Individual Kit Sounds - 3 tracks - 55 samples - Straight clean recordings of a live kit, everything you'd expect, kicks, snares, toms, hit hats and cymbals.

Double Bass Riffs - 4 tracks - 39 samples - Live recordings of a double bass, very short little riffs, usually 4 or 6 notes, with a few single notes and as they are live there is some ambient effects, though not in anyway distracting and if anything enhances the live effect, so there are little scrapes and the like from the player. Quite straightforward sounding, and very usable if your looking for this distinctive sound.

Electric Bass Riffs - 3 tracks - 28 samples - Not dissimilar to the previous section though with a brighter though still distinctive sound, perhaps slightly higher pitched that I'd go for in an electric bass. Again there is little in the way of clever motifs here just solid riffs and notes and very usable, and will fit into a mix with no problem.

Bass Effects - 2 tracks - 25 samples - There is one track of heavy bass effects, single notes, fairly straight sounding and followed by another track of more synth sound bass sounds, rather of the 50's B movie sci-fi effect.

Special FX - 1 track - 19 samples - More of the B Movie effects here, sci-fi effects, lasers, sweeps, radars and the ilk.

Twisted Pads & Atmospheres - 2 tracks - 13 samples - Couple of gems mixed in with some so-so ambiences here, quite short and sharp sounding for what normally goes for these types of effects. Loved effects like "Frontier" and "Barron", but some of the others were a little B movie sci-fi effect.

Leslie Guitar - 2 tracks - 18 samples - Very sweet sounding Leslie guitar chords and short riffs half a dozen single notes, just a hint of noise on these tracks, which would normally pass without comment except otherwise the CD's recording is nigh on perfect and this is the only area where it's noticeable at all. Rather wished there was more of the chord/riff sounds as the ones there are excellent, and once again very usable.

Strings - 9 tracks - 66 samples - If you think the string sounds on your synth sound pretty good then A/B them to this collection and you'll think again. A live sextet (2 cellos, 2 violins and 2 violas) string section recorded live, (so I'm told) though the recordings are exceptionally clean. There are a variety of chords, tremolo chords, progressions, sequences, duets, stabs, pizz effects (sort of plink sound !) and slides.

The recordings have an excellent presence and there is a nice variety in the sounds on offer, from shearing sustained string sounds, to more rapid sequences or riffs of notes, and the benefit of having numerous musicians is that the sound does sound very full with the complex nuances in the sound that make the difference from this type of live recording from the (now disappointing) string sounds found on your usual synthesiser.

Its a toss up if this or the twisted beats section is the pick of the CD, but really is an excellent section, if your looking for a live sounding string sound then you'll find an excellent source of material here.

Rhodes Licks and Riffs - 6 tracks - 95 samples - Similar to bass and guitar riffs of earlier this time we have Rhodes chords,notes and short sequences. Hint of noise on the samples as you would expect from this instrument, it sounds as if the levels have been raised as high as possible to reduce the noise floor. This has resulted in a bit of a crunchy feel to the Rhodes sound, whilst retaining the characteristic Rhodes sound it does give a distorted feel to much of this section.

As with the other section of this ilk in this collection the samples are short and straightforward, solid playing with little in the way of over complex patterns, which means they should slot into a mix easily if this is the sound your looking for. Very good indeed if your looking to add a Rhodes signature to your track.

Vinyl Scratches - 6 tracks - 94 samples - As you might expect from the title lots of short vinyl extracts, with a lo-fi feel, scratches, short vocal snippets, rhythm snippets, scratch rhythms, scratched chords. About a comprehensive a collection as your going to want if this is an effect you want.

Processed Congas & Bongos - 4 tracks - 66 samples - Short effected loops with a BPM from 106-128, the processing is reasonably light, as are the sounds themselves. There are a couple of examples you'd be hard pressed to identify by sound alone, but in the main the loops still retain the sound and feel of Congas and Bongos, but still manage sound a little unusual.

Nice variety of effects, sounds and rhythms, ideal for layering with other elements.

Single Hits - 1 track - 8 samples - The final track is 8 single conga hits

The CD rounds of with a test tone at digital maximum.