Hey Blue,
If I can make the time, It would be a pleasure for me to write a step by step guide to setting up MIDI Instruments, controllers, and the like, using standard setup procedures, which I would aim to make almost fool proof. I also use a sub program called sampledumper on the ol' Amiga, which can xmit samples to & from my PC, A1200T, and A3000 sampler using a SCSI chain, and works flawlessly (and quickly). So I'll write a guide for that as well if you'd like, (perhaps there's a program for the PC which does the same). I've introduced myself in the "introduce yourself" forum if you would like to see the MIDI gear I use.
Hope to hear from you soon,
I-F