Native Instruments Guitar Rig 7 Pro is here: it brings the new loop machine pro, four new virtual amps, more effects pedals, and more.
Vintage emulations are popular in the software synthesizer area. The guitarists are no different. There are virtual guitar amp plugins popular. One of the best-known is the Native Instruments Guitar Rig Pro plugin. This bundles amps, effect pedals, and more into one complete plugin. Also very exciting to use in connection with synths as a powerful multi-fx processor.
There was a big update with version 6 in 2020. With Guitar Rig 7 Pro, the successor is already available, and Native Instruments has added a lot of new things.
Native Instruments Guitar Rig 7 Pro
Guitar Rig 7 Pro is officially out now. It’s not a free update, but it offers a lot of new things. In GR6P, Native Instruments introduced the new ICM technology (Intelligent Circuit Modeling) with which amps and more could be modeled using machine learning.
This was continued in Guitar Rig 7 Pro, and the new version introduces four new amps and four new effect pedals using this technology.
- Super Fast 100: A legendary 100W all-tube amp that defined the sound of modern rock with its shiny cleans, creamy leads, and high-gain sounds.
- Reverb Delight: A timeless classic from the mid-60s
- AC Box XV: Modeled after a legendary 60s tube amp renowned for its clean tone and gritty breakup
- Bass Rage: An iconic all-tube bass amp that delivers 300 watts of classic bass tone
Then, you get four new pedal emulations also based on the ICM technology
- Skreamer Deluxe: a legendary green overdrive pedal that creates beautiful crunch sounds
- Chainsaw: a pedal for friends of early 90s Swedish death metal music.
- IVP Stomp: a compact re-interpretation of the Instrument Voicing Preamp, a cult classic and long-discontinued rack mount preamplifier
- Seattle Fuzz: a distortion device emulating the beloved pedal of a legendary producer from the grunge era
Loop Machine Pro & New FXs
One of the new Guitar Rig 7 Pro highlights is the Loop Machine Proro, a new built-in tool that makes it easy to create loops to jam with. It’s looks very stylish and has an intuitive user interface.
Next to this, you can explore four new FX processors. First, Kolor is a new ICM-powered effects unit that adds character to tracks using black-box models of famous hardware distortion circuits.
According to Native Instruments, it uses two iZotope Trash components, allowing you to build unique layers of textures. Trash 2 has unfortunately been discontinued by iZotope, which is a shame, so it’s getting a little rebirth here. There are also three more “easy” new effects units:
- Tape Wobble is an emulation of the classic “warbling” effect from improperly adjusted analog tape machines
- Noise Machine allows you to create lo-fi sounds
- Vintage Vibrato: recreate the chorus/vibrato section of a vintage rock organ
New Cabinet IR Loader & Ozone Maximizer
Another neat addition in GR7Pro is a new Cabinet Impulse Response Loader that can be used with any of your favorite IRs to emulate the acoustics of cabinets, bringing depth and realism to your guitar sound.
There is also another tool from the Native Instruments family now available in the new version. It now hosts the Ozone Maximizer aka limiter for enhancing the dynamics and overall loudness of your tracks—a very useful addition.
A new feature that I like a lot is the new sidebar. Here, you can see the arrangement of your effects at a glance, and modify them very easily. The contextual help of Guitar Rig 7 Pro has also been improved and now not only helps you to learn the functions but also provides you with new ideas and techniques.
Further, it ships with over 100 new rack presets and IRs from professional sound designers, including Jens Bogren, Kristian Kohle, Lancaster Audio, cabIR, and 3 Sigma Audio.
First Impression
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