> have no experience with Logic, but I am a DVD author interested in learning > to compose > original music to use for menu and soundtrack purposes.  I would like to > know if Logic > Express has software instruments such as lute or stringed instruments > appropriate for > creating Renaissance chamber music.  Thanks in advance for any advice you > can offer. > EXS24 might have a little bit but not much. You should check out Hans Zimmer's two sample CDs. I am not sure but I think you can import them into EXS (there is an audio version and a more expensive sample version as I recall). He has a great colleciton of world stringed instruments.