if you want something original, it's gonna take time to grind through it, kind like starting out playing any instrument. If you want easy, just drop some loops in there. The challenge with something like Kontakt imho is sorting out the UI (it can be done), getting setup in CW (there are good tutorials), efficient note entry (keyboard players have it easy, but there are pitch to midi options) and learning how to edit/map articulations in the PRV to give the samples interest. i never bothered with samples based on the sound alone, but they've gotten way better, more diverse and authentic (=usable) and the enhanced implementation of articulations such as you can find here with CW are key to emulating a 'performance'. kinda like having to cook dinner with only the tools in your garage.

the challenge is getting a keyboard/prv to play a sample that sounds like what your brain already knows how to do. I'm pretty sure that's why I struggle with any synth I've ever tried to use. Always learned and played by ear and never learned any music theory or had any lessons. I watched a number of videos on the Momentum plugin and those folks were getting some killer sounds out of the pedal steel - I download the plugin and the free steel samples and all I can make is noise lol - Other than trombone in grade school I have been a guitar and stringed instrument guy since I was 14 and that is a looooong time ago. not being versed in piano or keyboard I'm not sure I can fit another new instrument and mindset into my tiny old brain. I got close to making the commitment when I lost my network of live players, but it would take some effort to get anywhere near as productive. There are many expert users out there but it's a bit of a learning curve to get them to sound like what you might be used to with a naturally played instrument. However not a kybd player and not a fan of the Kontakt UI/workflow. Indiginus and a couple from Orange Tree are the only ones I've heard that didn't totally bum me out and can be useful in a mix.

Sounds like we might be coming from the same place.

Pedal steel guitar vst for guitar rig 5