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Re: [gear] Sony Hi-MD Transfer software for Macintosh and MZ-RH1

Subject: Re: [gear] Sony Hi-MD Transfer software for Macintosh and MZ-RH1
From: "Rob Danielson" danielson_rob
Date: Sat Jul 22, 2006 3:32 pm (PDT)
Yes, thanks Oryoki!  Is the new app simplified-- more like a 
"drag-n-drop" transfer app than a song list player?  More small steps 
in the right direction?  Rob D.

At 2:35 PM -0500 7/22/06, Curt Olson wrote:
>Thank you for this heads up! I downloaded it and confirmed that it
>supports both the MZ-M100 and MZ-M10. Imports PCM and Hi-SP files as
>advertised. Unfortunately it's not backward compatible with the
>MZ-NHF800.
>
>Curt Olson
>
>
>oryoki wrote:
>
>>  Sony has released the software necessary to upload files via USB from
>>  the new MZ-RH1 Hi-MD recorder to a Macintosh running OS X.  The
>>  software can transfer linear PCM, Hi-SP and Hi-LP files from recorder
>>  to Mac. The software can also download MP3 and WAV files from Mac to
>>  recorder.
>>
>>  The software, called Sony Hi-MD Transfer 2.0, can be downloaded here:
>>  http://tinyurl.com/hxz5t
>>
>>  PC users should continue to upload and download files using Sony's
>>  Sonic Stage 3.4 software.
>>
>>  I expect that this software upgrade also works with the MZ-M10,
>>  MZ-M100 and new MZ-M200 Hi-MD recorders sold by Sony's pro audio
>>  group.  These machines shipped with a earlier version of the Hi-MD
>>  Transfer software.  I don't know if version 2.0 adds any features, or
>>  just adds support for the MZ-RH1.
>>
>>  Incidentally, the folks at the Minidisc Community Forum are calling
>>  the MZ-RH1 "the most perfectly realized Minidisc instrument to date."
>>   Read their comments at http://www.minidisc.org/part_Sony_MZ-RH1.html
>>  The MZ-RH1 costs about $320 from Internet merchants.  The MZ-RH910
>>  continues to be available at $165.
>>
>  > --oryoki
>


-- 
Rob Danielson
Peck School of the Arts
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
http://www.uwm.edu/~type/audio-art-tech-gallery/





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