Does anyone know if the stock X2 Producer has a banjo? I have Z3ta 2 as well. I was looking at lyrical distortions banjo. It sounds good but does anyone know of any other? Free is best.

I do not believe so; just searched the all the Programs, Multisamples and Audio Loops for banj and found only one preset in Rapture "06 - Keys' called Banjitar.prog (also part of Sound Center). It does not sound like a banjo to me. When looking for specific sounds with unique names like this one, I find it faster to search the directories using Windows search rather than opening up the synths and browsing patches.

Check out the Realitone banjo at
www.realitone.com
 
Was on (and still may be) for $29 intro price and is tres fab.
 
 

Thanks Scook. I'll check the rapture preset and see if it's doable.

yorolpal
Check out the Realitone banjo at
www.realitone.com
 
Was on (and still may be) for $29 intro price and is tres fab.
 

+1 on Realtone banjo.  I was looking for a Kontakt bango recently and ended up getting Realtone banjo.  It was (maybe still is) affordable and it is simple to operate.  The other one that was also intriguing was Boulder Sound's bluegrass banjo.  Anyway, if you just google "kontakt banjo" the results show several others as well.

Lyrical Distortion's Banjo is multi format, so it comes in SFZ (as well as Kontakt and others), making it an option for non Kontakt owners. I have not tried it in SFZ or Dim Pro as I have Kontakt.
 
The Kontakt version is reasonable but you wont get the key switching with the SFZ version.
 
Boulder Sounds "Blue Grass Banjo" would be my recomendation but it requires the full version of Kontakt.

I haven't used it yet, but didn't one of the freebie things come with banjo sounds? I think it shows up under synths.

I've got the Bolder Sounds one as well.  And it's fine too.  However...the Realitone has built in scripted "rolls" and "variations" performed by a real player that recognize the most used chords in bluegrass (tho they need to add even more IMHO).  In other words you just play a chord on your controller and RealiBanjo plays a perfectly slurred and accented roll.  It's a wonder.
 
 
 
PS:  And it still is just $29 semolians.
 

gswitz
I haven't used it yet, but didn't one of the freebie things come with banjo sounds? I think it shows up under synths.

You might be thinking of the AAS player packs. I know that Journeys has a preset called "Bit of a Banjo"

yorolpal
Check out the Realitone banjo at
www.realitone.com
 
Was on (and still may be) for $29 intro price and is tres fab.
 
 

+2.998769868787657453 on dat myolpal