When I recorded music for the first time I was self taught, and didn’t realise the importance of amp modelling when you recorded guitar. Making a good sounding distorted guitar is all about the amp and mic you record it with. But it doesn’t have to be.
Guitar Rig 3 does away with the need for miking up amps, as you can go in through a DI (Direct Input) box and add on any amp combination you want.
It’s crazy the selection on offer. And it’s really familiar for me, a Reason user, as it’s all rack-based, with virtual buttons and switches and knobs buffering you from the harsh reality of digital amplifier pluginnery that lies underneath. With so much power it’s easy to feel a bit lost.
Fortunately the presets to get you started are awesome. In fact, I’ve only ever needed to make minor adjustments to them in order to get the sound I want. Bass, Guitar, vocals… even synths. It can add good, quality effects to them all.
I use it as a plug in with Sonar 6, and the only (kinda major) flaw with it is that it doesn’t remember the settings after you save your file. So I have to bounce each clip to track once I’ve got the perfect settings. Or hope that by saving a new preset that it won’t (which it sometimes does) magically change all your settings.
I’m guessing this is just Sonar that’s being lame though.
It’s still an awesome plug in, even with this irritating flaw…
If it’s good enough for Kirk Hammet, it’s good enough for you.
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I use guitar rig 3 in ableton, and it saves all my presets… its not GR.. its your sequencer… just try a different one and see if it works
Yeah I read up, it’s definately sonar that’s being lame.
I need me some pro tools or something…
Like Joosus, I use Ableton Live and it saves all of my presets. Better yet, it also records the dry sounds along with how I amped the track, so I can re-amp tracks just by changing settings within Guitar Rig 3 while the track I just recorded is still playing! It’s just perfect.