@brandon9271 No, I probably won't be playing live at all. To be honest I have never cared to play live, despite tons of people urging me to. I play more for myself and I like to jam in my room and record songs whenever I feel up to it. But who knows, if I get enough originals recorded and move to the big city, that might change.
I actually have a Line 6 Toneport UX1 right now. It never came with Pod Farm or any VST plugins. It only came with standalone Gearbox which I have tried to like and just can't seem to. I used to use Amplitube Metal a lot at a friends house and after getting used to that, I just don't think Gearbox is going to cut it. So with my toneport, I was thinking of getting Amplitube3, Revalver or PodFarm 2. All of those cost over $200 so I started looking into other things like Pod HD and Eleven Rack.
Another reason why I am interested in a device like Eleven Rack or Axe FX is that I will be selling my beastly desktop computer soon. As I said, I am a college student so the desktop is going to go and be replaced with a smaller, slower laptop for doing assignments and things. My current desktop can handle anything I throw at it but with the laptop I would be worried about running too many VST tracks. The Eleven Rack and Axe FX of course do all the tone processing right on the unit, so they would be better for recording on older slower systems. Plus I have the impression that either Eleven Rack or Axe FX will give tone far better than Amplitube or Revalver are capable of.
@Dr Git Do all Axe FX version allow you to import your own impulses? That is one feature I really like about Axe FX II. The Eleven Rack, from what I have read, is stuck with it's stock impulses, right?
At the moment I have a lot of gear I am trying to sell and very little cash to spare (usually how it is, right? lol). So I won't be able to purchase anything right now. I did throw up a post in the wanted section offering a trade on my brand new Schecter Blackjack ATX C-7 with Schecter case. I never got around to liking the 7 strings and it just sits in it's case. Has around 10-15 hours of play time on it. Also trying to sell my tube amp setup and all my stomp boxes. If I could sell everything I have for sale now I would have more than enough to get an Axe FX Standard.
@judmeister Thanks for sharing your experience. Pro Tools is a huge deterrent between me and the Eleven Rack. I never really did like Pro Tools and don't like being forced to use it. I don't think I will jump on an Eleven Rack right away (unless someone is interested in my Schecter). Hopefully I can sell some of my gear and the prices drop a bit on the Axe FX Standards. Sucks being a broke college student