diff --git a/lib-src/libnyquist/nyquist/nyqsrc/samples.c b/lib-src/libnyquist/nyquist/nyqsrc/samples.c
index 3fc97883d..d25e86665 100644
--- a/lib-src/libnyquist/nyquist/nyqsrc/samples.c
+++ b/lib-src/libnyquist/nyquist/nyqsrc/samples.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include "sound.h"
 #include "falloc.h"
 #include "samples.h"
+#include <limits.h>
 
 
 LVAL s_next = NULL;
@@ -115,10 +116,16 @@ LVAL snd_samples(sound_type s, int64_t len)
     long vx = 0;
     int blocklen;
     register double scale_factor = s->scale;
-    len = (long) snd_length(s, len);
+    len = snd_length(s, len);
     s = sound_copy(s);
 
     xlsave1(v);
+    
+    // xlisp's maximum vector size is limited. If we exceed the limit,
+    // we'll return a shorter array of samples than requested.
+    if (len > INT_MAX / sizeof(LVAL)) {
+        len = INT_MAX / sizeof(LVAL);
+    }
     v = newvector(len);
 
     while (len > 0) {
diff --git a/lib-src/libnyquist/nyquist/nyqsrc/trigger.c b/lib-src/libnyquist/nyquist/nyqsrc/trigger.c
index e7bbb2bd1..0d0fe24b8 100644
--- a/lib-src/libnyquist/nyquist/nyqsrc/trigger.c
+++ b/lib-src/libnyquist/nyquist/nyqsrc/trigger.c
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ the previous value so re-reading will not re-trigger.)
 #include "cext.h"
 #include "assert.h"
 
-#define TRIGGERDBG 1
+#define TRIGGERDBG 0
 #define D if (TRIGGERDBG) 
 
 /* Note: this structure is identical to an add_susp structure up
diff --git a/nyquist/nyquist.lsp b/nyquist/nyquist.lsp
index 6d60e06cc..12ec235c2 100644
--- a/nyquist/nyquist.lsp
+++ b/nyquist/nyquist.lsp
@@ -668,7 +668,7 @@ loop
     (ny:error "SAMPLER" 2 '((SOUND) "modulation") modulation))
   (ny:assert-sample "SAMPLER" 3 "table" sample)
   (ny:typecheck (not (integerp npoints))
-    (ny:error "BUZZ" 3 '((INTEGER) "npoints") npoints))
+    (ny:error "SAMPLER" 3 '((INTEGER) "npoints") npoints))
   (let ((samp (car sample))
         (samp-pitch (cadr sample))
         (samp-loop-start (caddr sample))
diff --git a/nyquist/seq.lsp b/nyquist/seq.lsp
index 03c336a19..ea9172bae 100644
--- a/nyquist/seq.lsp
+++ b/nyquist/seq.lsp
@@ -199,9 +199,8 @@
 ;;     a more helpful stack trace for SAL.
 (defmacro trigger (input beh)
   `(let* ((nyq%environment (nyq:the-environment))
-          (gate%signal (force-srate *sound-srate* ,input))
-          (s%rate (snd-srate gate%signal)))
-     (snd-trigger gate%signal
+          (s%rate *sound-srate*))
+     (snd-trigger (force-srate *sound-srate* ,input)
                   #'(lambda (t0) (eval-seq-behavior ,beh "TRIGGER")))))