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    Sony PCM-M10

    If I recall correctly, current firmware supports internal 8 gb + a max of 16 gb externally for a total of 24. I hope on a new update they add a sleep timer, and 96 or 112 kbps recording. Other than that, this had been the best thing I've ever bought for myself... Also on Amazon (US) they've got an 8 gb class 4 MicroSD for $2.97 + $4 shipping.... Not bad at all
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    Sony PCM-M10

    Yep works flawlessly via card reader or device itself. Lol this thing goes with me everywhere I gotten awesome stealth recording with this bad boy purchased a neck lanyard for it, one guy even asked me "why are you using a EKG meter?" lmao
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    Sony PCM-M10

    Had this beautiful machine for a minute, and noticed something. My line recordings didn't have the "warmth" they had with the minidisc. Something was just off, the recording sounded more compressed. Then realized I had the low cut filter on. When rcording via clean line in, wow, such a difference. it's almost required for noisy , bass heavy live venues, but for those using it for digital recordings, keep that in mind...
  4. The fact that Sound Forge LE can nativly edit atrac has me really tempted to load on the ole' PC here. Before I do, I'm extremely familiar with Adobe Audition / Cool Edit - how similar is Sound Forges interface and features compared to Audition? And I agree, Atrac @ Hi-LP (66 or 64 kbps, I forgot), is much cleaner than 128kbps CBR
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    Sony PCM-M10

    If you're the audiophile I believe you are, I'm telling you, the M10 is a fantastic machine that will probably hit all the marks you'd need it to. Every musician friend I know from now on will be hearing me evangelize the M10. Recording clean vinyl @ 96/24 the other day with a friend was amazing. If you can get it for less than $220, I'd say jump on it. To be honest, I probably should've gotten the M10 as opposed to my 910 Hi-MD. Just so much easier, no Sonicstage, no uploading via atrac, no converting to wav, no having to open Foobar and VBR them... It's just so much more efficient than Hi-MD and that's a shame. Now that I have the Hi-MD, I'm probably not going to get rid of it, but honestly, the M10 is leaps and bounds ahead of any MD unit. Again, only reason to keep the MD is for optical in. If you can swing it, I have a great feeling you'd LOVE the M10.
  6. Yeah after that fiasco, I got way more careful with labeling and deleting. Lets say I'm naming 50 tracks. The process goes something like this: 1. Area 51 2. Killed His Own Father 3. Crazy Naked Guy Story 4. DELETE 5. DELETE 6. Suge Knights 1st Rolex As opposed to how I did it before, deleting untitled tracks at will, I even forgot about making sure a track is atleast 10 seconds before you delete it. Not waiting the 10 seconds fragments the disc I've found. However, now I have my PCM-M10, I think I'm going to use my Hi-MD as a backup of of the M10 (just split the signal, most of the time, it's talk radio), and record to the Hi-MD simultaneously along with the M10. And since the M10 doesn't have an optical in, my Hi-MD will always be in my arsenal, as I do frequently use the op in particularly if I dont feel like messing around with track marks
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    Sony PCM-M10

    Yeah love the drag and drop, although I still have to go into the file itself to change the metadeta (all tracks are some variation of "Title: 101209_27 Artist: My Recording" No biggie, just a little time consuming
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    Sony PCM-M10

    Received it yesterday more than meets my expectations. Audio is amazing on this thing, i really was not truly expecting it to be this lifelike. I'm pleasantly surprised at the 320 kbps quality, it's serviceable! Good to know if I have semi important long audio. Recording @ 96/24bit was an example of audio fidelity at it's finest. I'm just so happy I got this thing for myself, it has hit every expectation I had and more, the unit feels solid, the line in works perfectly. The only criticisms I have are very minor: 1) CBR encoding for MP3's - I for one am a VBR fan, and wish they could have implemented a VBR encoding scheme - perhaps VBR would eat too much power. 2) Only 3 MP3 settings, 64 kbps, 128 kbps, and 320 kbps - 96 kbps and 112 kbps (I record quite a bit of talk radio) would have been great. Ofcourse I can record everything at .wav, then convert down via VBR as I see fit. It would just be nice to have those 2 built in, but w/e. Overall, best Xmas present I have purchased myself in years. Very solid. Highly recommended for anyone looking to replace or compliment an existing / aging MD recording setup.
  9. No, you're pretty much SOL. It's 2010, there's a million ways to acquire music nowadays, it's not that serious. Unless you plan on real time transferring it back to the computer, you're going to have to acquire the tracks again. Note - I do remember back in the day being able to use Realplayer to transfer files to a NetMD device, but you still had to have Sonicstage installed on the system. But again, anyway you look at it, the only way to transfer the files is to do real time, via PC, stand alone audio CD recorder, Sony PCM-M10, Sony ICD-SX750, etc.
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    Sony PCM-M10

    Just ordered mine from Amazon For $212 w/ expedited 3 day shipping. So excited. Will not replace my Hi-MD completely, but cannot nearly be as unreliable. In the past month, I've a disc fail on me, and 2 tracks from a 1gb Hi-MD failed to transfer back to my PC. Very frustrating. Hopefully, that won't be a problem with the PCM-M10. All the reviews I've read for the actual mics and audio recorded have just been awesome. Low noise floor, and considering I've used MD's for years, the few issues I've seen regarding UI should not be a problem for me. I'm used to convoluted MD menus One odd thing, is that I don't see any spec that says it accepts Atrac files... now that's funny. Those files are now relegated to my PSP Slim lol Out of curiosity, will it even connect to Sonicstage?
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    Sony PCM-M10

