Yeah, NP is definitely square, and they’re the first to admit it (though not precisely in those terms ). But I can tell you that a playback-copy flow with all of the slurs and accents you’d never actually include plus audio-only tweaks will get passably decent results.
If you ever want to get into more serious playback, you’d be looking at other VSTis. (That looks weird pluralized.)
Ample Sound’s Upright Bass and Gibson ES 335 (just called Semi-Hollow, if memory serves) are great; Boz Master keys are solid; and Dorico power-user/jazz composer/arranger @FredGUnn has done some great things with other horn libraries:
). But I can tell you that a playback-copy flow with all of the slurs and accents you’d never actually include plus audio-only tweaks will get passably decent results.