Topic: Digital Dump from MD SONY

[BOAMAN]

Hey all,

I have bunch of MD's I recorded (with my ECM-MS907 stereo mic.  and rather old MD recorder) while I was in Thialand for ten months.
My player is not a HiMD.

I was told this might be my problem when useing softwhere to dump my stuff through a USB connection...

Anyone know how I can do that?  Or what I should do to get these sweet tunes onto .wav form?


much respect,
B
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[poorlyconditioned]

Hey all,

I have bunch of MD's I recorded (with my ECM-MS907 stereo mic.  and rather old MD recorder) while I was in Thialand for ten months.
My player is not a HiMD.

I was told this might be my problem when useing softwhere to dump my stuff through a USB connection...

Anyone know how I can do that?  Or what I should do to get these sweet tunes onto .wav form?


much respect,
B
O
A
 

The simplest way is to find someone with a MD deck *with digital output*, then use a digital input on the soundcard.

It is a realtime transfer, but, unlike an analog transfer, the results will not have much, if any, additional distortion.  People may tell you analog works fine, but you will need a good ADC, something like UA5 or better, to get reasonable quality.  Do NOT use a cheap computer soundard.

  Richard

[Wedge]

Unfortunately, Sony in their infinite wisdom do not allow the upload over USB, or even playback over USB, of MD/NetMD recorded material through a Hi-MD unit.

As suggested, the only way for you to do this digitally, is via an MD deck with a digital output, and a soundcard with a digital input.  Or even MD deck with digital output to CD recorder with digital input, then rip the CD.

For everything you want to know about MD/NetMD/Hi-MD, head on over to the minidisc.org forums here:

http://forums.minidisc.org

[blu666z]

I can do transfers for you if needed.  Drop me a PM.

-Kevin

[poorlyconditioned]

Hey all,

I have bunch of MD's I recorded (with my ECM-MS907 stereo mic.  and rather old MD recorder) while I was in Thialand for ten months.
My player is not a HiMD.

I was told this might be my problem when useing softwhere to dump my stuff through a USB connection...

Anyone know how I can do that?  Or what I should do to get these sweet tunes onto .wav form?


much respect,
B
O
A
 

Yeah, I can offer too.  Just not too many of them.  How many discs have you got?

  Richard

[BOAMAN]

Great.  You guys rock.
 

Funny enough I borrowed a MD deck from this school I was working at,  yet all the SONY software I downloaded magicly smelled like an IPOD.   AS in I couldn't transfer onto the computer.

so a free standing CD burner... is that the best answer?
Is that what you 2 guys are using?

I have like 8 discs full of samples.

PEACE

B
O
A
 

[poorlyconditioned]

Great.  You guys rock.
 

Funny enough I borrowed a MD deck from this school I was working at,  yet all the SONY software I downloaded magicly smelled like an IPOD.   AS in I couldn't transfer onto the computer.

so a free standing CD burner... is that the best answer?
Is that what you 2 guys are using?

I have like 8 discs full of samples.

PEACE

B
O
A
 

It is a standalone deck, right?  Does it have a digital output?  If so, you can just play the disk on the deck and use a digital input on some computer sound card.  Say what you will, but I've had great luck with a Creative Labs USB device.  I forget the model number, I think it was MP+ or something.  Anyway the analog totally sucks, but it appears to be bit accurate on input.  Any recording program can capture.  It just looks like a standard audio device.  I think M-Audio transit is similar ... with good digital and better analog quality.

  Richard