Hi Suzanne
It was only with the advent of the Hi-MD machines, I
believe, that you could download to PC and have it
convert the files to wav's. A file format that other
computer programs, such as sound editing software,
could make use of. Sony did produce a Net-MD which
allowed you to download and upload to the device but
the files were of no other use. They have come a long
way since then thankfully, and the software would
appear to have 'grown-up' quite a bit and 'speaking as
I find' fairly easy to use.
Phil
--- Suzanne Williams <> wrote:
> Thanks, Phil, for the suggestions. I will forward
> what you said to
> my employer, as he was the one who wanted to know!
>
> As to using the Sony software. Our current mini
> disc unit did come
> with software but it either does not give us the
> option to transfer
> them digitally, or our mini disc is not set up
> correctly. It does
> hook USB (I think). But when we run in a file, we
> currently use a
> mini disc playing unit running through a small sound
> board. Thus we
> have to wait the length of the sound file to make it
> digital,
> something we are very tired of doing.
>
> Thanks again.
>
> ----------------------
> Suzanne
> Suzanne Williams Photography
> http://web.tampabay.rr.com/swilli41/www
> Florida, USA
>
>
>
> --- In Philip
> Tyler
> <> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Suzanne
> >
> > The latest mini-disk offering from Sony the MZ RH1
> is USB2 so will
> download the files very quickly, via the SonicStage
> software, and is
> probably the best bang-per-buck you are likely to
> get. Plus it has
> the added advantage if you ever feel like starting
> recording
> say 'more seriously' you have an excellent recorder
> to do just that
> with. It is very compact and would easily slip into
> an inside pocket
> and be completely unobtrusive. One thing you can do
> on it which is
> really useful for long recordings is to set it to
> automatically
> create a track mark say every 10 minutes. Then when
> you come to
> download instead of downloading say a one and a half
> hour recording
> you can download 10 minute chunks which can be
> joined together in
> something like Audacity a free audio editor.
> >
> > I use the latest SonicStage software and have to
> say I find it a
> breeze to use and downloads are so much faster now
> it is USB2.
> >
> > Otherwise you might like to have a look at the
> offerings from
> Olympus:
> >
> > http://www.olympus.co.uk/voice/
> >
> > This is the UK site for Olympus by the way but
> should show you what
> is available. Again some of these you can download
> to computer by
> USB. But they can be two thirds the cost of say the
> Sony MZ RH1, I
> know the Olympus recorders include a mic but you can
> get some very
> cheap personal mics these days like this:
> >
> >
> http://www.trantec.co.uk/html/p_Microphones_LP2.htm
> >
> > Hope the above is of some use to you.
> >
> > Phil
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----
> > From: Suzanne Williams <>
> > To:
> > Sent: Tuesday, 7 August, 2007 1:31:29 PM
> > Subject: [Nature Recordists] Digital Recorder
> Suggestions
> >
> > I need some suggestions for a good portable
> digital recorder. We
> > have been using a Sony Mini Disc unit, but the
> time it takes to
> > convert the files from audio to digital is
> discouraging. We'd like
> > to be able to have the file already in
> digital-audio format so that
> > all we have to do it move the file onto the
> computer and thus cut
> out
> > about an 1 1/2 hours of work.
> >
> > I'm not sure what is even available. The unit
> needs to be small, as
> > would fit in a coat pocket, and light. Our
> recordings are not
> > nature, but speech (as in seminars or teaching) so
> the mic we have
> is
> > the kind that clips to a collar or tie. Great mic,
> which we'd like
> > to reuse (sorry don't know the exact brand name).
> >
> > I appreciate your help in advance.
> >
> > ------------ --------- -
> > Suzanne
> > Suzanne Williams Photography
> > http://web.tampabay .rr.com/swilli41 /www
> > Florida, USA
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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