New year ... new budget.

I'm at crossroad and would love feedback good and bad from this forum of wise musicians.

I'm a Roland fan. I'm looking at the 5080 and purchasing the ilio samples that have the Groove Activation in them. Their demo disk has me thinking.

But, from reading around it looks like things like gigasampler from Nemesys is starting to catch on. Even some of the ilio samples are getting the Grove Activation added.

Instinctively, I know that hardwared based devices can be easier to use and maintain but can be limiting - especially when trying to use things like large samples.

A software based approach like GigaSampler from Nemesis has its advantages.

But, what's the reality? What do you say?

Thanks,
Tom Parish
Austin, TX