so 128MB of storage should give roughly 12 minutes of CD quality uncompressed audio. For one kit that should be pretty damn good if managed well..
Oh it's definitely possible to get a good sounding kit in there. No one said it can't be done with 128megs and I think the reason for most bitching about it simply comes down to how dirt cheap memory is these days. And for a company buying bulk it's sooo much cheaper. So why not throw 1gb in there and just charge $50 extra or so?? Makes NO sense whatsoever that a company would use 128megs as the amount of "expansion" memory in today's technological market and with the intent of loading hyper real kits.
Just to point one more thing out, try not to think of it so linear. Remember for a hyper realistic kit you need many layers of velocity so consider every sound having , let's just say for now, 10 files each. Cymbals especially take more space because of their long decay times. But yeah, it surely can still be done. If we start thinking about 32 layers of velocity or more forget about it.
And a final point, while a great sounding kit surely can fit in 128megs that still likely means only one or two kits max can be loaded. And I'm of the assumption that we won't have the ability to load separate pieces, though we won't know until these kits are out. So you may love the toms, hate the snare, love the kick, hate the hihat, etc. Not sure they'd really be able to offer kits with several different kit pieces options.......
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........................ unless of course they release sets with absolutely miniscule velocity layers in comparison to the current module sounds. But that would defeat the purpose a bit I think.
Rev.