
Table of Contents
1. Disclaimer ................................................................................................................... 1
2. Welcome to Guitar Rig ................................................................................................... 2
Document Conventions ............................................................................................... 2
3. Getting Started ............................................................................................................. 3
Setting up Guitar Rig as Stand-Alone Application ............................................................. 3
Setting up Guitar Rig as Plug-in in a DAW ........................................................................ 4
Using Guitar Rig as Plug-in in a DAW .............................................................................. 4
4. Overview of Guitar Rig ................................................................................................... 5
Header ...................................................................................................................... 6
Main Menu ................................................................................................................ 7
View and Rack Size ..................................................................................................... 7
Input Selector ............................................................................................................. 8
Sidebar ..................................................................................................................... 8
5. Signal Path ................................................................................................................ 11
Mono and Stereo Processing ...................................................................................... 11
Sidechaining ............................................................................................................ 12
Sidechaining in the Stand-Alone Application ............................................................ 12
Sidechaining in the Plug-in ................................................................................... 13
6. Browser ..................................................................................................................... 14
Presets in the Browser ............................................................................................... 15
Components in the Browser ....................................................................................... 16
Using the Browser .................................................................................................... 17
Using Filters ....................................................................................................... 17
Using Filters for Presets ................................................................................. 17
Using the Category Filter for Components ........................................................ 19
Sorting the Results list ......................................................................................... 20
Using the Search Field ......................................................................................... 21
Using Favorites .................................................................................................. 22
Assigning a Favorite Tag ................................................................................ 22
Removing a Favorite Tag ................................................................................ 23
Filtering the Results List by Favorites ............................................................... 23
Sorting Favorites in the Results List ................................................................. 23
Pinning Components ........................................................................................... 24
Using Presets ........................................................................................................... 25
Loading Presets ................................................................................................. 25
Saving User Presets ............................................................................................ 26
Saving a New User Preset .............................................................................. 26
Saving Changes in a User Preset ..................................................................... 27
Importing User Presets ........................................................................................ 28
Editing User Presets in the Info Pane ..................................................................... 28
Managing User Filter Tags .................................................................................... 29
Adding a User Filter Tag ................................................................................. 29
Deleting a User Filter Tag ............................................................................... 30
Deleting User Presets .......................................................................................... 31
Managing Presets Using the Main Menu ................................................................. 31
Using Component Presets ................................................................................... 32
Component Presets in the Browser .................................................................. 32
Component Presets in the Component ............................................................. 33