One of the best features on MD is the cut and past editing.
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MiniDisc vs. CD recorders
Moderator: Shoshanah Marohn
I record live to a small mini disc recorder with a cheap clip on mic. Has worked great for 6 years now, I still have the twenty or so midi discs I purchased back in 1999 or 98 or whenever and just use those over and over. The editing is nice. and I transfer the contents ( if I want to save them) to a cdr. I dont know anything about cd recorders tho, are they smal and cheap enough now to be good?
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Dan/Val, for your stated purposes, the MD is the best way to go from what I've seen in recent years and have been using them for as long with great results. I'm using mine right now to cop the great stuff off www.wolfgangsvault.com
For the live/audience recording thing, mic placement is the key to a truly enjoyable re-listening experience. Using the manual attenuater for the mic input and getting close to the sound source/speaker will give great reproduction and usually just the right amount of audience noise to 'keep it real' without the air pollution and crowd crap.
Using MDs in mono gives 1 1/2 hrs. of recording/playback, stereo- 74 mins. The mono still sounds great and I often prefer it to stereo.
Just be careful using these delicate units. They are easy to damage if you try to 'force it', and then it's all over. Always re-close the lid immediately, or learn the hard way.
Plus, recording from the beginning on some decks will erase what's stored, so be sure to start at the end of what's already there if that's how your's opperates.
And, it's easy to erase partial/total in error if you don't pay close attention.
I'd strongly suggest getting the newer units, MZ-R 50 and up, as the older ones have developement issues.
For the live/audience recording thing, mic placement is the key to a truly enjoyable re-listening experience. Using the manual attenuater for the mic input and getting close to the sound source/speaker will give great reproduction and usually just the right amount of audience noise to 'keep it real' without the air pollution and crowd crap.
Using MDs in mono gives 1 1/2 hrs. of recording/playback, stereo- 74 mins. The mono still sounds great and I often prefer it to stereo.
Just be careful using these delicate units. They are easy to damage if you try to 'force it', and then it's all over. Always re-close the lid immediately, or learn the hard way.
Plus, recording from the beginning on some decks will erase what's stored, so be sure to start at the end of what's already there if that's how your's opperates.
And, it's easy to erase partial/total in error if you don't pay close attention.
I'd strongly suggest getting the newer units, MZ-R 50 and up, as the older ones have developement issues.
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Steve Matlock
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I'd say go for one of the new Hi-MD units. I bought one the the new Sony Hi-MD units and have been very happy with it. Its features are much better than the older generation MD units. Much larger capacity on one disc, multiple recording formats (depending on the time vs compression trade-off you want), also a straight PCM recording mode and the ability to high speed download analog recordings to a computer (which could not be done on the older units). I think the price compared with value is great. You're biggest limitation on sound quality is going to be mic quality, mic placement and user skills; not the recording device.
Steve
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