As an easy a crude solution: what about connecting the player to the comput=
er via the analog link (headphone output/input) are (re-recording) digitizi=
ng it on the computer? (The free Audacity will do this if nothing else).
That's what everyone had to do a few years ago and it works reasonably. You=
'd need to have something really fancy to have it make much of a difference=
, I suspect.
Just thinking it'd be easy and fast...
Best!
Steve P
--- In "davimon100" <> wrote:
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> Can anyone advise how I can transfer audio files captured on a Sony MD/ H=
i-MD to Mac OSX 10.7 (Lion). It is only now, after I bought a used Sony MD=
player, the mic capsules and built a battery box, that I thought to check =
that the files could be imported/ exported OK to my MacBook. I tried the l=
atest Sony file for Mac and I get the message that the software is no longe=
r working; certainly the MD is not recognised as a separate device on the M=
acBook. Sony, it appears, have thrown in the towel on developing a new one=
.
>
> I have been working on a boundary mic setup to record to a Mini-Disc, gi=
ven that I had read that the preamps aren't bad for such a small unit and t=
hat the files can record relatively uncompressed. I thought this would mak=
e a neat setup and leave rig for field recording. This certainly won't be =
the case if there isn't a way to get the files off the discs and into a DAW=
.
>
> I'd appreciate any suggestions you have on a workaround for this - hopefu=
lly one that doesn't involve me buying a PC as well.
>
> Thanks,
>
> David
>
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