Hi Aaron,
Thanks for that clarification ...
I must have missed a change in the technology? My deck has always said HiMD=
... played recorded and transfered what I believed to be HiMD... very conf=
using and no wonder the technology died out!!
Best,
Mark
On May 4, 2012, at 7:59 AM, Aaron Ximm <> wrote:
> Just remember that it has to be a HiMD deck.
>
> I don't remember ever seeing component-sized rather than portable-sized
> HiMD players/recorders, but that was a while ago.
>
> The main point being, an original MD deck with coax out like a JB 920 or
> what have you, will not work for HiMD recorded as HiMD!
>
> There was however optical out on the portables, wasn't there? (Or did the=
y
> remove that on HiMD?)
>
> aaron
>
> On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 5:56 PM, Mark <> wrote:
>
> > Optical and Coax output on the Minidisc Decks will transfer your files
> > digitally. Might pick one up very cheap on Ebay...
> >
> >
> > Sent from my iPad
> >
> > On May 4, 2012, at 7:44 AM, "Steve Pelikan" <> wrote=
:
> >
> > > As an easy a crude solution: what about connecting the player to the
> > computer via the analog link (headphone output/input) are (re-recording=
)
> > digitizing it on the computer? (The free Audacity will do this if nothi=
ng
> > else).
> > >
> > > That's what everyone had to do a few years ago and it works reasonabl=
y.
> > 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:
> > > >
> > > > Can anyone advise how I can transfer audio files captured on a Sony
> > MD/ Hi-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 though=
t to
> > check that the files could be imported/ exported OK to my MacBook. I tr=
ied
> > the latest Sony file for Mac and I get the message that the software is=
no
> > longer working; certainly the MD is not recognised as a separate device=
on
> > the MacBook. 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-Dis=
c,
> > given that I had read that the preamps aren't bad for such a small unit=
and
> > that the files can record relatively uncompressed. I thought this would
> > make 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 int=
o a
> > DAW.
> > > >
> > > > I'd appreciate any suggestions you have on a workaround for this -
> > hopefully one that doesn't involve me buying a PC as well.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > >
> > > > David
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------------
> >
> > "While a picture is worth a thousand words, a
> > sound is worth a thousand pictures." R. Murray Schafer via Bernie Kraus=
e.
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> >
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