Tone Isn't Crafted. It's Summoned.
RITUAL 2 is a free amp loader for PC and Mac.
Load a NAM amp. Put a pedal in front of it. Put one or two cab IRs behind it. All in one window, inside your DAW or as a standalone app.
The big one in RITUAL 2 is the RIT engine.
Take two to five NAM captures and turn them into one profile, with a GAIN knob that sweeps between them. No more loading a new file every time you want more drive.
RITUAL was free. RITUAL 2 is free. It always will be.
Two Engines. One Switch.
Flick between RIT and NAM at the top of the window. RITUAL 2 remembers the amp you loaded in each one.
- RIT (red) plays .rit profiles and compatible single .nam files. The main knob becomes GAIN.
- NAM (teal) plays standard .nam amp models. The main knob is INPUT.
- Your pedal, cabs and tone controls stay put when you switch engines.
- Open a .rit file and RITUAL 2 switches to RIT for you.
NAM for the captures you already have. RIT when you want to sweep between them.
Your Captures. One Sweepable Amp.
A NAM capture is a snapshot. One amp, at one setting.
RIT Creator takes two to five of those snapshots and saves them as a single .rit file. Load it, and the GAIN knob moves smoothly from the first capture to the last.
Click CREATE RIT CAPTURE. Name your amp. Load your NAMs from lowest gain to highest. Hit CONVERT & SAVE .RIT, then LOAD INTO RITUAL 2 and play.
The .rit carries its captures inside it, so it plays without the original NAM files.
Here is what it is not. It is a "Parametric Like" profile, built only from the snapshots you give it. Captures from clean through high gain give you a smooth sweep across that range. It does not recreate every setting of the real amp.
What You Can Build With RIT
All RIT Creator needs is two to five compatible NAM files, captured at the same sample rate. Here is what that gets you.
Five Captures. One Amp.
Capture one amp at clean, edge of breakup, crunch, lead and high gain. Load them in that order and GAIN 0 to 10 sweeps the whole range. Automate it in your DAW to go from verse to lead.
Two Amps. One Blend.
Put Amp A in Lowest Gain and Amp B in Highest Gain. GAIN 5 is a 50/50 blend of both. Check they are phase aligned first. RIT Creator will not line them up for you.
One File. No Loose Ends.
A .rit holds its captures inside it, so it plays without the original NAMs. Keep the originals anyway if you want to rebuild it later. Pedal and cab choices save separately in a preset.
What You're Getting
Free. And Staying Free.
RITUAL 2 costs nothing and always will. No subscription, and no upgrade fee to get the RIT engine.
RIT Creator
Turn 2 to 5 NAM captures into one .rit profile, with a GAIN knob that sweeps between them.
A Full Signal Chain
Pedal loader, an amp with gate and EQ, and a dual cab IR loader with blend or stereo split.
Factory Library Included
13 amp and 7 pedal captures in both A1 and A2 versions, plus 15 cab IRs from Vic Audio.
Resington On The Original RITUAL
Resington made a video on the first RITUAL. Worth a watch to hear it in action.
Heads up: it shows the original interface. RITUAL 2 has the new look, with the RIT engine on top.
Controls That Do One Job Each
Every knob does what it says. Drag to turn, double-click to reset, or click the value and type a number. Resize the window if you want it bigger.
Amp In + Out
Input or Gain, Output, Amp On/Off
Gate
Threshold, Gate On/Off
EQ
Low, Mid, High
Top End
Tame, Presence
Pedal
Gain, Tone, Vol, Mix, Footswitch
The gate starts on at -70 dB. Tame cuts high end from 0% to 100%, so turn it up if a capture sounds fizzy.
Everything In The Box
Two amp engines, a pedal, two cabs and the tools to set your levels properly.
Amp Engines
- RIT engine for .rit profiles, 2 to 5 captures
- NAM engine for standard .nam models
- RIT Creator built in
- Output modes: Raw, Normalized, Calibrated
- Input calibration in dBu
- NAM model size control
Pedal + Cabs
- Pedal loader for NAM pedal captures
- Dual cab IR loader, A and B
- Blend two IRs with IR Mix
- Stereo Split: IR A left, IR B right
- WAV, AIF, AIFF and FLAC IRs up to 10 seconds
- Cab on/off without losing your IRs
Plugin + Standalone
- VST3, AU and AAX on Mac
- VST3 and AAX on Windows
- Standalone app on both
- Native on Apple Silicon and Intel
- Built-in tuner and noise gate
- Input and output meters
What's In The Factory Library
13 amp captures: BRIT SNARL, CLANK TANK, CLASSIC JACK, DARK BREAKER, FIVEFIDDY CRUNCH, FLAME ON, JUST TUBES, MURICAN NU, OX SPARKLE, SIXER SCREAM, SPANKY TERRA, TANGE RHYTHM and TUBEPEG.
7 pedal captures: CHAINSAW, CLASSIC DRIVE, FABFUZZ, GREEN DRIVE, LIGHT SOUL, MOD DRIVE and TUBE TIGHTEN.
Every capture comes in both A1 and A2 versions. You also get 15 cab IRs from Vic Audio.
It all installs to Documents/RITUAL2/NAMS AND IRS on PC and Mac. These are different sounds to play and explore, not a five-point gain set from one amp. Build those from your own captures.
Your First Sound In Four Steps
Nothing loads on first launch. Here is how to get sound out of it.
- Put RITUAL 2 on a monitored guitar track, or pick your interface in the standalone audio settings.
- Click the centre folder and load a .nam or .rit file. BRIT SNARL from the factory library is a good start.
- Load a cab IR into A or B and switch CAB on. Start with a comfortable OUTPUT level.
- Play. Keep AMP on and the tuner off. Raise THRESHOLD if the gate lets idle noise through.
Still silent? Turn the tuner off. It mutes the whole plugin while it is on.
Built To Get Out Of The Way
Save your whole setup as a preset and load it back in one click. Your DAW saves the plugin state with your project as well.
Heads up if you used the first RITUAL. Its presets do not import into RITUAL 2.
Presets
- Save and load complete setups
- Presets use the .ritual2 format
- Legacy .ritual-a2 presets still load
- Your DAW session saves the plugin state
Credits
Oracle Sound
Vic Audio (Cab IRs)
R. Jorj (Original Dev + GUI)
Steve Atkinson (NAM)
Everyday Use
- Built-in tuner that mutes output while you tune
- Arrows step through files in the same folder
- Right-click a file name to load or clear it
- Pedal footswitch and amp on/off
- Cab on/off
Free. And It's Staying Free.
Grab it, install it on your PC or Mac and start playing. No subscription, and nothing to pay for the RIT engine.
- Free forever
- PC and Mac
- VST3, AU, AAX + Standalone
- Factory library included
- RIT Creator built in
Summon Your Tone
Load the NAM captures you already own, or build a sweepable amp out of them with RIT Creator.
RITUAL 2 is free on PC and Mac
System requirements
RITUAL 2 runs on any Windows PC or Apple Mac capable of real-time audio processing. On Windows it installs VST3, AAX and a standalone app. On Mac it installs VST3, AU, AAX and a standalone app, native on Apple Silicon and Intel.
Windows
- Windows 10/11 or later (64-bit)
MacOS
- MacOS 10.15 Catalina or later
- Intel or Apple Silicon
In both instances, a modern CPU (within the last 5-8 years) and sufficient RAM (8-16GB or more) are highly recommended for optimal performance.