The top of the Guitar Rig foot control features 8 stomp-worthy switches that can be assigned to any parameter within the software, such as effects, mute, tuner, tempo control, and advancing through presets. Constructed primarily of black anodized metal, the Guitar Rig foot control is heavy enough to stay put and rugged enough to withstand some serious abuse. The rock-solid foot controller included with Guitar Rig 3 Kontrol Edition measures 15 inches wide, 9.5 inches deep, and 2.5 inches tall. Creating our own custom rig was as easy as dragging and dropping components from the list window into the rig window, and hitting save. To get around a licensing nightmare, presumably, Guitar Rig 3 uses thinly veiled names for their components that allude to their real world counterpart, such as Twang Reverb (for Fender Twin Reverb), Citrus (for Orange), and Gratifier (for Mesa Boogie Rectifier). An exhaustive list of components that includes 12 guitar amps, 17 speaker cabinets, 44 effects, and 9 microphones, made us feel like a kid in a candy shop. A search option allows you to find presets using attributes tags such as Bright, Dirty, Spacious, or Warm.Īfter getting a feel for what Guitar Rig 3 is capable of, we played around with creating our own custom setup. Each Guitar Rig 3 preset is categorized by genres such as classic rock, metal, or country and blues. Stepping through the more than 300 preset configurations offered in Guitar Rig 3 is like walking through rock and roll history. In general, there are three ways to take advantage of the Guitar Rig 3 software: browsing presets, creating custom rigs, and performance. Every nuance of a professional guitarist's signature sound has been accounted for-from the characteristics of overdriven tube amplifiers, to the diameter of the speaker cone. When you plug your guitar into Guitar Rig 3 (by way of the bundled hardware), the software allows you to call up preconfigured or custom combinations of amplifiers, speaker cabinets, and effects. The Mac and PC-compatible software (which can be purchased separately from the hardware) is the heart of the Guitar Rig 3 Kontrol Edition system.

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