Reason and Kontakt are roughly the same price whereas Sampletank 4 Max is about $100 cheaper until March 5. I find myself trying to decide which of the following to choose: Reason 10, Sampletank 4 or Kontakt 6. It's only for hobby purposes, nothing professional or live. These are mainly for rhythm section, piano, pads, etc. What I don't have and want to get is a good set of samples, instruments, loops, patterns, etc. I also have a small M-Audio mini keyboard as a controller plus an old Korg M1 I may press back into duty as a MIDI controller, or possibly sell and invest in a new full-sized controller keyboard. I play electric and acoustic guitar and have an interface (Steinberg UR44) for recording. I'm comfortable with audio software since I do a lot of digitizing vinyl records and audio restoration so I have a decent array of VSTs, editors such as Adobe Audition and iZotope RX, and also have Reaper for a DAW. I'm getting back into it now and looking to invest a few dollars in some software. as a hobby, back in the 80's but got away from it. I used to be very into MIDI and home recording with multitrack cassette, etc.
