Hi
The HIMD plus the 722, next thing you will be suggesting buying a new
Sony supersize LCD to go with the HIMD :)))))))
It has been a couple of years since I investiated the MD option and
then my recollection is transfer was via line in. If the Sonicstage
software works, this could be tempting.
Thanks again,
John
--- In Rob Danielson <>
wrote:
> I'm not suggesting anyone consider a NH-900 or RH-900 HiMD recorder
> _instead of_ a 722, of course.
>
> Not sure why HiMD transferring has bad rap in some circles. Here's
> the HiMD USB uploading "frustration" I endure:
>
> 1.Sonicstage 3.1 loads the 1GB HiMD disc on the "Transfer" side of
a window.
> 2. Set the location where you want the converted sound files
> (16/44.1K .wav) to go. (Or use the same location you used the last
> time by default)
> 3. Select All (or some) of the sound files on your 1GB disk.
> 4. Click on the Big Red "Transfer" arrow.
> 5. Go get coffee.
>
> On my $100 used 512Hhz (98me 128 mb ram) PC laptop, transferring 94
> minutes takes 40 minutes. I hear its 4 times faster on a current
> desktop. I place my converted files on an external firewire hard
> drive so they go where I'll edit them, first time. I back these
data
> files up on DVD-R for 10/hr. and erase and reuse the 1GB disc.
>
> The 722 is drag and drop-- but only to the PC or Mac's internal
disc-
> not directly to external drives where files are stored and edited.
> That requires another step. The transfer speed is ~ 4mbs, about
> twice as fast as HIMD, but that gets eaten up with the double
> transfer. The HiMD 1GB discs go home and are transferred at home at
> my leisure & no field fussing. The Sony HiMD discs have _never_
> failed to mount first time. The 722 does fail to mount, first time,
> from time to time. Haven't lost anything on the 722 or 744. I had
> one bad 1GB disc that failed to transfer the last recording on it.
It
> was a defective disc.
>
> Any other reservations? I'm trying get my old job back at Sony. Rob
D.
>
> =3D =3D =3D =3D =3D
>
> At 4:52 AM +0000 8/20/05, JR wrote:
> >Hi Rob,
> >I have watched colleagues struggle working with MDs trying to get
> >their files onto their computers and getting frustated in the
> >process. I am not a patient person and doing an analog transfer is
> >not for me.
> >I visit minidisco enough to know the HIMD may be an improvement
over
> >the MD of a couple of years ago ,but from what I understand the
Sonic
> >whatever it is software for digital transfers may still be
> >troublesome. I did see there is a Mz 10/100 but looks as if that is
> >pretty similar to the the RH910?
> >
> >The idea of the MD appealed to me and probably millons of others,
but
> >I need to get the information on my computer and unless that
process
> >has changed, I just have to live with my impatience and be patient
> >for a 722, although I still need to check out the specs for the 671
> >and how different it is from the 670 in terms of preamp noise.
> >
> >Thanks!
> >John
> >
> >--- In Rob Danielson <>
> >wrote:
> >> John
> >> How about an Sony MZ-RH910 Hi-MD Recorder and a Rolls PB224
phantom
> >> power supply for while you wait in line? I think you'd find the
> >> combo to be a lot more than you paid for. Rob D.
> >>
> >> =3D =3D =3D
> >> i
> >> At 11:31 PM +0000 8/19/05, JR wrote:
> >> >Mike,
> >> >What was the decision process that resulted in the 722
decision?
> >> >Thanks,
> >> >John
> >> >
> >> >ps I have checked around and the line is longer than the gas
lines
> >of
> >> >the 70s
> >> >
> >> >--- In Mike Feldman
> >> ><> wrote:
> >> >> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> > I personally would go with the 722. ...
> >> >>
> >> >> That was my decision last April, and I'm
> >> >> still waiting for my order to be filled;
> >> >> I haven't looked at how long the line is
> >> >> behind me.
> >> >>
> >> > -- Mike
> >>
> >> --
> >> Rob Danielson
> >> Film Department
> >> University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
> >>
> >> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >"Microphones are not ears,
> >Loudspeakers are not birds,
> >A listening room is not nature."
> >Klas Strandberg
> >Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> >
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