[QUOTE]Originally posted by Booby:
[B]Hi,

in my experience I would like to suggest you to not judge a sound in terms of Gbytes.
A 3 or 4 GB piano it's not for sure better of a smaller one.
I remember one of the best piano I've tried was a small size one, from the Miroslav Vitous collection. While sampling there are too much factors that change the sound (mic type, mic position, pre-amp used, wave editing, etc) and for sure Miroslav big experience (and very good hears) has done a much better job than others around.

Of course this library is now old and most of the current one are far better, anyway what impressed me (but also some friends around) was to understand that these few MB of sample were much better than the fabulous GigaPiano for instance.

Just sharing my ideas.

Regards.

Good post and true too.
Big pianos like bosendorfer 290 and steinway D sounds good ( 1300-1800Mb) but this do NOT mean also that smmall giga pianos around 10-20-30Mb are really sounds good too.
If you look at our last GIGA sounbank 8530:
http://www.lionstracs.com/store/giga-sounbank-8530-p-167.html
we have inside 1670 GIGA Instruments, all around from some 1-2 Mb up yo 100-150Mb max to some big pianos.
We have also a lot of Acustic pianos with 5-10Mb that are sounds good too, just 1 layer but are sounds good.
Then look at the new Hyper drumskits too: http://www.lionstracs.com/store/hyper-drums-p-166.html
20 drumkits all around 20-25Mb only, BUT are SOUND AMAZING!

The concept of GIGA that I mean here is totally different!

IF with your T2 or Korg you have to loading JUST 20-30Mb of data, you have to smoking a couple of Malboro and then you are ready to start to play some and when you have to loading another styles with some MB again...smoking again untill you are ready to play again.

Under the Mediastation is totally different, befause we streaming from HD the all sounds and all in realtime.
30-50Mb of Piano in about 0.5 second! This is the difference.
Of course with the Mediastation you can browse the full GIGA library and link the desidered sounds under one hardware key and recall then when you like in REAL TIME.

Of course some GIGA sounds are not so good for you, but maybe are good for another user.
How you can see in my webpage, we contine also offer new GIGA sounds and in midle this week will be available another 45 Real Drumkits and another 300 Instruments, then we are close to 16.000 Mb of FREE GIGA Library.

What you can do with your T2? Browser the all CLOSED 512 sounds and then smoking ton of BOX just for play some more new sounds?
How much $$ they will ask you just for ONE new sounds?
If you then need have 20-80 new T2 sounds how much you have spend?
Not so much?
then buy one PC laptop too ( just look how many here have it) for playing Mp3 songs because a lot here can NOT play one arranger keyboard.
Someone here need STYLES..STYLES and STYLES, yes, because you need Min of 1000 styles OR tou can NOT cover 3 hours of gig's and other musician need MIDIFILES..MIDIFILES..MP3...MP3...because is more easy and sounds much better.

How Bill say always:
Enjoy whatever you play...

Cheers