Guitar Rig

Overview

The Guitar Rig environment is a modular system, providing capabilities for multiple amplifiers, effects pedals and rack mounted hardware. The software simulates a number of devices such as preamplifiers, cabinets and microphones under pseudonyms (such as renaming the Shure SM57 as the "Dynamic 57").

The system allows customisation of module parameters – either through manipulation of the graphical interface, use of a MIDI controller or employment of the RigKontrol. Settings can be saved as presets and exported and shared with other users. Version 3 included a redesigned interface to allow improved preset categorisation and customised interfaces for "live" use.

Before version 3 was released, the graphical user interface simulated amplifier logos and design construction. In version 3, this was replaced with a generic name in the default Guitar Rig typeface.

RigKontrol

The RigKontrol is a foot-operated USB and MIDI controller. It contains an audio interface and DI box, allowing integration with live sound environments.

The device can operate Guitar Rig using eight switches and an expression pedal. Earlier versions of the device contained only six switches and an expression pedal, and did not support interfacing functionality.

Components

Guitar Rig includes the following components, many of them modeled after or inspired by pieces of hardware (named in parentheses).

Amplifiers

AC Box (Vox AC30)

Bass Pro (Ampeg SVT-2 Pro)

Citrus (Orange Overdrive OD120)

Cool Plex (Marshall JTM45)

Gratifier (Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier)

High White (Hiwatt DR-103)

Plex (Marshall 1959 SLP)

Hot Plex (Marshall Plexi 1987x)

Hot Solo+ (Soldano Hot Rod 100 + or SLO-100)

Jazz Amp (Roland Jazz Chorus-120)

Jump (Marshall JMP)

Lead 800 (Marshall JCM800 Lead)

Twang Reverb (Fender Twin Reverb)

Tweedman (Fender Bassman)

Tweed Delight (Fender Tweed Deluxe)

Ultrasonic (Bogner Überschall)

Van 51 (Peavey 5150 or Peavey 6505)

Rammfire (Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier Rev. C. Based on the amplifier & cabinet setup of Rammstein guitarist Richard Z. Kruspe.)

Microphones

Con 30 (Earthworks M30)

Con 47 (Neumann U 47)

Con 54 (Neumann KM 54)

Con 67 (Neumann U 67)

Con 87 (Neumann U 87)

Con 149 (Neumann M 149)

Dyn 6 (Audix D 6)

Dyn 20 (Electro-Voice RE 20)

Dyn 40 (Heil PR 40)

Dyn 57 (Shure SM 57)

Dyn 112 (AKG D 112)

Dyn 421 (Sennheiser MD 421)

Dyn 441 (Sennheiser MD 441)

Rib 121 (Royer R-121)

Rib 160 (Beyerdynamic M 160)

Cabinets

Control Room (Pro):

2 x 12 AC Silver (Vox AC 30 Silver Alnico Speakers)

4 x 12 Modern (ENGL E412VG)

4 x 12 Vintage (Marshall1960 JTM50 4×12 75W cabinet)

2 x 12 British (Vox AC30)

2 x 12 American (Something like a Fender Super-Sonic 60 212)

1 x 15 Bass Vintage (Supro Thunderbolt Jensen Speaker)

4 x 10 Bass Alu (Hartke 4.5XL Aluminum 10s)

8 x 10 Bass Pro (Ampeg SVT 810 SVT 10s)

4 x 12 Van 51 (Peavey Sheffield 51501200s)

4 x 12 Ultra B (Bogner Uberkab Celestion Vintage 30s)

4 x 12 Ultra A (Bogner Uberkab Celestion G12T)

1 x 12 Tweed (Fender Tweed Deluxe Jensen P12R)

4 x 10 Tweed (Fender Bassman Jensen P10Qs)

2 x 15 Twang (Fender Dual Showman JBL D130s)

2 x 12 Twang (Fender Twin Jensen C12Ns)

2 x 12 Jazz (Roland JC 120 Roland 12s)

4 x 12 Hot Solo+ B (Soldano 412B Eminence Legend)

4 x 12 Hot Solo+ A (Soldano 412B Eminence S12Xs)

4 x 12 Modern (ENGL E412VS PRO)

4 x 12 UK 80s White (Marshall 1960 G12T 75s)

4 x 12 UK 80s Black (Marshall 1960 JBL K120s)

4 x 12 UK 70s White (Marshall Basketweave G12Ls)

4 x 12 UK 70s Black (Marshall Basketweave Vintage G12H30s "Blackbacks")

4 x 12 UK 60s Green (Marshall 1960 G12Ms)

4 x 12 High White (75 Hiwatt SE4123 50w Fane Purple)

4 x 12 Gratifier (Mesa Rectifier 4x12 V30s)

4 x 12 Citrus (Orange PPC 412 V30s)

2 x 12 AC Blue (Vox AC30 Blue Bulldog)

DI Box (generic)

Cabinets & Mics (Legacy):

1 × 12 Tweed Alnico '(Fender Hot Rod Deluxe Tweed)'

1 × 12 Custom (Fender Blues Junior)

2 × 12 Tweed (Fender 57 Twin? (Blue/Green/Cream = No idea)

2 × 12 Brit 60s (Vox AC30)

2 × 12 Chief V-30 (PRS 2×12 Open Back or maybe a Bogner Custom Shop 2×12)

2 × 12 Custom (No idea (Lopoline maybe?)

