Description:
RigSuite 0.9 (free) [PLEASE SEE IMPENDING PATCH NOTES AT BOTTOM]
A rig that listens to itself and gets out of the way. Free Windows tools for neural amp models.
If you have hundreds of .nams and IRs with names that tell you nothing, you know the problem: the tone you want is in there somewhere, but finding it means loading model after model and listening. RigSuite fixes that. It is two free Windows programs that work as a pair. RigScope listens to your neural amp models, cabinets, and reverbs, measures what they actually do, and writes it into the files. RigSculpt plays them and reads that same analysis back, so the rig already knows how a model sounds the moment you load it. One less thing between you and your sound, and free to use even in the music you sell.
RigScope: know the rig
Point it at a folder and it listens to each file, measures it, and says it in plain English. A library you could not read by name, you can now read by sound.
Amp Bench: sorts your neural amp models into six gain-tier archetypes, each split into finer sub-flavors, writes a short overview of each, and finds the ones that sound alike.
Cab Bench: fingerprints cabinet impulse responses and reshapes them without loss, with EQ, a voicing borrowed from another cab, or a blend of mic layers.
Reverb Bench: measures, sculpts, and builds convolution-reverb impulses from scratch.
RigSculpt: play the rig
Not a single-model player. It is a full rig built around neural amp models, running two independent amp-and-cab paths, mono or true stereo with one-click balancing, each with its own input calibration, EQ, and pan.
In front, a pickup-voicing model and a tuner. After the amp, an eight-band output EQ and a Character tone control.
A full pedalboard on board: a three-voice drive, a four-voice compressor, a chorus, a vibe, five delay modes, and six reverbs (five original engines plus convolution).
Analysis-aware: it reads what RigScope wrote into your files to match one amp's response to another, voice its effects to the rig, and lay your library out by how the models actually sound.
How they work together
RigScope writes its measurements straight into your .nam and .wav files. RigSculpt reads them back, so nothing is locked away in a database. The knowledge travels with the files, and any tool that can read them, a language model included, can pick it up. Measure once, and the library stays navigable everywhere.
What is in the box (all free)
RigSculpt (VST3 plugin) and RigScope (desktop app), for Windows.
Original neural amp models, cabinet impulses, and reverb IRs, recorded and measured here at the bench.
The full field guide, with the whole suite documented in detail.
Why it is free:
I want to be transparent that I used modern development tools, including AI, to handle a lot of the demanding engineering work that would otherwise require a much larger team and a longer chain of handoffs. This still cost me money. I also still spent hundreds of hours on it, and every design, musical, and technical decision here is mine -- these tools just let me keep those decisions closely connected and keep refining each part until it reaches the sound and experience I have in mind. I understand AI use is a potentially sensitive issue, so I'll say it plainly: anything I build this way will always be free, and scoped to be a tool for public benefit.
RigSuite stands on the Neural Amp Modeler ecosystem, the open project created by Steve Atkinson, and giving these away is a way of paying that forward. The tools got built because sorting a big library by ear is slow, tedious work, and once they were good enough to fix that, giving them away was simpler than selling them. No account, nothing held back for a paid tier. Support here on Ko-fi is welcome, never required.
Requirements
Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit.
A VST3 host (any DAW) for RigSculpt. RigScope runs on its own.
Works with your existing .nam models and cabinet impulses, and the factory content is bundled.
A note on the Windows warning
When you run the installer, Windows may say the app is from an unknown publisher, or SmartScreen may show "Windows protected your PC." That is expected, and it is not a virus warning. It only means the software is not code-signed. Code signing requires paying for a developer certificate every year so Windows trusts the publisher by name, and I do not pay for one. This is freeware I built to give back to a community I benefited from, not something I am trying to profit from, so an annual fee for a certificate does not make sense here. To continue, click "More info" and then "Run anyway." The full guide walks through it, and everything else about the suite, at conversantsoundworks.com/#rigsuite.
Want more of my own tones? The premium .nam packs on my Ko-fi are expanded, more flexible sets of my own amps, each embedded with RigScope analysis so they drop straight into RigSculpt. The free Artificer Pack sampler is a taste of all of them.
Liability, refunds, and support
RigSuite is provided free and as is, with no warranty of any kind. You use it at your own risk, and I am not responsible for any loss or damage that results from using it. Because it is free, there is nothing to refund. I posted these meaning them to be free. If you find them useful and want to give back, support on Ko-fi is genuinely appreciated but never expected, and any support is a voluntary gift rather than a purchase, so it is non-refundable.
Support the foundation
None of this would exist without Steve Atkinson's Neural Amp Modeler, shared openly with the community. If RigSuite is useful to you, please consider supporting Steve as well. His work is the ground everything here stands on: ko-fi.com/stevenatkinson.
About the artwork and trademarks:
Any amp pictured in the artwork is there to illustrate what these tools are for. It is a head from my own collection, photographed by me, and is not part of the software. Any amp names, models, or logos shown are trademarks of their respective owners. I am not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by any amp manufacturer, and no such association is implied.
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