I viewed the Monkey Lord video and had a big 'wow' moment. And then, a cooler head prevailed. What about Amplitube, what about Guitar Solo and both companies interface modalities? Stomp I/O looks to be very very cool. You can download Guitar Solo free for a year, I haven't because my mac's a G4 and I can't upgrade to the newer Waves plug ins. Didn't Roland start adding modules? Yes, I do this for a meager living, that is, I record live for a symphony as well as other projects. However, the very fact that all these modalities exist has taken much of 'business' away. So.......
For the sake of an open discussion on usage, and not do prove, disprove, hack on, decide upon, over-philosophize, as referenced above, we all know there are other options out there if one is going to go the modeling rout. Marshall has entered the fray. It seems that, aside from staying viable as a company, they've offered a a way to deliver your favorite newspaper with your favorite columnists and news sources to the door and you read it on your computer. In other words, delivering digital in a way old schoolers or simply people that want something familiar, something to tweek hands on, can adapt to, EL 34's aside. I mean, if you simply want to use the JMD for record out, there are alot of other ways to do that as well. I really was stunned the first time I saw the Stomp I/O. I never went after it because it was just too much, I already have too much 'gear'. But if I was 30 years back in age, with the plethora of effects and combinations available, and a laptop and a QVC, or, with the proper stage monitoring set up, and now there's the floor pedal available from Amplitube. If I were going new school, I'd sure look at it hard. Especially with where music is and isn't going these days.
Let's face it, if you're over the age of...I don't know, who's buying and downloading these days? That's your market to 'sell' music. Who's making the music anymore? What are 'they' listening to it through? Over what medium/file source? Boy, the slice of the pie will continue to get cut further. I'll stop now so I don't over philosophize. I'd welcome a kind discussion on the subject.