Native Instruments Guitar Rig 3.1

Native Instruments recently revealed an update to their popular Guitar Rig studio software that improves both the effects’ sound quality and the interface with the external foot controller. Guitar Rig 3.1 (don’t let the name fool you; there’s bass stuff here) offers faithful digital models of speakers, amps, mics, and effects, and each is easily organized and managed with the graphical drag-and-drop interface. The update is free, but you still need to pay $559 for the Guitar Rig 3 Kontrol Edition, which includes the software, plus the Rig Kontrol 3 foot controller/audio interface.