Sigma Audio
Product specs
| Operating Systems | Mac, Windows |
Videos
Native Instruments
GUITAR RIG 6 PRO Walkthrough | Native Instruments
Reviews
PROS
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Extensive range of amp heads, cabinets, and classic effects pedals
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User-friendly interface, ideal for both beginners and experts
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Accurate emulation of famous guitar tones and classic amps
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Excellent clean amp modeling and reverb/delay effects
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Creative tool for experimenting with sounds across various instruments
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Portable solution, avoiding the need to carry around physical gear
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Versatile use for multiple instruments beyond guitar
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Extensive preset library covering diverse genres
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Allows for advanced mixing with Control Room Pro feature
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Free option available, making it accessible for budget users
CONS
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Some amp models, like Marshall and Vox, sound subpar
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Requires an external launcher, which adds complexity
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Pitch and distortion effects can become muddy quickly
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Limited updates and new releases in recent years
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Additional amp and pedal variety would enhance the product
Owner Insights
We analyzed real musician discussions from forums and Reddit to find what players love, question, and tweak about Native Instruments Guitar Rig 6.
Comparisons
Use cases and applications
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Guitar Rig 6 is noted for its versatility, with applications extending beyond guitars to include vocals, bass, and synths due to its diverse effects stack.
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Guitar Rig 6 is used by some musicians to manipulate MIDI guitar tracks, giving them a unique sound compared to real guitars.
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Guitar Rig 6's modulation tools, crossovers, and granular effects make it a powerful processor for various sound manipulations beyond typical guitar applications.
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Guitar Rig 6 can leverage impulse response files to emulate specific amp/cab setups, enhancing its versatility for different soundscapes.
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Features and functionality
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Guitar Rig 6 lacks a user-created preset community, unlike its predecessor GR5, which offered highly praised user-generated presets.
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Guitar Rig 6 suffers from preset switching latency, making it less suitable for live performances where quick changes are needed.
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Guitar Rig 6's presets require considerable tweaking to achieve desired sound quality, more than some competing software.
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Software and compatibility
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Users report that while Guitar Rig 6 supports MIDI pedals, the MIDI mapping features were reduced from GR5, impacting the software's flexibility.
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Some users experience issues with Guitar Rig 6 consuming resources if left running overnight, even with the audio engine turned off.
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Guitar Rig 6 requires direct connection between the audio interface and active studio monitors or headphones for optimal sound quality.
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Value and pricing
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The absence of a bundled foot controller with Guitar Rig 6 has prompted users to seek third-party MIDI foot controllers, impacting the perceived value.
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Setup and maintenance
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Proper setup involves connecting the computer to the interface via USB, then connecting the interface to monitors or headphones to avoid quality issues.
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Critic Reviews
4.5 out of 5
Based on 43 Reviews and 280 Ratings
118
Good Guitar Plug-In
nice distortion for metal cabnets.......
Version: Native Instruments Guitar Rig 5248
Guitars
Great for my guitars, both acoustic and electric.
Version: Native Instruments Guitar Rig 5446
Any guitar players dream
An infinite number of effect possibilities
Version: Native Instruments Guitar Rig 5Artist usage
Add artistIn this picture you can see the guitar rig opened. On his project Imaginary friends.
At 8:22 of this video, the Ableton dialog box says "VST Guitar Rig 2; VST plug in could not be found."
"Guitar Rig is a guitar player's dream. Stacks of amps, loads of pedals and multiple mics at the flick of a mouse. I love it !!!!"
"You chose to use Reaktor rather than Guitar Rig?
Well, eventually Guitar Rig worked its way into the process. Sometimes we'd make a very clean patch that only utilized the amp simulators or different arrays of speakers and then take whatever we might be using as the front head and run it through the amp simulator in Guitar Rig." - via the archived NativeInstruments.com
"But I'll tell you what I started doing about two years ago, is recording DI and using software guitar amplification, primarily because I thought if I put in a performance that's a once-in-a-lifetime performance on this particular song, I'm going to want to keep it. And I don't trust doing it here at home. But if I record it direct, it'll sit there in the session and then when we get to a real studio and we've got the real band recorded with microphones and a big room, we can re-amp that performance, and re-record it. And that's what we did quite a bit for the Black Swans and Wormhole Wizards record. There are quite a few songs that I had recorded using SansAmp or Guitar Rig, but they were all recorded DI. I would monitor those software patches at home, and then when we got to Skywalker, we either used a combination of those software guitar patches, or we would send the DI out into Marshall amps and different speakers and mic them anyway we want based on what we had captured from the band."
In his reddit AMA, Madeon says he processes his synths using Guitar Rig.
In a separate interview he says "Guitar Rig...has been used on so many of my songs that it's a little bit ridiculous!"
“I like NI Guitar Rig as an effect on things like vocals[...] I do that quite regularly. It’s great running things through the amps, and even if I’m not using much distortion you can get some really cool, different sounds."
In the video titled "Paul Meany - Twenty One Pilots - Next Semester - Production Peek" by 1PM Music on YouTube, at 0:34, Paul Meany demonstrates the use of Native Instruments Guitar Rig 6 on the channel strip for the song "Next Semester." Later in the video, Meany mentions that Tyler Joseph, the artist, is fond of using Guitar Rig.
"Guitar Rig is a little box of audio dynamite! There will be many amps, cabinets and effects out there getting jealous over this one! I love this machine!"
In a livestream titled "4.5.20 - Quick CoronaJam!" on his YouTube channel, Mike Shinoda uses the Native Instruments Guitar Rig 6 plugin.
"I use Guitar Rig a lot to process a whole host of things, not just for distortion but every type of modulation really, it's actually my favorite reverb as well, one of the verb units within it, so I use that a lot."
Original Q&A found here.
Album Usage
The Native Instruments Guitar Rig 6 has been featured on the following albums:
Neon Medusa
The Midnight (2021)
Spacetime
Andrew Huang (2021)
Free Fall EP
Pierce Fulton (2020)
Mother
Charlie Puth (2019)
Orchestral Symphony
Xenokrypt (2019)
Echoes
Ben Duffy & Kove (2019)
Wanderlust
Throttle (2018)
Visceral
Getter (2018)
Savage (Songs from a Broken World) [Expanded Edition]
Gary Numan (2018)
Drive
Youngr (2018)
Interstellar
Andrew Huang (2016)
Don't Let Me Down
The Chainsmokers & Daya (2016)
Rattlesnake
Rogue (2015)
Edge EP
Neonlight (2015)
Love Will Never Let You Down
Eddie Thoneick & Abel Ramos & James Walsh & Michael Brun (2014)
Max Ammo
Firebeatz (2013)
Morning After
Herobust (2012)
Black Swans and Wormhole Wizards
Joe Satriani (2010)
Diamond Eyes
Deftones (2010)
Details
Frou Frou (2002)
Genre Usage
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Used With
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