I can tell you that based on all the posts I've read from you , that you probably wouldn't be all that interested in the two cards I have Uncle Dave. I have the AN150 analog modeling board, which is really cool for emulating some analog synth sounds, and the VL150 plug in, which does physical modeling of acoustic instruments, primarily strings, winds, horns, reeds, etc. The latter works pretty well for a few of the reed / horn sounds if you want to bother with a wind / breathe controller, but I'm guessing that you probably wouldn't.. or I should say that if I was playing a live solo act, I certainly wouldn't want to be bothered with it. These are two of the plug ins I would guess you would eliminate from the get go.

AJ