Hello Lionstracs, thank you for the offer above.
Unfortunately the T2 doesn't stream samples like your Mediastation (or Wersi arrangers)do, neither does it load them as quick as your machine or a PC.
It definitely takes about 1 minute to load 25mb's in, so if you did use the full 1 gig you can obviously imagine how long it would take. If you had a power cut you would have to load them in again, although the T2 would do this for you automatically.
I could wait 5 maybe 10 minutes if out playing live, but don't mind when I use it in my studio.
I've no idea why it takes so long, it's the way Yamaha have made it. We even only got USB1 out of them so they better correct this for their next outing if they want me to buy one