2 × 12 Jazz (Roland JC-120 Jazz)

4 × 10 Tweed Alnico (Fender 59 Bassman)

4 × 12 UK 60s Tall (Marshall 1960 JTM45 4×12 60W cabinet)

4 × 12 UK 60s (Marshall 1960 JTM50 4×12 75W cabinet)

4 × 12 UK 80s (Marshall 1982a)

4 × 12 UK 70s (Orange PPC 412-C)

4 × 12 High White (Hiwatt SE-4123)

4 × 12 Gratifier (Mesa/Boogie 4×12 Rectifier Standard Slant)

4 × 12 Ultrasonic (Bogner 4×12 Slant)

1 × 15 Bass Pro (Ampeg SVT-15E or B-115E)

1 × 15 Bass WR (SWR WorkingPro 1×15)

4 × 10 Bass Pro (Ampeg SVT-410HE or B410-HE)

4 × 10 Bass WR (SWR WorkingPro 4×10)

8 × 10 Bass Pro (Ampeg SVT-810E)

8 × 10 Bass WR (SWR Megoliath 8×10)

Rotator Horns (Leslies in different cases)

Effects units

Delay & echo

Delay Man (Electro-Harmonix Memory Man)

PsycheDelay (Eventide H3000)

Quad Delay

Tape Echo (Roland RE-201 Space Echo)

Traktor Delay

Twin Delay

Distortion

Big Fuzz (Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi)

Cat (Pro Co RAT)

Demon Distortion (MXR Dime Distortion DD11)

Distortion (Boss DS-1)

Fuzz (Dunlop Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face)

Gain Booster

MeZone (Boss MT-2 Metal Zone)

Mulholland Drive

Skreamer (Ibanez TS-808 Tube Screamer)

Sledgehammer (Marshall Jackhammer JH-1)

TransAmp (Tech 21 SansAmp GT2)

Treble Booster (Dallas Rangemaster Treble Booster)

Dynamics

Fast Comp (Feedback Compressor, behaves similar to an UREI 1176)

Limiter

Noise Gate

Noise Reduction (Boss NS-2 Noise Suppressor)

Stomp Compressor (Boss CS-1 Compression Sustainer)

Transient Master

Tube Compressor (Electro-Harmonix Black Finger Compressor)

VC 160 (DBX 160 VCA Compressor/Limiter)

VC 2A (Teletronix LA-2A Classic Leveling Amplifier)

VC 76 (UREI 1176 Limiting Amplifier)

Volume Pedal

EQ

Custom EQ

EQ Graphic

EQ Parametric

EQ Shelving

Solid EQ

Filters

AutoFilter (Musitronics Mutron III)

Cry Wah (Dunlop Cry Baby)

Filterbank (Moog Moogerfooger MF-105M MIDI MuRF)

Formant Filter

Peak Filter

Pro-Filter (Sequential Circuits Prophet-5 Filter Section)

Real Wah (Real McCoy Custom RMC-1)

Talk Wah (Heil Sound Talk Box)

Wahwah (Vox Clyde McCoy Wah Pedal)

Modifier

Analog Sequencer

Envelope

Input Level

LFO

Step Sequencer

Modulation

Electric Lady (Electro-Harmonix Electric Mistress)

Ensemble (Boss CE-1 Chorus Ensemble)

Flanger (TC Electronic Stereo Chorus + Flanger)

Phaser Nine (MXR Phase 90)

Rotator

Stereo Tune

Stoned Phaser (Electro-Harmonix Small Stone)

Tremolo (Boss TR-2 Tremolo)

Pitch

Harmonic Synthesizer (Electro-Harmonix Micro Synthesizer)

Octaver (Boss OC-2 Octave)

Pitch Pedal (DigiTech WH-4 Whammy)

Resochord

Transpose Stretch

Reverb

IceVerb (Lotus Pedal ICEVERB)

Little Reflektor (stripped down version of NI Reflektor, IR-based)

Octaverb

Reflektor

Spring Reverb (Fender Spring Reverb Unit)

Studio Reverb

Traktor Reverb

Vintage Verb

Special FX

Beat Slicer

Beatmasher

Gater

Grain Delay

Reverse Grain

Ring Modulator (moogerfooger MF-102 Ring Modulator)

Ringmod

Tools

Container

CrossOver

LoopMachine

MasterFX

Split

SplitMS