This section is organised almost as a series of themed construction kits with plenty of loops within each kit. Perhaps the best of the loops are in the Hip Hop/R&B category. The same comment could be made about the Electric Bass loops what is supplied is good and serves to demonstrate how well PSP can manipulate loops, but it would have been nice to have more of it. For example, the Drums category, while containing some excellent acoustic drum loops suitable for generic pop, rock and funk styles, doesn't really stray into other genres. These are a bit of a mixed bag, not because of the quality (which is good), but because of the musical coverage. The PSP library also includes a healthy collection of loops, which are split into Drums, Electric Bass, Guitar, Hip Hop/R&B, Percussion and Vocals categories. The General MIDI category is a useful addition and, like the equivalent category in Colossus, the quality of the sounds would certainly make playback of GM files a much more pleasant sonic experience than your average soundcard's GM set. A few 'ohh' and 'ahh' choir samples are also provided although, rather oddly, there is no dedicated orchestral percussion. There are some nice-sounding strings and brass, both ensemble and solo, but the obvious limitation is the restricted number of performance articulations provided, although sustained, staccato and, for the strings, pizzicato are included. The Orchestral sounds are also somewhat limited in breadth, but what is here is perfectly useable and would form a good starting point for someone without a basic orchestral palette.
There's not a huge choice in any one category but, given the sound-design tools built into PSP, there's plenty of scope for further tweaking once you have found a suitable starting point. These include, pads, textures, bass, brass, leads, and all sorts of filter-sweep sounds. As with the other sound categories, the Synths cover a wide range of styles.
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