Snap Pizzicato...?

Well, you'd need a sample of that particular "gesture". I'm pretty sure the Garritan Personal Orchestra package has all the standard string section effects.

How does "snap" pizzicato differ from regular pizzicato?

Is that the same as "Bartok" pizzicato?

(I'm sure the techno people on this forum have no idea what we are talking about here.)

Okay. The Garritan Strings library for GigaSampler (which is Windows-only) contains samples of:

Pizzicato Preciso (Tight)
Pizzicato Libero (Loose)
Secco Pizzicato - Stopped Pizzicato
Dry Pizzicato
Pizzicato Presciso w/Snap (Bartók) Pizz
Pizzicato Libero w/Snap (Bartok) Pizz
Pizzicato - Alternate between Tight & Loose Pizzicato
Pizzicato - Mod Wheel Crossfade between

http://www.garritan.com/articulations.html

Garritan Orchestral Strings costs US$400 and you also have to have a copy of GigaSampler and a Windows computer to run it.

Now, I'm sure there are other third-party professional orchestral sample libraries out there that also feature a great range of articulations.

But the Bartok snap is a pretty specialized effect, so I doubt that you will find that sort of thing in budget string sample libraries.

By the way, for those of you on this forum not conversant with 20th century Hungarian orchestration techniques, the "Bartok Snap" refers to a particular way of plucking the string on a bass, cello, viola or violin, perfected by composer **** Bartok. Or for those of you more conversant with country music, it's akin to what we refer to as "chicken pickin'" on electric guitar. Or what an upright bass player does in rockabilly bands (ref. Bill Black with Elvis), called "slapping". Or what a funk bass player calls "popping". Take your pick.