Black II Black - 68 samples - The CD starts of with a collection of loops, rolls and percussive hits from the acclaimed Black to Black series which now runs to 4 volumes as well as 3 additional vocal samples CD's. The loops are broken down into Kickin Jamz, Mid & Slow Jamz, Garage/House, Reggae and three tracks of Hip Hop "jamz" and "flavas". BPM's range from 71-138, most being in the 90-105 range.

The loops range from straight kit loops to heavily effected ones, though most sound quite orthodox, some have some fill effects too, a bass effect, scratch, bell, whistle etc. Many are also deliberately a little lo-fi, with a gritty vinyl effect. There is quite a range covered so within any given area there are only a few loops, but a solid collection.

There are 11 rolls, rapid staccato like drum rolls, that might be quite hard to fit into a track, probably better as a fill effect. Then there some perfectly good snares, kicks, percussive hits and couple of spot effects to round off the section.

Remix ! - 42 samples - If your looking for some classic remix type percussive loops then they are here, only half a dozen or so loops, 118-130 BPM, sounding a little dated perhaps now, but if you want that type of "perfecto" loop... There is a scratch loop, 3 acid Roland TB-303 type loops, which are so-so. A dozen spoken/rap/dance vocals, which sound suitably corny.

This is followed up by 20 or so synth effects and pads, some multisampled, fairly simple in structure and tone, but quite powerful and certainly an improvement on GM that many users of this CD will have at their disposal, the chorus pads being particularly good.

Blackbeat - 3 samples - Just a single loop, in 3 long versions, basic, with bass and then vocals. Catchy, had me humming along.

Karma Chopra - 15 samples - Just a single track of 15 short loops, ranging from 106-167 BPM of rapid sounding ethnic Indian percussion. Quite effective kind of bhangra beat.

Terminalhead - 27 samples - This section has eight heavily modulated effected synth sequences, quite harsh sounding, along with another eight synth FX and a synth atmosphere, rather of the alien, sci-fi, screeching, analogue sort. Along with these synth sounds we get three percussive conga type loops and seven rather anonymous electric guitar riffs.

Beatmasters - 41 samples - Track 27 gives us half a dozen longish synth samples, regular analogue fare, nothing outstanding here. Next track has a variety of guitar,percussive and brass samples short and sweet. A dozen loops follow, very light sounding percussive effects, some of which would be for layering with other heavier loops. This section rounds out with 14 short bass samples. All in all a fairly muted section, not bad for that, but little that stands out.