Thing is, with USB sticks getting larger and larger every day, why not skip MP3's altogether and simply go 16/44 .WAV?

For starters, if you want to loop or pitch/tempo change, .WAV's give better results every time (with often a lower processor load), and they also sound better unless you are using VERY high bitrate MP3's...

I intend to do this on my BK-9, skip MP3's and stay on WAV/AIFF's at CD quality. 32GB is still a MASSIVE amount of full bandwidth audio, far more than you'd need on the average gig...