> case, but I am considering trying the technology by buying a
> secondhand unit so I would want to know if this is a bad idea.
FWIW I have purchased used and refurbished units off eBay and not had any
problems. I have "worn out" several decks over the years, but always in
obvious mechanical ways, never at the component/laser level.
> 2) can minidisc recordings easily be downloaded to PC and can they
> uncompressed for computer analyses? I'm a bit confused by this, and
> would value your comments as to whether there are shortcomings in
> this are.
Obviously you can transfer them in the analog domain quite easily, but at
a penalty in fidelity. To get a MD recording onto a PC digitally requires
at minimum (a) a soundcard with a digital connector, either optical
TOSlink or coaxial SPDIF; and (b) a MD deck with a digital output.
Currently no consumer portable MD recorders have digital output. There
are some solutions that let you control your MD deck from the PC to
facilitate transfer, which is however limited to real-time.
The current USB-equipped "NetMD" recordings do not allow transfer of
recordings digitally over USB. I believe the Portadisc can transfer data
over USB, thought at realtime ~ Walt's the expert there!
I use a custom hardware solution for "ripping" compressed files at
greater than realtime, but it's pricey and requires antique hardware. The
files however arrive on your PC in their compressed form (to be
decompressed by softwae) ~ this facilitates "backing up" MD onto CDR
(about 5 to 1).
Btw I treat this subject in some detail on my site under the "gear I use"
link on my "links/resources" page, so I won't go into too much detail
here... :) But you might find enough info there, and at www.minidisc.org;
the news section has listed several advances in the
PC-software-controlled-realtime-transfer arena in the past few months.
Best,
aaron
http://www.quietamerican.org
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>From Tue Mar 8 18:23:07 2005
Message: 1
Date: Sun, 05 Jan 2003 08:06:45 -0500
From: Marty Michener <>
Subject: Re: future recording - TIQIT tiny laptop
At 08:51 PM 1/2/2003 +0000, you wrote:
>Case in point: The TIQIT eightythree. At 6" x 4" x 1.5" the TIQIT
>is quite a bit smaller than the sub-notebook laptop, and not too much
>bigger than a PocketPC PDA. TIQIT specs include
>
>runs Windows XP and compatible software (Marty M take note!)
>256MB RAM
>5GB to 20GB internal 1.8 inch hard disc
>Blackberry-style thumb-operated keyboard
>4" 640x480 color touch sensitive LCD display
>USB and line-level audio in ports
>Type II PC Card slot
>lithium-ion rechargeable battery w/ estimated 4 hours' power
>20 ounces including battery
>price estimated at $1200 - $1500
>available "ASAP"
>
>see www.tiqit.com for more information and photos
Oryoki:
Thank you very much for the note. This does look much more feasible as a
vehicle for my software, now XP compatible, but please see
http://www.EnjoyBirds.com which has now grown to over 20 pages of examples=
and user instructions.
thanks,
Marty Michener
MIST Software Associates PO Box 269, Hollis, NH 03049 =
com
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