Can anybody explain destructive and nondestructive editing to me?

It's not that you have to set it an FX patch after you record.

You can have the GR FX set while recording and use it by clicking the "Echo On" button for that track.

FX's are non destructive by design so that you have the option of changing them later.

Now if you want to absolutely save the track as it is with the FX (i.e. Guitar Rig), then after you record it, 

1. Bounce the FX'd track to another track making sure GR is enabled
2. Feeze the GR FX'd track and copy and paste the Frozen audio to another track (where you can further FX it if you like.

In either option above, you can now either turn off the original FX (i.e. GR) mute the track and/or hide the track (in case you want to redo something later).

Because the Line 6 Guitar Port has the FX in it. That is quite a different animal than Guitar Rig. It's like putting a mic in front of an amp. Recording has been done that way for years. 

Guitar Rig (and all of those types of FXs) are approaching it from the angle that you want versatility up to final mix. Not bad, not good. Just different. But not the same approach as the Line 6 Guitar Port (and similar products).

HTH.

Input echo is on, theres a sort of clicking while I'm playing though, and the audio information thats being recorded isnt exactly the same as the preset in Guitar Rig 

Is there a recording program that can handle having Guitar Rig 4 open, recording right onto a track?

Not sure, I think cubase can. You really don't need to though. If you are happy with what you've recorded, as soon as you've finished select "bounce to track". Takes a few seconds and the end result is exactly as if you had recorded it.

I don't understand what you mean. What you hear will be the effected sound if set up correctly. The recording will be dry but as soon as you bounce to track it will 'record' what you've just played with effect. To all intents and purposes it's identical

Are you using 'input echo'? There should be no difference if you are.

Ghoul


Is there a recording program that can handle having Guitar Rig 4 open, recording right onto a track?

You're missing the point, you don't want to record the effected sound.
 
With a real amp you shove a mic infront of it and record the sound. If you decide later that there is to much distortion, or to little gain, or it just sounds crap then all you can do is setup again and record it again.
 
Using GuitarRig  your guitar goes direct to disk while you monitor the sound through the effect, so it still sounds like you're playing through an amp.  If you later decide you don't like the sound, etc, then you simply play with the amp settings as if you were still playing live.
When you're totally happy you're not going to change it any more you can bouce the sound to a fresh track if you want.
 
 
If you're hearing clicks or other noises while you're playing then your computer needs tweeking.  See others threads regarding optimum settings.

John


Both PT and Cubase are destructive DAWs. They have some nondestructive abilities but neither are as nondestructive as Sonar. If you want destructive you picked the wrong DAW.

John un-converts SONAH users one at a time

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John


Both PT and Cubase are destructive DAWs. They have some nondestructive abilities but neither are as nondestructive as Sonar. If you want destructive you picked the wrong DAW.

John un-converts SONAH users one at a time

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