JFX as nailed that one
There are more reasons why I like my little Toneport GX other than just the sounds,which are very usable as you can hear.I originally bought an Emu 404 sound card when I started using Reaper which is fine but when I got the GX I noticed it's on-board sound chip was just as good if not better so could have saved myself some money.
Then there's the zero latency monitoring.I gets what I play and can record it Wet/Dry or even semi processed with the a few clicks of the mouse.
It's an extremely quiet unit as well so no noise problems for recording and even the simple little digital tuner in the Podfarm software is a joy to have.
Add to the the above that if you were on-the-move with a Lappy you could take it with you and just plug in and carry on working.
I suppose it depends on one's outlook.I don't try and emulate any one particular Artiste's sound,never have but like to get sounds,"I" like.Some of these may be close to known Artistes and some have come from the Podfarm software that have inspired me to to do some songs I may not have bothered with.For example as soon as I heard this Octave sound and Echo/Wah guitar in Podfarm for some reason it clicked with me and a little tweaking led to one of the few covers I've done e.g Born Under a Bad sign by Albert King,
http://www.reverbnation.com/play_now/song_3053584
So the variety of sounds can inspire new directions