Here is a good guide to drumsynthesis by the german company Waldorf: http://waldorf.electro-music.com/attack/docs/attackdrumsounds.pdf -- Malte Steiner media art + development -www.block4.com- Elektronengehirn concert 29. April 2006 KuBaSta Hamburg, Germany more at blog 4, also available as rss feed: http://java.block4.com/blog4/