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I've got a Sony ECM-MS907 mike. I got it on the internet rather than the Sony Centre and paid £65 instead of £90! We haven't really bothered getting a good balance yet - just switching the MD on and letting it run, so the sound isn't as good as it could be, but we're in a mad panic about an upcoming gig so quick and dirty will do for now. Abit grumpy with the transfer to PC at the mo - I keep getting clicks on the wav after transfer. Think I need to tinker with the Xitel software abit, but now wishing that I'd got the more expensive MD with optical output. I did consider changing it and thought - this is getting silly! I prefer the one I've got now for other use so I'll stick with it. We've found a recording studio locally for £13 an hour so when we want a really good recording, we're gonna bite the bullet and go there.

Hurray hurray hurray, happy minidisc day!!! :smile: Took my new N710 to band practice the other night and it worked a treat. I need to work on getting the balances better in the room, cleaning up the wav once it's on my PC, etc. but the basics are working Thank you to everyone who's responded to this post - especially Kevin who helped with the whole Richer Sounds fiasco! When I'm on TOTP I'll give you a mention :wink:

Thanks for that but I've already bought a new MD. A Sony MZ-N710. There were only 3 options available - the 910 (but I didn't like the menu scroll wheel), the 710 and the nasty ugly Sharp that doesn't have a USB. I'm rather happy with the upgrade, although a bit cross with myself for getting the 510 in the first place but hopefully this will serve me well for years to come. I've got a week and a half before I can try it out in a band practice. Fingers crossed. :smile:

grrrrrrrrrrrrrr! I told Richer Sounds exactly why I was getting rid of my Sony and why I wanted the Sharp!!! I live in Exeter. I'll ring around tomorrow and see who has got what. Richer apparently don't do refunds though, only exchanges, so I could be abit stuffed for shopping elsewhere. There should be a big label on MDs saying "if you want to use a mic with this, buy a different model!" They don't seem to make it very obvious.

So... went to Richer Sounds and was told that the DR420 is being replaced by the DR410. Bought it, tried it just singing next to the hifi speaker to see what happened. Exactly the same performance as the Sony! I've got 2 weeks before a band practice and I can exchange it after that if it's no good. Am I panicking too soon? I expected a dramatic difference in performance, even with my low tech test. I expected to be able to record something and not have to turn the volume right up on the hifi to play it back.

thanks Kevin, your post has been extremely helpful. I was getting very very frustrated and grumpy with my MD. Hopefully the Sharp one will serve me well for many years to come. Gonna pop into Richer Sounds this week and get one.

well, i've managed to sell it to a friend of a friend. Unfortunately I've had it over a year so there was no way the shop would take it back. What's your thoughts on the Sony Hi-MD players vs your Sharp suggestions? I'm currently using an Xitel MD Port I/O to upload to my PC and I'm tempted to ditch that if Sony have finally opened up Sonic Stage (although it is the most awful software in the world! )

Thanks for the speedy response. Any suggestions of where I could part exchange?

Hi, I'm new to MD and recording, so I'm not very up on terminology or technology. I'm trying to record a band practice on a MZ-N510 MD player with a Sony ECM-MS907 microphone. I was happy with the quality of the recording except for the volume, and the idea is to burn it to CD to hand out to pubs to get us gigs. Can anyone suggest anything I can do to whack the volume up abit? The mike was just infront of the two vocalists, with the guitar amps infront facing it, the PA speakers behind them and the drummer between the PA speakers. Hope this makes sense, I'm starting to get really vexed by this cos I'm spending money on gadgets that aren't giving me the quick, easy results I was promised they would. thanks in advance