Native Instruments Guitar Rig 7 Pro

Guitar Rig 7 is Native Instruments’ amp simulator and multi-effects rack for guitar, bass and any other sound. It is for guitarists and bassists who want amp tones at home or in the studio, and for producers who want creative effects on vocals, synths and drums. Guitar Rig 7 Pro runs standalone or as a VST3, AU or AAX plug-in on Windows 10 or 11 and macOS 13 or later.

What is Guitar Rig 7 Pro?

Guitar Rig 7 Pro is the current version of Guitar Rig, now at version 7.0.2. You build a rack of amps, cabinets, pedals and studio effects, and you can run amps in parallel. A sidebar shows the signal flow, and context help explains each component.

What’s new in Guitar Rig 7 Pro

• Intelligent Circuit Modeling (ICM): machine-learning models of hardware amps and pedals
• Four new ICM amps: Super Fast 100, Reverb Delight, AC Box XV and Bass Rage
• New ICM pedals: Skreamer Deluxe, Chainsaw, IVP Stomp and Seattle Fuzz
• Kolor: ICM models of hardware distortion circuits, including two iZotope Trash components
• Lo-fi components: Tape Wobble, Noise Machine and Vintage Vibrato
• Loop Machine Pro looper and the Ozone Maximizer limiter
• Cabinet Impulse Response Loader with curated IRs from Jens Bogren, Kristian Kohle / Eminence, Lancaster Audio, cabIR and 3 Sigma Audio

Classic effects such as Replika Shimmer, Raum, Replika GR, Tape Echo, Spring Reverb and PsycheDelay are still there, with stompboxes and filters.

What’s included

• Over 25 classic guitar and bass amps with matching cabinets
• Over 100 new rack presets, plus over 30 artist rack presets added in 7.0.2
• Around 30 curated cabinet impulse responses
• Artist presets from Mike Shinoda, Serj Tankian, Sadie Dupuis, Billy Gould, ACE, Jens Bogren, Alexander Dietz and others

System requirements

• Windows: Windows 10 or 11 (latest Service Pack), 64-bit; Intel Core i5 or equivalent; 4 GB RAM; graphics with Direct 3D 11.1 (Feature Level 11_1) or higher
• macOS: macOS 13, 14 or 15 (latest update), 64-bit; Intel Core i5 or higher, or Apple Silicon (via Rosetta 2, or natively in the standalone app and in hosts that support it)
• Formats: standalone, VST3, AU (Mac) and AAX
• An internet connection to download and install

For instruments rather than effects, see Native Instruments’ sampler Native Instruments Kontakt 8. See more audio effects plugins or everything from Native Instruments.