Rather than bothering with SonicStage, or Simple Burner to transfer your music files to your Minidisc player/recorder, just Get a Creative Blaster Audigy Se Sound card. It has software that included transfer to sony minidisc players..individually, or as playlists. It also lets you record Lps, or tapes, anything you can connect to the line in, and clean them up..tape hiss, or record clicks. It also lets you monitor real time, and if you select it...limit volume to prevent clipping. Real time metering is also supported. If you have windows xp or older..the legacy version of RealPlayer 10 and earlier had support for sony mindisc..but you still had to have sonicstage or simple burner, etc installed to use. Just for the drivers. Realplayer did a better job than sony ever did. RealPlayer also lets you record from line in, but no cleanup. Audacity 1.3 beta and Nero Soundtrax also let you record and cleanup, mix, cut and paste etc. But don't transfer to minidisc. You could just hook headphone output of your minidisc player to the line in of your computer, and use the record feature of realplayer, audacity, or soundtrax to copy on a 1:1 basis. Another solution..is buy a Sony MX-D3 home CD player and minidisc player/record. You put your cd in one tray, put your blank minidisc in the minidisc player side, and hit record, You can record at 4x, no titling supported, or 1:1 with great titling using one knob. No keyboard needed. It supports SP, LP, and mono. Plus you can also record into the mindisc directly from the line in...your cassette player, minidisc portable, record player..1:1 only of course. So just burn a cd like you would normally and use home deck. Or use The creative player software suite, or realplayer. If you run VISTA your basically limited to the Creative software as a option..or forced to buy a MXD-D3. Which has great sound and controls incidentally. Sony should have made the choice to import music onto minidisc using hardware, not software. Hope this helps. I wonder why people are so reluctant not to just play the music into the line in of the minidisc player, hit record, and hook up speakers to the headphone out jack of the minidisc player. Then you can listen to the music as it records onto the minidisc. Whats the hurry" If your in a hurry USE the Creative Sound Blaster software..it was meant for Creative/Zune players..but thanks to the sony plug in does fine with any minidisc player just about. Feistykitty..minidisc freak..portable, home deck, and car deck!
