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Title: New Minidiscs?
Post by: John Kelly on September 12, 2003, 06:33:59 PM
I was just looking at sonicsense's web page, and they're selling 140mb minidiscs.  They're pretty damn expensive, but if they work in my md recorder I may have to pick up a pack for when I need to stealth.  2 hrs and 20 minutes is a lot better than 80, and would probably eliminate tape flips...

Any thoughts?
http://www.sonicsense.com/minidisk.htm
Title: Re:New Minidiscs?
Post by: DaryanLenz on September 12, 2003, 07:16:16 PM
Indeed, they are uber exspensive for now...probably won't last very long though!  Now if you MD'ers could get rid of that compression garbage, you would be in da business!

Daryan
Title: Re:New Minidiscs?
Post by: John Kelly on September 12, 2003, 07:29:18 PM
Well I don't consider myself an "MDer" anymore, as I tape on my iBook.  But I don't have a DAT to stealth with, and I can't see myself ever getting one.  

I figure since you can write over an MD, I could just reuse 'em over and over.  I'm still waiting on an email from SonicSense to see if they'd actually work with my Sony, though...
Title: Re:New Minidiscs?
Post by: busknuckle on September 12, 2003, 10:37:17 PM
I'm pretty sure that's a "data only" type md. Not for use to record audio. I could be mistaken.
Title: Re:New Minidiscs?
Post by: John Kelly on September 12, 2003, 10:42:42 PM
But does that mean it wont work?  Data DATs are used in recorders all the time...
Title: Re:New Minidiscs?
Post by: Sean Gallemore on September 13, 2003, 03:19:12 AM
and why would sonicsense be selling it then?
Title: Re:New Minidiscs?
Post by: sexymexi on September 13, 2003, 03:20:28 AM
good call, but the dat format i think is basicly the same, but you can record at 44.1/48 ect.  Whereas some MD players and recorders don't have different modes as in LP2/4 or mono, and therefore they cannot read them as some can.   I don't know, i still don't think they would work, but if so, hells yea, badass product i'd buy them..  
Title: Re:New Minidiscs?
Post by: Sean Gallemore on September 13, 2003, 03:13:56 PM
i know what yer saying about the MDLP, however, i think this is part of the disc and not a function of the recorder.  Hopefully the price drops and I can test them
Title: Re:New Minidiscs?
Post by: Styx Cover Band on September 13, 2003, 04:18:46 PM
They are data discs. minidisco is selling the sony brand of them. To bad to it would be nice to eliminate the tape flip

http://www.minidisco.com/mmd-140a.html

Title: Re:New Minidiscs?
Post by: Swampy on September 13, 2003, 04:21:43 PM
I dont see how they can develope discs that big for data and not for audio...
Title: Re:New Minidiscs?
Post by: Styx Cover Band on September 13, 2003, 04:47:47 PM
I dont see how they can develope discs that big for data and not for audio...

Yeah I don't either, but from what I read the audio discs are not compatible in MD data equipment and vice versa. The data discs are shaped different and the TOC is different.
Title: Re:New Minidiscs?
Post by: dklein on September 14, 2003, 12:03:55 AM
They appear to be the same capacity of audio discs - remember they hold 74-80 minutes of compressed music - that's a fair bit to put into 140MB.  Sounds like you might have been thinking 140 minutes.
Title: Re:New Minidiscs?
Post by: Sean Gallemore on September 14, 2003, 01:13:07 AM
They are data discs. minidisco is selling the sony brand of them. To bad to it would be nice to eliminate the tape flip

http://www.minidisco.com/mmd-140a.html



dammit :( fucking cocksuckers
Title: Re:New Minidiscs?
Post by: 1st set only on September 15, 2003, 09:43:04 AM
those are data discs I think they are for multi trac md machines