SonicStage 4.3 Ultimate Edition

The Sonic Stage license for Gracenote is expired/busted/oversubscribed. We don't know what to do about it. If you have the time to make a complaint to Gracenote that would be much appreciated by all here.

I did send a question to Gracenote about powering Sonic Stage. I am waiting for the  answer now.

 

I contacted Gracenote twice and they won't email me back. Has anybody got a response from them?

I just contacted them a third time and I hope I get a response this time.

 

 

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Awesome!!!!!! Thank You !!!

 

Has anyone ever had this issue:   I have SS 4.3 and have the driver's  for my MD installed, running Windows 7.   I was able to get everything going, working, MD found and was able to transfer songs and make discs....all good.    Now I tried to use it again and everything is found by the computer, drivers still there but there is no MD option in the transfer tab, I could only make CDRs.    I even tried other MD units I have and no difference.  any advice??

Maybe an upgrade of W7 cause the problem :

1) delete "old" drivers 

2) dowload new ones ;>) (see download section, 32 or 64 bit)

3) disable "Driver Signature Enforcement" : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXlk2VPtQ_Q

4) connect your Net-MD unit

5) install new drivers

6) restart in normal way

 

 

I tried this with the same outcome.  My computer shows the MD, says the driver is good with no compaints, just not an option in SS (which I also reinstalled)....oh well

Turn off Windows Update and reinstall SS (over the top of what you have, no need to uninstall). I presume we are talking W64 (not W32)?

maybe a recovery to a previous restore point

Bonjour. Merci beaucoup ça marche ! J'ai enfin pu télécharger SonicStage 4.3 et l'installer sur Windows 7. Des années que j'attendais ça alors merci merci merci ! 

Hi ! I would like to thank you very much for allowing me to download SonicStage 4.3 again. 

I'm a big fan of the MD since 1992 and I was so sad I couldn't find SonicStage 4.3 elsewhere on the web, only the 9kb launch from Sony's site that doesn't work anymore ; for years (since Windows 7 came) I thought this situation was hopeless. I recorded so many of my own compositions on Mini Disc, I thought they were lost for ever and that I could never download them again on PC.  So thank you very very much ! 

Au moins un qui est heureux !

 

I found a work around for me at least....Using sonic stage ultimate and I bought a older laptop with Window XP still on it....works like a charm

Fantastic ;>) 

You just need to download the complete version of Sonic Stage and the drivers (for XP 32 or 64)... If you need Office 2013, ask me ! Or any XP program that you are not allowed to download in your country.

The drivers seem to be there and working fine for MD.  

I even got my Phatnoise DMS working again

I do need to find the driver for my Walkman NW-E2.  

Sony forever... https://esupport.sony.com/US/p/model-home.pl?mdl=NWE2&LOC=3#/downloadTab*

http://www.oldversion.com/

will be an Ali Baba cavern for you but as you know, do not reinstall too much software as an internet connection is not recommended  anymore under Windows XP.

I guess you can also connect a bootable USB key with a recent anti-virus in order to check this old computer : 

https://www.lifewire.com/free-bootable-antivirus-tools-2625785

An old computer like that is perfect if you have a SPDI/F audio optical output.

Or, a not-so-old good external USB audio card, like an old SPDI/F Hi-Face or a DAC like the Creative X-Fi Go Pro! USB key. 

I think that an audio player like foobar2000 will be fantastic also. It is able to read SACD files !

Even (Heaven) a digital 5.1 receiver...

 

The Sony driver worked!   I should have looked on there first.   I have the Open MG disk with it too and was thinking the driver would be on there.  (different program I know)

I just saved it to an USB stick and transferred it to the XP computer,  I don't dare connect it the internet unless it is an emergency.   Finally getting my old forgotten tech working again!

I regret not working on DOS anymore...

Just in case : upgrade to Windows XP SP3 : https://ccm.net/download/download-2494-windows-xp-sp3-service-pack . An old PC would work also much faster with Linux (light version) and  Sonic Stage work also with Linux.  But in fact I never tried it, Linux and Apple-McIntosh are alien worlds for me.

 

It came with SP3 on it already,  messed with it all this weekend,  highly recommended for those with other older bits that want to work with them again.

You got also a good PS2 like gaming machine. How much you pay and what PC is it exactly ?

The PC was just a HP laptop I got off of Ebay for $50.   I have all the Playstations  1, 2, 3 and 4

Thank You!

Hola. Muchas GRACIAS, estaba en la misma situación, por fin solucionado gracias a vosotros. Saludo Christopher y a todos los usuarios. 

Thank you so much for this.

I'm quite new to Minidiscs. I used an old Windows XP laptop to install the SonicStage v1.5, but Gracenote is no longer supported so there's no way to automatically download CD info for the track data. With this version and my Windows 7 PC I can now transfer music to my players. With a workaround I found, I can also automatically get the track data and avoid the check in/out limits.

Would the OP and the moderators have any objection to me (eventually) doing a YouTube video explaining how to get this working on Windows 7 and linking to this page?

Thanks again.