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Old February 23rd, 2006, 11:13 AM
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Here are some facts to go on...

Of the top 4 Producers we know in the USA, their "unique music" list is (may be a few hundred more that we are not aware of):

1. 6,000
2. 5,000
3. 3,600
4. 2,250

TOTAL: 16,850

So, if you take all the other producers in the USA... cumulative... it will probably total less than these 4; but let's say 16,850 again.

USA TOTAL: 33,700.

If you add in all the other songs around the world that are in CD+G format, I doubt (I don't know for sure) it would equal the top 4, so lets add another 16,000.

UNIQUE SONGS - WORLD TOTAL: 49,700

Now, the Producers claim double the number of MUSIC they really have... one WITH VOCALS, and one without; a 2:1 duplication. So, if you double this for w/ + w/o vocals:

INCLUDING VOCALS - WORLD TOTAL: 99,400

Hard drive space, based on our KMA format at 96Kb compression, an average song is 4.5MB. Thus, 140,000 x 4.5M = 630 GigaBytes.

If he has a 200GB drive, (200GB/4.5MB), then he has at most 44,444 KMA size files at 96Kb compression. NOTE: MP3 compression to get the same quality 96Kb WMA/KMA compression delivers would be 160Kb, which would average ~7MB per song including the .cdg file (28,571 on a 200GB or 35,000 on a 250GB HDD).

However, bootleg MP3G or ZIP files are low quality, so they would be around 4.75MB each. Thus, he has around 42,000 songs on a 200GB HDD, or 52,000 on a 250GB drive.

Given he "said" his song books didn't include all the songs he had, it seems he is covering up a gross exageration... over 90,000 he probably doesn't have.

One more point... 140,000 songs if purchased at the going rate of about $15 per 15 songs would be a $140,000 investment. Did he pay $140,000?

He probably bought a 250GB HDD with 35,000 songs plus a bootleg copy of S&D off eBay, so he doesn't have a single "disc" that he didn't "import". He's probably 100% illegal.

Why don't you report him to the local County Sherriff as using bootlegged songs and software?
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