Note - Every track has 12 samples.

The main part of the CD is taken up by the virtual band section. This part of the CD is very much in the construction kit type approach to sampling. Your given all the elements you need in order to make a complete track.

There are 6 virtual bands, separated by tempo, 70, 80, 90, 100, 110 & 120 BPM. Within each tempo you get the same elements, 24 bass samples, 12 bongos, 12 drum loops, 24 guitar riffs, 12 Rhodes piano riffs, 12 saxophone riffs and finally 12 trumpet riffs. So that's 108 samples at each BPM, 648 in total. Essentially the styles are similar throughout, just with the tempo altering. Apart from the percussion samples each element has an equal number of sounds pitched at A, Bb, C & F.

Bass - There are a selection of both classic double/upright bass loops as well as electric guitar loops. These are generally very good, sounding suitably jazzy and funky, you can almost imagine the smoky room with the bass player strumming the bass. With the double bass sounds you get the authentic plucking and slide sounds, and irrespective of the BPM they retain that typically laid back feel.

I'm sure that many genres could use these sounds, anyone looking for a laid back bass line should be able to find something here to underpin their track from this collection.

The only downside to the bass sounds is that a lot of them do have some background noise, quite badly in places. I'd certainly be looking to use some noise reduction process on some before I used them.

Bongos - Totally authentic sounding bongos together with the little ambient noises that always make the difference between live and programmed loops. Even down to the breathing and intakes with the effort involved. These are all excellently recorded and played, anyone looking to drop a bongo line into a track will find something usable here, though many of them do sound rather "samey".

Drums - There are some really good loops in here, though for what you may think of typical Jazz sounds many of the loops are very heavy and powerful sounding. These won't sit quietly in the back of a mix for sure. The loops are mostly 2 bars long and you get a whole variety of sounds, from big kicks and snares, to brush and scratch type effects, hi-hats and rides. A few of the loops do have some noise on and a couple pretty awful vinyl type scratches that probably make them unusable, unless you want that type of sound of course.

Guitars - Your given a variety of electric guitar styles and sounds, strumming and picking, all very light and sweet sounding. Some of the riffs are suitable for looping, others more suited to dropping into a track, though none are what you'd call solo's at all. Additionally some of the sounds have subtle effects applied, the delayed ones being most effective.

Most of the riffs are fairly anonymous, no power chords or solos to grab your attention, just light sounding guitar rhythms, loops and riffs that would fit ideally into the overall mix of many styles of music. Though with their jazzy overtones most suited of course to that genre. Probably my favourite part of the CD, lots of usable sounds here.

A few samples do have noticeable noise present, though not as many or as severe as the Bass or Rhodes sections.

Rhodes - The classic Fender Rhodes is given a fair tinkling, with lots of short riffs and rhythms, some suitable for looping others more for drop in type effects. Most of the loops are a little too short for my liking, which then will repeat to quickly in a loop. Perhaps the intention is that you splice several together to make a loop.

Pretty much every sample has noise present, though that's through no fault of the recording process, its inherently a fairly noisy machine.

Sax - Very well recorded variety of powerful sax playing, at the slower BPM's often sounding typically sullen and soulful and brighter and funkier then at the higher BPM's. Many of the riffs are quite short and most would be suitable for drop ins rather than straight looping.

Anyone looking to add a Sax sound to a track should be able to find numerous usable examples here, compare these to what passes for a Sax sounds on synthesisers or soundcards.

Trumpet - Similar to the Sax section, though perhaps with a touch more ambient noise, nicely recorded and played collection of short riffs either to loop, stitch together or drop into a track. The riffs are solidly played with little of the squealing sound that these types of samples sometimes wander into.

Again like the Sax section, anyone looking to add a short trumpet riff to a track will be able to find something here that they can use.