i get the same message when i go to record.

Make 5 or 6 Samples and place them in the storage area ... then go to record another ...and the 6 minutes is still there!
You got 12 minutes of Total Sampling time... but the longest a sample can be is 6 minutes. But most samples are only a few seconds a piece... unless you decide to load a WAV song or Comedy skit ...into the Sampler...
Where the 12 minutes comes in handy is when you LOAD the Sample Banks with 30 ro 40 WAV's from the INTERNET ... or comedy skits, or Funny Stuff...and add them in song!
Without the extra MEGS you only have 11 seconds of Stored Time! But now you can Load Ton's of Wav's into your Hard Drive ...into Different Folders ... 64 megs a folder... then LOAD 12 mintues at a time into your Sampler! of ALL types of samples!