Yes, the number of tracks required from older systems is horrible, compared to VE. For example, Gigastudio required you to do each separate articulation on a separate track if it was complex music. So that was a nightmare I personally dealt with. With Vienna Ensemble, a huge step forward in being able to realize complex music was accomplished. Though also it is the number, and the skill in selecting, the samples required for really musical needs that VSL did, which makes this possible in the hands of a sufficiently good musician (which Jay obviously is).
And BTW I don't think Jay is drunk now. I think he is ritually slaughtering virgins on the street outside his house, while doing oddly irregular dance steps.