http://www.akaipro.com/downloads.html Here's where you'll find a changing selection of free sounds to download for your Akai sampler. http://www.cs.ruu.nl/~jules/Akai/ Akai S-Series Samplers http://industrial.org/samplers.html The SCG is a database driven list of samplers, their specs and includes a sortable list of major features. This guide is intended as a starting point and obviously will not replace first hand experience but it will at least help you create a short list to work from. http://www.e-musician.com/archive/9510/9510revesi32.html E-mu ESI-32 Digital Sampler 1995.10.01 http://www.webcom.com/jawknee/Mirage/ Information about the Ensoniq Mirage 8 bit sampler and the Mirage Net mailing list http://www.ringmod.com/Musicsoft/index.htm Windows sampler utilities - mainly for the Akai S5000/S6000 range. http://members.aol.com/timvictor/index.html a multiplatform Java application that converts Mirage wavesample dumps to and from Wave and AIFF sound files.