I just went through this myself. Did alot of researching & choice E-mu. Yes just about every paramater is midi assignable. On the Akai's (example S3000) the resonance filter is NOT assignable. And as far as the sound, I went down to a local Guitar Center & used a CD-Rom w/ the same samples on both the Akai & The E-mu. The E-mu sounded a hell of alot warmer. I will give Akai the benifit, they're punchy...but thats only good for drums & not much else.

[This message has been edited by bassfreq (edited 01-10-2001).]