The collection consists of 8 main multisample programs - 1968A Fender Rhodes, 1968B Fender Rhodes, 1973 Fender Rhodes, 1976 Rhodes, 1979 Dyno Rhodes, DX Rhodes, Hohner Clav & Wurlitzer.

Each of the programs comes in a standard variant then up to half a dozen variants, be this the addition of chorus, panning mapped to the slider, a phaser effect or whatever. I suspect that most users will really just want the base sounds and then add any effects that they may desire themselves, but it's good that the producers have taken some effort to add some variation in as standard for users.

Mmmm, now comes the hard part. How do you describe faultlessly produced Rhodes sounds. Now I'm not a great fan of the Rhodes sound myself, but the rest of the world seems to have a love affair with this instrument that was first produced over 30 years ago. It's still very popular in numerous styles of music and the sounds are still much in demand. Checkout any new sample and synthesis synthesizer and you can guarantee that they'll be a "Rhodes Piano" sound on it.

Well lets just say that this collection is about as good as your going to get, short of owning or hiring the original instrument, and even then it's debatable if you would actually get a better result. The programs as you would expect are a big multisamples, well recorded, no obvious defects in sound quality or production, and sounds exactly like a Rhodes piano should. There is a little variation over the various models but they all have that trademark Rhodes sound as you would expect. What else is there to say!

As usual it's always worth A-B comparing the sounds with those on a regular S&S synth, in the this case the trusty Alesis Quadrasynth, and as you would expect the samples sound altogether more authentic. The 1968A program sounds a little dull, but this is no doubt due to the original felt hammers. Otherwise the sampled sounds are clear winners, especially over the full range of the keyboard where the multisampling gives a much more realistic response.

The DX Rhodes is the factory preset DX7 sound that has been heard a thousand times I am sure by everyone who couldn't fathom out the complexities of the DX7 programming. The Hohner Clavs, 2 variants, and the Wurlitzer continue the quality presentation and are something of a bonus. I'm sure that most purchasers will be aiming mainly for the Rhodes sounds

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