hamoperator

What about the MZ-M10. Sorry to be asking about the different models, but I haven't even looked at MiniDiscs for a number of years, having gotten fed up with the ridiculous Check-in Check-out nonsense. This forum has been a wealth of information. Thanks again.

Thanks for the quick reply. What is the difference in the 100 that will not allow it to upload the non-HD? I've found a great deal on this unit and am considering biting on it. I would typically use it as a confidence backup recorder for videotaped events, like weddings or stage productions, and wanted to use the older MD recorder, I can't recall the model number offhand, to record a second source, like the output from a PA system. I would then transfer the files into my video editng program to use for editing the final piece. I do that now, but I need to use the sound card for analog transfer. The fast upload would definately be a better way to go. I'll see if the 200 or the RH1 is available for as good a deal. Thanks again.

Is it possible using a unit like the Sony MZM100 to upload files recorded on an older non-HI unit? I have an older recorder, and for field recording it would be handy to use that capability if I purchase a Sony MZM100. Thanks in advance. Tom

Thanks. My major worries came from the following form the Sony website: "The following features of previous versions are not available in SonicStage® software Ver 3.0: EQ (equalizer), Effect (vocal canceller), Visualizer, encoding (ripping) CDs in WMA or OpenMG Audio PCM format, ripping CDs directly to connected portable devices, CD back-up function, and Analyzer Display (level meter, spectrum, waveform)." Thanks. I'll try 3 and see what happens. I sometimes use Nero to burn image files for transfer to MD with Simple Burner in addition to Sonic Stage. I also use Sony Sound Forge which has an export hook into Net MD, so I didn't want to disturb that as well. T

I just got a new computer up and running and reinstalled v 2.0. There is a 2.3 update available. Will I lose any functionality or gain anything valuable by going to it? Ditto for version 3. It looks like V 3 does not support ripping directly from CD to MD. Is that the case? Thanks in advance. Tom MZ-NF610

FYI . . . Sonic Stage V 2.0 will recognize and transfer the lower bitrate mp3 files (22khz, 32kbs) that most of the old radio shows are encoded in. Now I don't have to go thru a lengthy converson process.

Hey Majestic, thanks for the welcome. I hope I can be a contributor of info as time goes on. I played with various encoding methods and have found combos that work. The real pain, besides the additional time involved, is having to upconvert the files to a higher sample rate and then downconvert to ATRAC. That multiple encoding sure can't help quality much! Fortunately (or unfortunately depending on how you look at it) all of these old shows vary in quality and were encoded in very low sample and bitrates so the quality doesn't seem to take much of a hit. On another note, these are all monaural files. Apparently Sonic Stage re-encodes them to L and R. Is there any way to force the files to be recorded to the NetMD device in mono to save space? I tried setting the 610 to Mono mode, but Sonic Stage over-rode my setting when it transferred the files. Thanks again. HamO PS - any other ham radio operators or Old Time Radio show collectors lurking around these forums? Another PS - I'm pretty impressed with this generation of ATRAC compression. I had one of the earliest MD units at work early on, and the high frequency audio was pretty bad. My portable I bought several years ago was better, and this new Sony 610 unit is really sweet sounding. The ATRAC 4 is much fuller sounding than that original "full (non ATRAC 2 or 4)" professional ATRAC unit that I had 5 years ago. I can hear a bit of high end swishing and grit, but all in all it ain't bad. ATRAC 2 is almost as good as the original source, and it would take quite an ear to hear the difference IMHO.

Hello everyone, I am new to these forums. Please pardon me if this question has been answered elsewhere, or it is just my ignorance of how the software works. I haven't found an answer searching, and I'm new (less than 24 hrs) using NetMG software. I primarily bought my Sony MD player to transfer old radio shows (Jack Benny, Burns and Allen, etc.) to MiniDisc for playback in the car and on vacation. I have a collection of old shows recorded in MP3 format, most at 32KBS 22Khz sample rate in mono. A typical 30 min show is 6 to 7 MB in size. I added several of these shows to a playlist, noted that they play in Sonic Stage and tried to "check out" to a MD. I immediately get an error message that the file format is unsupported. I found somewhere that 32K sample rate was supported, so I re-encoded the files in Sound Forge to 32KBS and 32Khz. I also tried 44Khz 64KBS encoding as well as WMA encoding. Sonic Stage still says the file format is unsupported. The only way I could make it work was to encode the files as 44Khz .WAV files and then bring them in, a horrible waste of hard disk space, to say the least! Thanks to these forums, I found the method of using Nero to make a drive image and then use Simple Burner, another "workaround" , but it still seems (from what I've read) that I should be able to drop an MP3 file into the playlist and have it encode into ATRAC and transfer to the MiniDisc. Am I missing a step somewhere? Any thoughts would be much appreciated. I'm not a novice to MiniDiscs, having had several older, pre NetMD units, just this software. Thanks in advane. HamO