Most computer musicians using virtual recording studios and sequencers, not to mention professional guitarists, are often faced with the fact that they need to process a clean guitar sound, adding all kinds of effects. Modern guitar processors of the highest quality and the most famous brands are very expensive, and not everyone can afford such a purchase. Therefore, musicians prefer to use virtual “gadgets”, in which sets of effects are presented much wider.
One of the most popular applications is the notorious Guitar Rig effect processor, currently available as a fifth modification. Despite the many built-in presets, the tuning of the guitar in Guitar Rig 5 raises a lot of questions for many users, since some important nuances must be taken into account in this process.
What is Guitar Rig: Quick Details
The program itself is a powerful processor, consisting of a huge number of effects that can be combined with each other in any combination. There are also enough predefined templates.
Roughly speaking, you can simply choose your favorite set, which can correspond to those sound settings that are used either by certain guitarists with world names, or are used in certain styles of music, individual compositions, etc. Each connected module in the form of cabinets and chains of effects can be rearranged as you wish, save your own settings, import additional templates, etc.
The application itself was developed by Native Instruments, the world-famous company in the field of creating and improving sound computer technologies, and is paid. However, on the Runet you can find versions with keys, licenses or key generators. Of course, the use of such software is illegal, but this does not stop our users. That’s not the point. We will leave aside moral and ethical considerations and deal exclusively with tuning Guitar Rig 5.
Installation Nuances
After downloading the installer to the computer and running it, you must clearly determine which version is supposed to be used. This software can be installed both as a standalone program (Standalone), and as a virtual plug-in formats VST or AAX, connected to the host of the main studio program (DAW).
The installation process is quite simple and it does not make much sense to focus on it. But as an additional component, it is strongly recommended to install a special sound driver ASIO4ALL, without which setting the Guitar Rig 5 to the optimal sound quality will become completely meaningless. The driver installer can be downloaded from the Internet. But when using it as the main playback device, you need to make a number of important settings.
Preset Sound Driver
When you launch the guitar processor for the first time as a standalone application, the audio interface settings window immediately appears, in which ASIO4ALL should be selected from the list of available devices. If the plugin is activated in the studio sequencer program, the driver that is used in the main application will be automatically applied to it. The main parameters offered by default, you can not change.
But the buffer value set in the standard settings of Guitar Rig 5 and ASIO for 512 samples is better to immediately set to maximum (2048 samples). This will avoid braking in the operation of the guitar processor and unforeseen jumps or interference when playing sound. Please note that when using a stationary program, it is strongly recommended to disconnect the microphone (if it is connected to a regular PC or turned on by default on a laptop), because the speaker tip will immediately appear in the form of a strong whistle.
Sound tuning in Guitar Rig 5
Finally, a brief look at the use of guitar modules and effects. If you are new to tuning Guitar Rig 5, you can simply browse the available templates by selecting the desired section, and double-click to activate downloading a set of pre-installed modules and settings.
You can also use the choice of style, the name of some well-known composition or search for keywords. Finally, if you don’t like the available templates, you can download additional sets from the Internet created by enthusiasts of your business, although many may also like to experiment with their own cabinets and all kinds of guitar effects.