    ICD-SX750 - does it have a line in?None of the specs I could see for it seem to have that listed
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    Sony PCM-M10

    ^^^ Thanks for the heads up, it now makes it impossible to give up my MD :-) Walmart online has it for $229 w/ free shipping through Dec. 20 in the USA... very tempting
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    Sony PCM-M10

    I was already 90% there, and you sealed the last 10. I don't even use my hi-md as a player, strictly recorder... This thing is sounding perfect for my needs,,, It will be a gift to myself - one question, it DOES NOT HAVE AN OPTICAL IN PORT, line regular analog line in, am I correct?
  14. It would be awesome if Sony removed the 'proprietaryness" of it; The fact that i can only use Sonicstage to burn the files is awful. An Atrac file CD burned via Sonic, it works. Burned via any other burning program, unreadable files. Burning an AUDIO CD takes forever on Sonicstage; i'm not talking about my burner, I'm talking about Sonicstage itself taking forever to redbook the files, or whatever it's doing. It's way easier for me to wav my Atracs, then burn them on a much faster burner... Atrac would be awesome, if it wasn't proprietary
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    Sony PCM-M10

    As an owner of multiple MD and Hi-MD recorders, is it safe to assume the UI is similar to that of the MD sysytem?I'm really thinking of getting one off Amazon for $200, plus shipping, to compliment my existing Hi-MD system
  16. Would it be safe to assume that certain manufacture's disc are more prone to the issue? The disc in question was a Maxell... Did anyone have the problem on something other than a Sony manufactured disc? The seemingly arbitrary nature of it is quite alarming.... Now I don't automatically trust that my content will be transferred... :-( That was the whole purpose of me getting the Hi-MD - ability to digitally transfer the HI-MD recordings...
  17. No, I don't use my hi-md for anything other than recording. Line or mic In to 910 ->>> out to p.c. ->>> erase disc or archive if it's important. Surprisingly, the iPod is a great player for converted atrac files, gaplessly (don't flame me :-) ) Do you have a PCM-m10? Any known issues with the device?
  18. ^^^ I'm very much hoping that this was just an anomolie with a bad disc (maxell, clear fyi) After I got home from work that night, I plugged my 910 into the PC, started Sonicstage. I did delete a few files that were recorded much earlier (2 or 3 weeks or so)... after those were deleted, I then tried to transfer the one track recorded via mic, and got the "Unable to read..." error message. I ran a few other test, recording at hi-lp and Hi-Sp on other MD's (Standard, Hi-MD formatted, Sony colored) and both transfered just fine. I'm strting to think it might have been a: disc anomolie, as stated earlier b: like you said a possible issue regarding a TOC writing error... I just hope this doesn't happen anymore, because if it does, that PCM-M10 will be #1 on my Xmas list.
  19. If it helps, it still plays, just fine in the player from start to finish... Just unable to transfer it, but everything else transers kosher... Very weird... Perhaps just an anomolie, but I will be hesitant to record both line and mic on the same disc From his iPhone
  20. Maybe I wasn't clear. The disc is formatted Hi-MD. I was using the standard disc formatted at Hi-LP, with the 10 hour plus setting. I wasn't using anything by Sharp. The DS70, is a Sony Microphone, plugged directly into the unit. To be clear it's the sony ECM-DS70P The HI-MD unit, the Sony MZ-RH910 transfers everything recorded via line in but not the one recorded via mic. The weird thing is, I've done this countless times before, i.e., transfer tracks recorded both via mic in and line. This is the one time it didn't transfer. Again all my equipment is SONY, nothing by sharp. I was not trying to use a non Hi-MD unit to transfer the files. I'm fully aware of the limitation of the non HI-LP format. Hope that clears a few things
  21. This is the 1st real frustrating thing that's happened with this otherwise awesome 910 OK, I used a standard 80 min MD. Recording on Hi-LP. Used the disc to record talk radio radio. While at work, heard a commotion outside of work, recorded it via mic in on same disc, with Sony DS70... When I tried to transfer to via sonicstage, everything recorded via line in transfers, this one track recorded mic in does not, I get this message "Failed to Read the Data." Should I now keep around 2 disc, one for line in and one for mic out now? Any suggestions?
  22. Don't get me wrong, I don't recommend getting a PSP, just to play Atrac files. It's a pretty good mp4 player, beautiful picture viewer, the games absolutely blow, and you can find a used one @ a half way decent price now. The other day i tried using my PSP with my Atrac fles, created with my RH-910. Worked like a charm. Only issue is, yes, do you do have to use Sonicstage. It sets up some proprietary coding and naming system on the PSP, very similar to what the files on an ipod look like, when you attempt to look t it's folder view. But the audio plays great. Gapless, I \have a PSP -2001, whcih has an optional line out. Attatched to my A/V system, the audio is good, depending on the bitrate and and what you're trying to listen to. I know sometimes it can be a pain in the neck to play these damn Atrac files outside of Sonicstage or an older Sony MP3 player... Just thought I'd put in my 2 cents on it. I'm actually quite impressed with the playback on this thing, it's loads easier than trying to use my D-NE1 to play Atrac files.
  23. Probably in the early to mid 90's and event hen it would cost you an arm an a leg - I don't think a "pro dubbing service" for MD exist anymore
  24. Sfbp, thanks for the advice, will look into that, thank you
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