I agree.  I think effects can go a long way in setting the character of a sampled instrument, I I kind of doubt that Musio will ever come close to Kontakt in that department unless they license a lot of code (or dedicate a crazy amount of time re-inventing the wheels). Take the advice my dear Dad gave me when I was 13. Rest the wrist, boy!

Musio presets-  Ain’t none.

Long answer- They have “Racks” which let you store the settings of multiple sample-sets (or just one), but there is not much to tweak.  It is a pretty bare-bones sample player with simple effects (not user add-able), and so far I have not seen any factory “racks”.  A lot of instruments will have a bunch of ar…Read More

Yeah- I did a bit more research and decided to pass on it.  I also nixed Spitfire “Ton” because I really have those bases covered.  I think both are great deals though.