How To Run Guitar Rig Through Cubase?

[abrogard]

I've just got Cubase 5 and I've just got (one week earlier) Guitar Rig 2.xxx

I want to run the guitar rig produced sounds through cubase, get cubase to save them so's I can mix 'em in with others in cubase.

Found one set of instructions (in cubase) and tried to follow them but got lost somewhere because nothing seemed to happen

I found the ASIO input and output things that correspond with the guitar rig ASIO, I think, they showed up. But nothing I did seemed to make anything happen in Cubase.

Can anyone give me a simple set of instructions on how to do this?

regards,

ab

 

[ParametricMusic]

i recommend setting guitar rig up as a VST through cubase.

You may have to re-install or chance certain settings on guitar rig so you can direct the vst (.dll) file towards cubase (usually under C:/Program File/Steinburg/Cubase/VST/) so cubase can see that you have Guitar Rig. This will allow you to run it as a VST through Cubase. Cubase will automatically set up the inputs and outputs when you run it through.

 

[Mo Facta]

You have to insert it into an audio track as a plugin. Make sure direct monitoring is turned off and that you have a low buffer setting selected in your interface control panel otherwise you will experience latency.

Once that is done you have to route the input of your guitar on your interface to the input of the track. Hopefully your interface has a hi-z/instrument input. If not, you'll need a DI box for clean reproduction. So, if you're going into line-in 1 on your interface, it has to be routed accordingly in Cubase. The default output will most likely be your stereo 1+2 bus so it is unlikely you'll have to change anything there.

Oh, and all the connections are set up in the VST connections menu (F4).

Hope that helps.

Cheers

 

[abrogard]

Thanks for the input, guys.

I made some progress with Cubase. It recognised guitar rig was there and such. But I never could actually record anything.

Maybe it is because of the interface I'm using - a 'usb guitar link' thing. A very cheap little box the guitar plugs into and your earphones plug into and which you plug into a usb port. I think maybe it is the cause of all the hassles. The sound is willy-nilly output to it again, never gets routed through the computer to a scond prog such as Cubase. Just a guess.

It is a very cheap, simple and effective way of getting your guitar into the computer which is all I was looking for at first. Perhaps too cheap and simple.

But it came with guitar rig which gave me my first exposure to the world of 'sound effects' or whatever you call them.

So I very quickly wanted to keep those sounds.

And found that guitar rig doesn't allow for that, surprisingly. And that took me to Cubase.

And viewing it made me think of multi track recording and doing all kinds of things.......

But it won't work.

Maybe it still can, going the long way round.

I have found a workaround. I run the earphone output from the usb guitar link into a second computer and record on it. I get the authentic 'enhanced' sounds.

Now I can bring those files back from that second computer, I suppose, and work on them in Cubase with no trouble, I suppose, I expect.

So that's the way I'll go.

Thanks again for trying to help.

 

[tnahorny]

Is your "usb guitar link" the Behringer model ("behringer.com/EN/Products/UCG102.aspx") or something else?

You need to make sure Cubase is configured to use your guitar link as the audio device (e.g. soundcard) for the signal to be processed through your computer USB port into the software. Make sure the ASIO drivers for the quitar link installed successfully on you computer and the device is detected when you plug it in. The software and drivers can be found on Behringers website if you don't have them.

Plug the guitar link into your computer before launching Cubase for it to recognize the hardware and calibrate the device. If you plug in after Cubase is launched you will have to select te Guitar Link from the "Devices" toolbar in Cubase. Remember to make sure you set the sample rate in your Cubase project to match what you set on the guitar link (44.1 or 48), or you will run into recording problems.

Sounds like you managed to get your Guitar Rig setup as a vst in Cubase, so all you have to do to start recording is plug your guitar into the Guitar Link, select the effects/pre-sets you want from guitar rig, punch record and wail away. You audio signal and effects will be stored in the project track, just like a good old tape recorder - only better because you can copy the track, change or add effects and edit the signal as you want, wherever you want. Real simple, with a bit of practice!

Have fun!