Hi Matthias,
I play mostly jazz and blues guitar. I use GA4 w jazz essentials. Also I use Halion upright bass. I find the Halion Bass sounds a little limiting. Not as good as Spectrasonic and others. Does Steinberg have any plans of enhancing the Halion Family of Sounds to include more traditional jazz sounds, in the near future? If not, do you recommend any that support VST and are more easily integrated with Cubase 8.5?
What we get in H5 is really good, and can be stretched quite a bit with the gobs of effect processors H5 offers.
Agreed about the need for brushes in both H5/Sonic and Groove Agent…as well as some soft mallet overheads (In the least some gentle ride cymbal rolls using brushes and/or soft mallets).