Choosing instrument samples that fit a staccato style helps too. Jive type bass and jazz type guitar. Sustained notes are more difficult unless you can find a phase point. I used to use Audio Engineer Plus II to edit the samples because you could zoom to the Nth degree.
Yes it is fun.
The most frustrating thing was you would get what you thought was a real cool sample only to find it sounded crap in the mod. And the ones you thought were't so special sounded great.
Gertsy
