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Native Instruments Guitar Rig Kontrol Edition (Macintosh and Windows)

GUITAR RIG 3 is the ultimate all-in-one guitar and bass solution. Simply connect your guitar with your computer via the enhanced RIG KONTROL foot pedal and you are ready to go. The on-board studio-quality soundcard routes the signal to your speakers, while the software grants you access to an incredible number of perfectly modeled classic amps, cabinets, mics and effects - all arranged in a super-simple drag-and-drop rack format. Any style, any time - the perfect solution for professional studio and live setups. Learn More...

    • New $499.00
  • Installment Plan:4 payments of $124.75
    • free ground shipping
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Overall User Ratings

Overall:
* * * * * * * . . . 7 out of 10
Features:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Quality:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Value:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
I Want It:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Sound:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Ease of Use:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Support:
* * * * * * * . . . 7 out of 10

Individual User Ratings

Overall:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Features:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Quality:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Value:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
I Want It:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Sound:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Ease of Use:
* * * * * * * * . . 8 out of 10
Support:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10

Feature:
Loaded with features. Any sound you want. Effects sound great. Everyhting is fully customizable.

Quality:
Great quality. Rig Kontrol is awesome. I reccomend if your getting this prduct than get it with the rig kontrol cause it has a built in sound card that sounds great. Also youll need studio monitors or headphones you cant just plug in crappy computer speakers. YEs it will run you about 500 for guitar rig and 120 for a decent pair of headphones and thats the set up I have now but its worth it. You can get studio monitors for about 200 for an ok pair. Having this is replacing my amp because digital sounds great!!!! I use the distortion so much becuase I play metal and I can find great tones. The effects sound so great and realastic. The wah pedal also sounds fantastic. Any sound you want in this software and rig kontrol. I was originally going to go with line 6 toneport ux2 but im so glad I didnt...that thing is a piece of garbage and gearbox is terrible. Dont waste your time spend the extra 360 you get so many more features, and it sounds so much better. You wont regreat it. So try it out guys its worth it.

Value:
Its worth the money. It looks steep but its just as good as a tube amp if not better it just depends what kind of monitors or headphones your using. I dont use this for shows or anything just to jam with myself and eventually for recording. Dont waste your money on line 6 pod crap or amplitube. Guitar Rig has won so many awards and is used by professional artists.

Desirability:
I wanted this the moment I read about it and saw some demos.

Sound:
It sounds freaking phenominal. The thing is you can get it to sound as good as you want it to because the only thing holding back your sound will be how great your studio monitors or headphones are. Im using only headphones so far. AKG K240 studios and they were 120 and sound great in guitar rig. When I can afford it I will buy some M audio monitors.

Ease of Use:
Easy so far. I havent tryd to recording aspect as a standin application im just using standalone for live in my room. I was woried that my computer wouldnt be good enough but its fine. I have a pentium IV 3.0 ghz processor. Its a dell optiplex gx280SMT. Buisness computer. Old model and I got it refurbished for 260. I also installed 3 gigs of ram but im sure you should just need about 2 gigs if you want good preformance. RAM is cheap and easy to install. Make sure you have a good amount of GB space on computer. You dont need any special drivers for just jamming out. If you want to record you will have to get a decent soundcard for midi to run out of your computer into studio monitors or headphones. I reccomend something like Echo Mia Midi. And you will have to get software guitar rig does not have recording software built in...just a tapedeck that records dry guitar. You can insert the effects in software that allows VTS plugins. I dont get any noticable latency when its on high quality mode or the other mode. I use high quality mode anyway and it runs fine on my comp. Also im using xp Service Pack 2

Support:
I havent used it so I will give them the benefit of the doubt

Overall:
This thing is awesome. I havent even begun to discover all of the possibilities but its just great. the first time I heard it it sounded like god was comming throgh my ears!!! I spent so much time researching what I needed for this so thats why I left such a detailed review because its hard to find information all about it and it turned me off at first. Buy rig kontrol with guitar rig 3 its worth it. Built in soundcard and all the outputs makes everyhting so much easier. Good luck guys

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Overall:
* * * * * * * . . . 7 out of 10
Features:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Quality:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
I Want It:
* * * * * * * * . . 8 out of 10
Sound:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Ease of Use:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Support:
* * * . . . . . . . 3 out of 10

Feature:
Awesome feature set, assignable foot-switches, multiple effects, filters, loops etc. plus a useful collection of presets.

Quality:
pedal is sturdy... would prefer balanced outs and fire-wire, but it works and is relatively noise-free. Hardware seems reliable, but there is never any guarantee with software on any computer. Analog is still the most reliable for pros.

Value:
For the effects and models, a solid ten. But remember, this software is only as good as your knowledge, skill, and your playback equipment. It is software, so you can't return it. The pedal is useless without the software. You will need a fast, strong computer (MAC) and plenty of memory to utilize this thing's potential.

Desirability:
If you have a good stereo PA system or great studio monitors, and you are not afraid of computers, this is an awesome package. If you want to use it live through regular guitar amps, are "old school" or just hate digital stuff, then this isn't for you.

Sound:
The best, most realistic, natural feeling, responsive, nuanced, detailed and believable modeled sounds to date, similar to the quality of the original GP 100. Far better than PODs or the new Roland trash.

Ease of Use:
Are far as software-driven stuff goes, the easiest I have seen.

Support:
Slow, incomplete, and a snotty attitude.

Overall:
For bedroom guitar geeks, this is the bombe. Performing professional guitarists (like me) are still wary of software-driven anything. The feature list is staggering. The interface is clean and easy. But without a good computer and technological savvy, this could be a nightmare.

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