Guitar Rig

Native Instruments today announced that ABSYNTH 5, GUITAR RIG 4 PRO, KONTAKT 4, and KOMPLETE 6 are now available in stores worldwide.

Details on each of the releases below or see the Native Instruments site for  more information. Read more…

Native Instruments has announced Komplete 6, the latest version of its virtual instrument bundle.

Komplete 6 Features:

• Includes Kontakt 4, Absynth 5, Guitar Rig Pro, Reaktor 5, Massive, FM8 and Battery 3.
• Huge selection of presets covering the entire musical spectrum – all ready to play.
• Over 7,500 presets have been categorized as KoreSounds and pre-configured for use with KORE.
• Suited for music production, live performance, instrument and sound design.
• High-quality audio engines.
• Includes sample libraries with over 60 GB of professional samples.
• Intuitive control interfaces for fast and efficient workflows.
• All instruments run stand-alone, ideal for live performances.
• Supports all major plug-in and sample formats.
• Supported Formats: Stand-alone, Audio Units, VST, RTAS(Pro Tools 7/8), ASIO, Core Audio, Core MIDI, DirectSound.

Details below. Read more…

Native Instruments has gone Kompletely Insane!

No – it’s not because they built their new website almost entirely in Flash.

It’s because they are offering Komplete 5 for the month of July for $399 / 399 €!

According to NI, the 11 instruments in Komplete would be $3.069 / 2.689 € if bought individually. Native Instruments’ Kompletely Insane promo is good only through the end of July. Read more…

This set of videos provides an introduction to Native Instruments’ Guitar Rig and Guitar Rig Mobile.

Robosquirt demonstrates Ableton Live 8’s Looper, using it to lay down a rhythm guitar track.

Using the overdub function and the FCB to switch between Guitar Rig presets, you can build layers and harmony on the fly.