Fair questions especially this time of year when the sales are on.

But Kontakt 5 versus Guitar Rg 5 Pro is not an either or question since Kontakt is a soft synth and Guitar Rig is a audio processor. You actually need one of each type.

I have Sample tank 3 from an end of year sale. I am not overly impressed with the sounds other than there are a lot of them. So maybe Kontakt has a better track record. Don't know.

I tried every Guitar amp simulator on the market (well at lot of them at least), including Guitar Rig. GR was OK, but I finally settled (actually fell in love with is a better way to say it) on an external sound module which I use for both recording and live. No more soft ware amp sims for me. The Line 6 Firehawk FX replaced them all.


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