no i don't have a hardware sampler.. to this point i've just been using ACID to run loops taken from vinyl, cds, etc. I've heard that akai's s20 was a pretty good machine for sampling anyway. But i took 800dv's advice and got myself an rx5 for $80 and i'm very happy with it.. however, i'm still looking around for others, i keep hearing about the ry30.. i know that the Boss dr* have good presets, but can you edit the individual drum sounds??