The Rack Tools; Tapedeck Pre; Playback - Native Instruments Guitar Rig 5 Application Reference

5

The Rack Tools

The following sections will introduce you to the Rack Tools of GUITAR RIG 5: Tapedeck
Pre and Post, Tuner and Metronome.
5.1

Tapedeck Pre

The Tapedeck Pre Rack Tool
Tapedeck Pre is the tool for playing back and recording audio at the beginning of GUITAR
RIG's signal chain (except when
up the dry, unprocessed sound, enabling you to change the sound of your recording later.
Playing a file back in Tapedeck Pre sends it through all modules currently in the Rack.
Tapedeck Pre is capable of changing your tempo during playback without changing pitch
and vice versa. This is great for learning licks by slowing them down, or changing the tem-
po on backing loops.
5.1.1

Playback

▪ The easiest way to load sound files into the Tapedeck is to drag and drop them direct-
ly onto the component. To browse through your files, click on the Load button (the
open folder symbol).
▪ The Tapedecks can play WAV, AIFF and MP3 files up to a resolution of 16bit.
▪ Click on the Play button to start playback from the current position of the Transport
slider. Click on the Stop button to stop playback.
▪ If PLAY AT OUTPUT is activated, the sound will not be processed, but directly played in
front of the Tapedeck Post, which allows for overdubbing (explained below).
▪ Adjust the Volume fader to set the playback level. If the Limiter LED lights up, reduce
the volume to avoid overload.
You can create a loop to repeat a certain portion of the file over and over:
PLAY AT OUTPUT is activated). Thus, the Tapedeck Pre picks
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The Rack Tools
Tapedeck Pre