Hey
Can you believe that there are some high quality percussion sounds from Project Sam out there, completely free:
http://www.projectsam.com/freesounds_85 ... QYFIW.html
I can't wait to try them out in some epic, Sakimoto, EWQL-like badass orchestral piece.
Oh, don't be scared of .gig files, you can convert them to soundfonts with:
http://www.fmjsoft.com/awframe.html
You just open .gig file and then select all and save as one file.