Dear Mike;

I am not sure if you relize this, but there are 2 components to sampling. First is the recording portion ( i.e. as u mention sampling your barking dog). Secondly, there is sample reading capabilities. This allows the KB to read presampled materials from other companies without actually having to record anything. There are many companies which have sound sampled libraries from which you can acess. So the least I expect from yamaha is to have sample reading capabilities. But of course both sampling capabilities would be great.

PS--put me down as wanting the KB to have sampling capabilites.

Regards;
BN