MZ-NH1

Nice! I'll be trying it out on the weekend! When hopefully my mic will have arrived!

Oh ok, sorry about that! :ohmy: Thanks for moving it and all your help :rasp:

Just like to show my appreciation to everyone who has helped me over the last week as I have gotten to know my new MZ-NH1 alot better, and now understand how it all works and the differernt file formats that come with it. I recon that this forum site should be advertiesed more through MiniDisc selling shops, so new MD users can come here if puzzled :wacky: about something and most likely find a solution to their problems. (I sure did!) As many know, Sony's help isn't the greatest, and being able to come here, post a question and within 24hrs an answer is returned, it is great! So yeh, thanks heaps everyone! :grin: Very much appreciated, Andrew

Kk, now worries. :rasp: Thanks Since I got a pretty big hard drive (120GB), I think in future I'll copy the CD as ATRAC3 256 through SonicStage and through Windows Media Player as well. Thanks very much for all that information both of you. My knowledge of my MD player has grow enourmously ever since I found out about this Forum site!

Yeh I understand where your coming from. Thanks. But I still say, all PC's would have to have SonicStage installed on them to play the files. And if I needed to burn a copy of a CD because it was stolen, then I would have to convert it to .wav...

So do I!!! If I had any idea how to write a program I would help straight away, but unfortunatley I don't . Good luck everyone. Can I ask, why don't you just buy a cable which goes from MD to Audio on PC, and it automatically converts it to .wav when you transfer the files across...? This is what I will be doing when I buy the cable

Ok, thanks for that. If I did rip it to ATRAC3... that means I would end up playing all music through SonicStage, and only PC's with SonicStage would be able to listen to the music... I'll have to think about that one. Thanks for that, Andrew

Thanks HEAPS for that Marco, very much appreciated. At home, I normally use Windows Media Player to copy my songs from CD to PC, and then I use the import tool in Sonic Stage to import the music off the hard drive. I then load the songs onto my MD at ATRAC3plus 256. Are you saying the sound will be as good as CD quality if I do it this way? Thanks for that research, was excellent! Andrew

All I can say is HURRY UP SONY. The main reason I bought my NH1 was to record myself playing my musical instrument, so I could then burn the recordings to CD! And obviously I can't, so if Sony is monitoring this thread, can you please hurry up!!! Thanks! I'm also supprised they are offering this coverter for free!

Two replies... yet 28 people have viewed this thread. COME ON PEOPLE... vote! this is for you all! So have a vote and a say!

Yeh I read bout that last night, Jobs and Sony. I think it would be allot easier overall if Sony changed their format, because then only Sony has to change the format and not Real One, Media Player... and all the others... unfortunately you can’t add in any other poll questions once it has been submitted If anyone knows how to edit the poll, let me know and I'll do so.

I've just bought the MZ-NH1, it's very compact, I use the remote most of the time, becasue the buttons on the side are a bit to complex for me :S.... otherwise I recon it looks pretty snazzy in the siver casing it has I am a proud owner Only bad thing, the small display on the acutal unit. The 3 lines of display on the remote are fine, and it loosk heaps good in the dark with the backlight blue screen!

I have just been to the Windows Media Player 10 page - http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsme...10/default.aspx where they are launching their new 'improved' audio player. On the site it says that new to the Media Player, you can sync your portable audio device, with the media player, then it goes on to list all the devices it has support for. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsme...vices/msfd.aspx As you can guess, not ONE Sony device is listed, so I posted a thread on their forums asking why, and I was soon to realise that Sony haven't addressed Microsoft about venturing into this kinda thing, for the obvious reason that Sony has its own music format, and no player can recognise it. I'd like to get everyone’s opinion as to what they think about this, because I am sure a lot of people use Media Player like myself, and being able to transfer files onto my MD through this would be a lot easier, but because of Sony’s s*** format, we can't. I think Sony should hurry up with their ‘wav converter’ or not have their own crappy format that no one can use

Oh ok, thanks for that. I'll have to have a look into that. Got exams now for 2 more weeks, so when they have all finished I’ll focus more on the MD and how it operates! Can't wait!

Listening to a Creed song now, and it is VERY static! :@ not too happy!

Listening to music on my Hi-MD at the moment. I have just changed all my music to 64kbps.... instead of the 48kbps I use to have. I must say that the quality isn't any better than 48, if not worse! I have also noticed that on the MD, it now says Hi-LP :| I am sure I had Hi-SP on before... how do I make sure it is Hi-SP and not LP?? Is it because I have gone to 64kbps, that it has changed to LP? Thanks everyone for your help! Greatly appreciated

I think it is called the 'Sony wav converter', which will convert you sony format songs, into .wav format. I think and I hope that it will come out very soon, but I hear it may come out later this year. That's what I have heard

Ok, thanks for that! I myself record in Hi-SP, because that records at 256kbps on the MD. When converting files onto the Hi-MD, it is also in Hi-SP at 64k. When I buy some 1GB discs, I think I'll upload everything to my MD as 256kbps... providing my tracks will fit on. Thanks very much for all that info aeriyn and jadeclaw, very much appreciated Edit: I am also annoyed and curious as to why Sony hasn’t allowed the 192kbps conversion rate, as it would be considered a big sound quality difference/gap between 64kbps and 256kbps. Anyone know the reason for this?

So would you say that OpenMG Audio (ATRAC3plus) 64 kbps is fine? Or would you suggest I upload at 256kbps?

Just wondering, with my MZ-NH1, I am currently uploading all songs onto my MD as OpenMG Audio (ATRAC3plus) 64 kbps. Would there be much different in sound quality between this and the 256kbps? And which format is better ATRAC3 or ATRAC3plus? Obviously with the compression at 64, the files are smaller, and i am able to fit more songs onto 1 disc. Happy to hear any comments

Oh ok, now worries then. I will by buying in next week! Now all I have to find is some good editing software.

I did see the link in the initial post, but when it said GraphicEditor, I thought it must have been wrong, because I thought it would be called somethign like AudiorEditor.... Cheers mate! Thanks very much!

Ok, thanks for that

Can someone post a link please

Sorry, can someone post a link to this software please... I seem not able to get it from anywhere :S Thanks heaps! GREAT FIND! I have also just been talking to Sony, they sell a cable down here in Australia, which you plug into your MD, then into your audio socket at the back of your pc, you just take the tracks off your MD that way, and it is automatically converted to .wav. You might all know this... but thought I may as well put it up