I’ve recorded a “lick” using Native Instrument’s Guitar Rig 2 instead of the GT-8. I must say I’m leaning towards using GR2 over the GT-8 since it’s much more flexible. You can record a guitar dry signal and just mix and match effects on post-process. This makes it possible to improve/change the tone if you suddenly realized that you wanted a “different sound.” This was also a perfect opportunity to brush up on my guitar tapping technique – I’m so out of practice and it shows hahahaha.

I also tried using Toontrack’s DFH EZDrummer. I must say it is quite impressive considering it’s a really stripped down drum module with not nearly enough features as a Battery or BFD, but it gets the job done for quick and dirty tracking. Perfect if you want “decent” drums but have no time to really set it up. Of course when you start finalizing your songs, it would be andvisable to swap in the more robust drum modules in place of EZDrummer.