Any recommendations for Minidisc players that can spit out the digital recording ? My local electronics shop still sells minidiscs :) Looked up the Audio Microtrack 2496 - 5 pounds on ebay, but 7 days left. djbarney On Mon, July 29, 2013 7:31 pm, Joe Hartley wrote: > On Mon, 29 Jul 2013 18:50:56 +0100 > "Barney Holmes" <djbarney@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> The Sony Minidisc (remember those?) was considered a desirable item for >> live recording in its time. I'm currently experimenting with a Sony >> Walkman Minidisc Net MD (Walkman MZ-N707 Type-R) that I picked up in a >> charity shop for ~6 pounds. > > I had a Sony MD for a while and it made some good recordings, but I really > got tired of the restrictions that meant I could not pull the recordings > off the disk in anything but realtime. As far as I know, there's no way > around that restriction. My understanding is that the unit lacks the > ability to make an outward digital connection completely. > > Sony could have ruled the market, but they were so paranoid about cutting > into their music division's sales that they crippled all but the most > expensive "pro" MD decks because HOME TAPING IS KILLING MUSIC! (Remember > that blast from the past?) > > Sony's remained paranoid about hardware that can make exact digital copies > of media for a long time; their rootkit is another example of it. > > Those two things have kept me Sony-free ever since, except for a stereo > mic that I got with the MD (an ECM-MS907) that consistently surprises me > with excellent live recordings. After I got tired of the MD I got an > MAudio Microtrack 2496, which is nice for really portable recording, > though > my older model uses a CF+ Microdrive for storage and it is showing its > age. > > > > -- > ====================================================================== > Joe Hartley - UNIX/network Consultant - jh@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Without deviation from the norm, "progress" is not possible. - FZappa > _______________________________________________ > Linux-audio-user mailing list > Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user > > ~~~ Home site - http://djbarney.org _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
