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opti out to pc from mini disc player possible?

Is this all 'radio rarity music' or what? If it's commercial music, I would scrap the idea. It's a nice project idea-we all like them, don't we-but unless you've got recordings of indigenous music of a now-extinct race of people, this is a major consumption (read: WASTE) of time. Save that and your money and go get some used CDs.
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Some are direct vinyl to mini disc recordings from local bands where the vinyl is long gone and others are radio edit versions of tunes (not the R-Rated or unfamiliar album versions of CHR songs). Replacing all those for me is now nearly impossible since "NOW That's What I Call Music" type discs don't have everything I'm looking for and I don't know anyone who has any old massive collections of Century 21 Gold Discs.
 
nightfly61 said:
Is this all 'radio rarity music' or what? If it's commercial music, I would scrap the idea. It's a nice project idea-we all like them, don't we-but unless you've got recordings of indigenous music of a now-extinct race of people, this is a major consumption (read: WASTE) of time. Save that and your money and go get some used CDs.
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Some are direct vinyl to mini disc recordings from local bands where the vinyl is long gone and others are radio edit versions of tunes (not the R-Rated or unfamiliar album versions of CHR songs). Replacing all those for me is now nearly impossible since "NOW That's What I Call Music" type discs don't have everything I'm looking for and I don't know anyone who has any old massive collections of Century 21 Gold Discs.
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This sounds very similar to what I did when I ran my oldies webstrem. I wanted to have a primary focus on either single edits or promo singles for my on-air presentation.

First I gathered up all the Century21 - TM/Century gold discs i could afford to buy from them. I also purchased many other music libraries. After going through them all and identifying all the cuts that needed to be replaced I started my vinyl buying craze! I purchased damn near everything I could get my hands on and even went as far as culling through long lost records belonging to friends and fellow broadcasters to get those versions. When possible to duplicate the edit with a CD version I re-created the edit - most often when the vinyl was too worn to be considered "air worthy". Some vinyl wear was considered to be "authentic" while too much of it was just plain distracting and took away from any possible benefit the different version may have offered.

I used my mini disc units primarily as cart machine replacements instead of archival systems. I had found CD and DVD media better suited and easier to work with. While I did dabble with having music available on MD, I used it mostly for effects, stagers and jingles.
 
The only digital allowed on MD recorders is in. No digital copies of a MD allowed. Due to copy protection issues. You'll have to transfer them analogue. An annoyance for professional users which Sony should have allowed digital both ways on pro recorders.
 
Kent T said:
The only digital allowed on MD recorders is in. No digital copies of a MD allowed. Due to copy protection issues. You'll have to transfer them analogue. An annoyance for professional users which Sony should have allowed digital both ways on pro recorders.
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Guess you didn't read this entry in the thread before posting: http://boards.radio-info.com/smf/index.php?topic=123436.msg1002552#msg1002552

According to test123 - your information is incorrect. Sony DOES make a MD that does digital transfers.
 
But...I have not been able to get Sonic Stage to connect to my MD Machines with my new Windows 7 (64bit) machine. It does however work with my Windows Vista Laptop (32bit)...

Test123
 
The Hi-MD Sony minidisc machines are the only machines I know of which will let you go MD to PC. And they must use the SonicStage software for the job. None of the older models will let you do so I am aware of. I borrowed one to test this function on the MZ-RH1. And you can only get this software to work on a 32 bit Windows OS. Program Compatibility Mode may also be needed on Vista and 7.
 
I came across this problem a few years ago, when needing to transfer some rare cuts and concert audio to pc. I have a pair of MDS E10 Pros... plus various consumer models. They all have opti and/or coaxial in/out. There's no way around it... your project has to be done in real-time. Know what you recorded! Stereo SP recordings don't go over 292 kbit/sec, and are 44,100, so when you are converting, keep in mind anything more will eat up unnecessary hard-drive space. IMO, unless you have a rare mix or venue recordings... it might be worthwhile just to obtain the music in some other way.
 
On the Macintosh, Intel Macs with XP, Vista, or 7 32 bit would work under Boot Camp. Boot into Windows and do your transfers that way.
 
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