Guitar Rig 7
Guitar Rig 7 is a macOS amp simulator and multi-effects app for shaping guitar, bass, and other audio with virtual amps, pedals, cabinets, and studio tools.
What is Guitar Rig 7?
Guitar Rig 7 is a native desktop music and audio app for macOS that helps musicians, producers, and recording users build guitar and bass tones or process other audio sources with virtual amps, cabinets, pedals, and studio effects. It is published by Native Instruments GmbH and is available in Guitar Rig 7 Pro and Guitar Rig 7 Player editions. Users commonly run it as a standalone app for practice, sound design, and live performance, or as a plug-in inside compatible DAWs for recording and mixing. The software includes modular effect chains, preset-based workflows, cabinet and amp simulation, automation support, and tools such as tuning, looping, and routing components for building custom signal paths. Guitar Rig 7 is also useful beyond guitar, since vocals, synths, drums, and reamped tracks can be shaped with the same rack-style interface and effects modules.
Key features
- Build custom signal chains with virtual amps, cabinets, pedals, and studio effects
- Run as a standalone app or use it as a plug-in in compatible DAWs
- Load presets for quick tone setup and adjust effects in a rack-style interface
- Shape guitar, bass, vocals, drums, and synths with modular audio processing
- Use automation and MIDI control to adjust parameters during recording or performance
- Practice and create ideas with built-in tools such as tuning and looping
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Safety overview
Status: Safe
Guitar Rig 7 is legitimate music-production software. It normally needs access to audio devices, plug-in folders, and project files so it can process sound in standalone use or inside a DAW. Those behaviors are expected for amp-simulator and effects software. If you no longer use it, removing the app or its support files can also remove presets, custom settings, and plug-in availability in your recording workflow, so keep backups of any important presets or projects first.
Recommendation: Keep Guitar Rig 7 if you use it for recording, practice, reamping, or live sound processing on your Mac. Remove it only if you no longer need its standalone app, plug-ins, presets, or related audio workflow components.
Common paths
/Applications/Guitar Rig 7.app/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components/Guitar Rig 7.component/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3/Guitar Rig 7.vst3/Library/Application Support/Native Instruments/Guitar Rig 7
Cache paths
~/Library/Caches/com.native-instruments.Guitar Rig 7
Support paths
~/Library/Application Support/Native Instruments/Guitar Rig 7/Library/Application Support/Native Instruments/Guitar Rig 7
Preference paths
~/Library/Preferences/com.native-instruments.Guitar Rig 7.plist
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