It also has enough unusual samples to be a valuable asset to someone who already has the typical bases covered with other libraries but who is looking for more in depth coverage of some instruments. There are some unusual instruments found on this disk. I have never seen a disk with a selection of Cah n samples, for example, and the Roots disk has enough to fake up a fairly reasonable performance based on the samples found in the single hits section. The disk features samples of drums played with unusual types of sticks, such as plastic and metal brushes, which are very hard to find in sample collections. Finally, the cymbal samples all use dark cymbals with rivets.
Authenticity is the next issue.
I cannot vouch personally for the authenticity of all these rhythms, so I enlisted the help of someone who could at least verify the Peruvian rhythms. This review in fact was delayed for a few months while I waited for Jos Cabanillas to arrive in town on a trip up from his native Per . Jos is a killer Latin percussionist, and in fact is also a maker of conga and other drums. Jos goes out into the jungle and finds logs that are rotted out from the inside, and makes the drums from these logs. His drums are made from a single piece of wood, and are simply astonishing sounding drums.