这套KURZWELL 4CDs的采样盘是多格式版支持24bit Kontakt, EXS24 mk II和 24 bit Halion ，采样钢琴是 Rhodes® Stage Piano Mark 1 - '73，采样手法不是传统从OUTPUT端口采样模式，而是直接从乐器采集，这样就尽可能避免了电路中的噪音。每个采样都是12个力度结构，其中的73个拥有24个力度结构。最后，其总采样数达到1752。

So, what's on the disc?
Included are eight different instrument presets, all relying on the same set of samples, consisting of 2.25 gb. The major version of these has every key sampled at 12 different velocities, which makes use of the whole load of samples, but also taxes your CPU, RAM and HD the hardest. For lighter wear, there are three versions with only the white keys sampled and stretched to fill the whole keyboard, equipped with 4, 8 & 12 velocity layers respectively. A nice way to meet the fact that not all computers out in the wild are up to the job when it comes to heavy HD streaming; or, even if your computer easily outruns anything found in the depths of the NASA headquarters, you might still prefer to use the lite versions while building the song, leaving some CPU headroom for the other tracks. Then, when you're done, you could always substitute the light versions for the full 2.25 gb 12V version. The lite versions also feature sustain and release samples, and, honestly, even the lightest of them still sound great and can easily be used to do very realistic rhodes parts.

That makes up for 4 instruments. On top of that, there are also 4 extra instruments in the same fashion, only these feature stretch tuning; a tuning standard that accounts for the human hearing sometimes perceiving higher harmonics as a little flat, even if they are mathematically correct, according to the welltempered scale. Which mode should be used depends absolutely on what other instruments are included in the song; if you're playing it together with strictly well tempered instruments you might run into trouble. On the other hand, some instruments, including a few mallet ones, are traditionally stretch tuned. Use at your own discretion, and feel happy that you have the choice.

Basic sounds
The most important thing in a sample library aiming and claiming to be a realistic reproduction of some real-life instrument must be if it immediately sounds and feels like that instrument. Does it sound like a Rhodes? The answer is; yes, it does. The sound that leaves your speaker is basically that of a Fender Rhodes as we know them from numerous records over the past 30-40 years. Have a listen to this mellow improvisation for a glimpse of what my first initial impression was like ...