Christopher

livefromtokyo, please state your operating system and system specs.

I would recommend upgrading to Sonicstage 2.3.

Welcome.. Those are not very good bitrates. Have you tried 132kbps ATRAC3 or 256kbps ATRAC3plus?

Welcome..First off, make sure you're using Sonicstage 2.3. Additionally, have you tried Marcnet's utility?

MZ-NH1, thank you for your donation. Your sum will help us when we make the transition to the new server and just think..it's your money making this transition possible! Thanks, mate.

Rumz, I'm glad you said that. I rarely see anyone actually say/write it, but it is indeed true. If you do not have 512mb's or more with OS X, you might as well forget about it.

Share some pics when you get back.

Nice find. Screencaps look Applesque, functionality is probably above par. I'll give 'er a run later tonight as well.

LaserDisc's final and triumphant return will come as a weapon in the great format war, a spinning disk of justice to obliberate HD/DVD + Blueray discs. We will equip them like throwing stars and take out all whom oppose..

This can be done. Look here.

I won't lie, I'm starting to become keen on the Mac Mini. It would be excellent for use at college or other situations where small size > functionality. Plus, you can juice it up with extras at other e-tailers [*cough* newegg *cough*] than the Apple store and save alot of money.

Welcome to the forums, bootsy! What a fantastic first post!

I will try and get my NH900 values in the next few days. The only thing that worries me is actually checking the values. When I checked some of them, the values escalated in small, yet consistant increments. I don't like that..

Welcome. First off, upgrade to Service Pack 2, as it contains crucial components that Sonicstage relies on to operate at the best of it's ability.

I will keep attempting to trash a track and I hope you will as well. If they finally corrected that issue, it will be a major milestone for this young format.

How many have you lost since upgrading to Sonicstage 2.3? Speculation aside, this fellow's budget would be interesting to know. Obviously, dunking $600+ for the R1 and mic or $350 - 400ish for the NH900 or lesser model and mic is an unresolved point. ..and I hope I don't come off harsh in my context. He's come to a MD board for opinions about MD. I will be sure that all sides of the spectrum are represented fairly.

Well, the pricepoint of Hi-MD would make me question the ease of use of the R1 is worth the $. Like I said, the NH900 is $239, giving you $200 bucks to play with for a Mic. Total price of the R1 plus mic would be too much in my honest opinion. Er, I'm not so sure about Sonicstage wrecking windows configurations, runs like a charm on my computer and all the other computers I've used it on. Installing it on other computers would be a slight hassle, but I doubt in this scenario that would really be relevant - and you could throw Sonicstage on a Hi-MD disc anyway. Plus, you speak about the R1 like you own it. You don't. We really don't know how easy this device is to use, eh?

Why transcode at such a poor bit rate. You should try converting those same mp3's to 256kbps ATRAC3plus and see what happens. EDIT: I just read that you have and it works better [mp3 to Hi-SP]. It's a sign from the bitrate gods trying to deliver kindness to your ears.

Lesson learned; when you upload once, save it to hard drive.

That device does only have 128mbs of RAM, so the quality/length of recordings would suffer under such limitations. And why not Hi-MD? How rough and tumble would a journalistic experience be in this scenario? Uploading with Sonicstage 2.3 and a Hi-MD unit requires you to: a.) plug in the unit via USB to the computer b.) open Sonicstage 2.3 c.) hit transfer to transfer it to hard drive d.) use Marcnet's utility to search for it and transform such to wav, mp3, etc or Sony's wav converter which takes very little time. Furthermore, the Edirol R1 costs at least $439USD. I could get a NH900 for $239 and a nice mic in that price range and have great functionality.

lol, if we keep recommending the R-1 we'll never have a Hi-MD user again. Hi-MD for these purposes are fine, and the trashing upload is more of a myth than reality in my cases, as it hasn't happened to me with more than 100 uploads going w/ Sonicstage 2.3. If you are weary of such, you can always upload digitally in realtime via the USB connection. Why don't you just use Marcnet's Hi-MD Renderer for mp3 conversion?

Welcome.. Do you have the latest version of DirectX, emperors_hand?

So, what would you folk like to see in the second generation?

I'm just waiting for the plugin that fits on the back of your skull. iTrip indeed.

Where do you live, Descent?