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Hey Dex, Could you elaborate a bit on point #3--all digital transfers. You've already given me some advice in another forum on this issue, but maybe you could tell me a bit more about how the process works on a PC. Then I can figure out of it will be possible to do the same thing on a Mac. Thanks, Jeff

p.s The PMD670 is awfully big. It's roughly 10.5 x 7.25 x 2 Seems to me it'd be near impossible to go stealth with it.

Hi Guys, Thanks a lot for your helpful replies. First question--Re: The Marantz PMD670. Do you know the approximate cost? I clicked on the link, but it looks like there is no pricing info. immediately available. Also, is it Mac supported? The flash cards seem pretty cool...and presumably cheaper than the new HI Minidiscs. What are some other advantages over MD? For Aeriyn: I just wanted to make sure I understood your reply. If I were to stream my (digital) recording to my Mac, I'd be simultaneously converting it to analog--hence, I need to make sure that I have a high-quality cable so that I avoid various glitches that could pop up. Is that pretty much correct? When I've used that Edioral UA-30 (see above) to dump some of my old cassettes onto my Mac, I just used RCA cables (I forget if they had gold plated plugs...). Would you suggest anything in particular? A couple thoughts of my own here...Budget is, at the moment, kind of limited, which is why the Hi-MD was appealing. I just purchased some Core Sound mics (CSBs), and I need to try to keep my recording hardware relatively inexpensive. $300 for the 900 model Hi-MD is not "cheap" by any means, but it's still much less than DAT decks I've looked at. I'm new to live recording, so I'd just like to get some decent quality stuff at first, and I figure I can upgrade later if/when I so desire. Thanks again for the help. Jeff

I'm thinking of getting one of the new Hi-MD models (prob. the 900), but I'm not sure I understand what the problem is with transferring recordings from the MD to PC (actually I'm on a Mac, so that's another issue altogether). Here's what I *think* I understand so far. The Hi-MD models allow high-speed transfer of digital audio directly to PC, but then that digital audio can only be played back using Sony's own software (I forget what it's called), and it can't be burned to WAV (or AIF) *yet*--not until Sony releases its Wave Converter software later in the year. Ok...so here's where I'm confused. My interest in getting a Hi-MD is for live recording. So am I to understand that I cannot record some live music and then burn it to cd-r because of Sony's copyright protection encryption?? Question 2: I'm on a Mac, as I said. Sony doesn't support Macs. So...what can I do? I have an Edirol UA-30 audio interface that accepts line/mic/optical ins, and it connects to my P-book via USB. So am I all set? The Mac will recognize the UA-30, so (presumably!) any audio that I send into it can then get dumped onto my HD. I also have MOTU hardware (828 MKii) that has all kinds of digital ins and outs (maybe analog, too...I forget. Haven't even used the thing yet), so surely one way or another I can get my audio onto my computer. If not, someone please tell me now before I buy one. But the other big question still remains: Can I burn my audio to disc, or is this copy protection crap going to prevent me from doing what I want? And even if Sony does release this Wave Converter software, again, it'll be for PC users, not Mac users. *Not* too bright, if you ask me. Thanks!