Patches and discussion for Ensoniq VFX family

Hi.

Now that some of my synths are becoming old I fear that they might 
break down one of these days. I have a very shakey SD-1 that I 
desperately need to sample before it breaks down on me.

I am now considering sampling all my favourite patches. 
Im using Gigastudio and Kontakt these days and I have used the 
Instrument Editor that comes with Gigastudio.

What I was wondering is how many samplingpoints and velocitypoints I 
should use? I have heard that sampling each third note is usually 
sufficient. As for velocities, I have no idea.

Does anyone know of any app that would automatically create good loop-
points in samples? Looping all of them manually would be too 
timeconsuming Im afraid. This isnt a huge problem though. I could 
always make very long samples (20 seconds or more) now that disk-
space isnt an issue. 

Share your experience on this matter as my gear just keeps getting 
older and my wallet keeps getting thinner :)


Cheers
Anton