Hey, Garry. I am talking about the Mandolin and Banjo you see at the top of the Boldersounds.net website: Pure Mandolin and Bluegrass Banjo. I might have caused a little confusion accidentally. When you buy Bluegrass Banjo, you get four different things you can load into Kontakt (plus some loops) included in the price:
1. "Normal Banjo" (Bolder calls this "Strings") which can play any notes, rolls, or licks you program in MIDI. This may be all you need
2. A VI that is specifically created to play rolls and licks that are triggered with a single note. For example, you can put a whole note in the staff and the instrument will play whichever roll or lick you have selected. This is in case you don't want to program your own, or if you are in a hurry. I found this function just a tad confusing but the online video explains it perfectly.
3. A VI that specifically plays chords. This isn't for strumming, but to give you super-relastic chords to add to your sequence, for endings, etc. Since I have played banjo, I may not need this much, but it is handy because it plays the chords in the right inversion and voicing which might be challenging for a non-player.
4. An instrument that lets you play the banjo using your MIDI guitar. I will never use this but it is cool.
www.boldersounds.net My apologies to Bolder if I am not explaining this in the proper terms, but hopefully it will make sense to you guys. Considering the depth of programming and the options for Bluegrass Banjo, I am quite surprised by the price.