The Assimil8r is one module we have been waiting a long time for... 8 channels of sampling from the legend EMU, it isn't going to get much better than that...
Dave and Marco showed off some of the features of the Assimil8r, including some new things such as Zones, which addresses some of the issues of creating multi samples in a control system with CV/gate instead of MIDI.
More info at Rossum Electro-Music
Developments for Korg's instrument have been slow but promising.