[Sony provides Hi-MD Wav Conversion Tool]

Well I downloaded it and it actually works. But why is the wav file split after 640 mbs? Are the Sony technicians braindead? Have they never heard of Wav files being allowed to be 2 gb? Have they never talked to musicians who actually want to edit files after uploading to then burn it to CD?

Well the MZ NH 900 is actually a good product, but Sony is trying its best to kill it.

I sometimes wonder why I even bothered buying it.

Tom

[Sonicstage does not play my files anymore. Horror!]

I reinstalled my WinXP and started from scratch. My Sonicstage soundfiles were on Partition D: After installing SS2.2 I could not play any of my files, whenever I click on one it asks me if I want to buy a license.

This crappy Rights management, I had forgotten about that. What can I do? Is all my music lost? This bloody DRM makes the HIMD players a no seller and a dead product, could be great but the absence of freedome ist simply unbearable.

PLEASE help,

Tomdigital

[Upload recordings to a .wav onto pc faster than realtime.]

So now Sony has no reason why not to include a export-function in SonicStage itself. Exporting is already possible for the people who realy want it! Real NICE FIND!

Maybe now someone can write an export-program that does this trick automatic (open oma-file, say where you want the wave-file, and a "convert" button).

O, by the way (I hope you don't mind) I put a Dutch translation of the procedure on our Dutch forum. Off course with a reference to this topic.

http://www.mdcenter.nl/forums/viewtopic.php?t=779

If you have a problem with the translation please let me know, then I remove it but I think everbody should know of this neet trick!

Many thanks on behalf of the Dutch MiniDisc-community!

Hi, well seems like you did not read the thread - it does not work 100%, it only lets you transfer about a minute - which is fine if that is all you have

Lets hope the wiser people on this board find a solution fast.

Tom

[To backlight or not to backlight]

I hope to come up with some kicking recordings at my local Jazz club when my MZNH900B (Black for stealth!) arrives, and hopefully be able to (if Sony keeps thier promises) bung a copy on CD to the performers to keep them sweet!

Can you tell me if the single line line remote that comes with the 900 will show the recording level. Im also hoping it has a track mark button as well.

Adios My Dears.

Sorry to say the single line remote does not show rec levels - which really sucks. Therefore I ordered my 3 line remote from Audiocubes, because I really need that feature.

Tom

[MZ-NH900/700 Japan Ed. with some interesting differences..]

[Got my 900 happy, but...]

tomdigital, can you check a feature for me?

ive seen a "built in alarm" listed as a feature of the 900.... but i didn't find anything about it in the manual

is there an alarm? and if there is, is it a countdown timer or a real clock?

thanks

Sorry have not found an alarm.

yours Tom

[Sonic Stage 2.0 will not update to 2.1 from uk.]

[Sonic Stage 2.0 will not update to 2.1 from uk.]

http://www.connect.com/download.html

Sorry but that info is wrong - this is the american version.

Us europeans need the european version of 2.1, since the connect musicshop will only work then. So far I have not been able to update the european edition.

Tom

[Got my 900 happy, but...]

Well I received my NH 900 yesterday. It is great, but it looks more like the old 700 models, sounds great. But there is a huge minus. The disply is so tiny and it is nearly impossible to read when the lighting is not perfect. This is especially bad when you want to set manual recording levels - in a concert or so. It is absolutely impossible to read. Why does one still have to click through so many levels to set rec volume?

The display on my RS 900 was much better. Wel all in all it is a good machine, but that to me is a huge minus.

Tom

[Atrac 3 + 64 compared to Atrac 3 132 "LP2"]

I was wondering if there was a test comparing the new + 64 with the old LP2. I do not understand why there is not an Atrac 3+ with 132 that way the sound quality would probably be better than the old LP2 and one could get more music on a disc. With + there is a huge difference between 256 and 64. There really should be something in the middle.

I was always very happy with the sound of LP2 especially for classical recordings.

I compared the two new plus formats with Sonic Stage and the 64 sounds "dead" to me. There is something missing - hard to describe...

yours, Tom

[Live recordings convert to Wav]

Thanks Kurisu,

the possibility to grab the digital sound in realtime via USB makes me a bit happier. I was really worried that I made a mistake in ordering thenew Recorder. But I still hope they will release a Wave converter soon.

All this DRM is really getting on my nerves. If you want to steal music you can still do it. But all this DRM makes it a pain in the... for people who want to legally use the MDs. Like musicians wanting to do Demos and editing them on the PC etc. All this has become more difficult.

The recording industry survived tapedecks and they should survive Atrac and Mp3 since these formats are not lossless. Therefore it is like making a tape. It is not an exact Digital copy.

Ah well now I am rambling...

thanks for your help,

Tom

[Live recordings convert to Wav]

Well I have read the threads on uploading from the new HIMD players.

I have already ordered the 900 and am waiting for it to arrive, should be another week or so.

I mostly use the MD recorder to record Live concerts, also the main reason for buying the new device is the improved quality and the abilty to transfer the files to PC to then cut them etc.

Now it seems that through DRM I will not be able to do this. This truly sucks. I really hope that either Sony or some Hacker soon publishes a possibility to convert the files to Wav.

Anyone found a way of doing this yet?

Tom