Im using this live and in the studio, a friend of mine that he hates emulations, saw 2 gigs one that i was using and fender deluxe amp, and one with the tonex. he prefered my tone with the tonex. Hes a sound enginer. I must say that the software needs an decente update, but overall for this price we cant get better. I had na Helix and i didnt like it, this does one thing and does it well, now i only bring my pedalboard to the gigs.