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It seems not. Recording from analog line-in puts marks whenever there are at least 2 secs of silence. Very annoying. Look this thread.

I've bought my MZ-NH1 in Europe (Italy), and that file works with it with no problem!

That's fine tribalwind! Thanks.

You are welcome. Yeah, Kristal AE and Audacity are very popular, and complement each other in some way.

You're welcome, you deserve it. Would it be possible to upload a 128k version of that track? I would like to put your music on a MD and listen to it to relax. Please let me know when you upload them.

Kristal Audio is a freeware multitrack editor with basic process/effect features. You can download and test it to see if it is good for your needs.

Hello! Do you know something? I like your music! Thanks for sharing it! Are you aware that track 11 (Bansuri in D) is sampled only at 20 kbps and 11 kHz?

I am a recent user of Hi-MD, I own a MZ-NH1 since two months ago. I'm not an expert of audio recording, but I'm here to share my experience with the MZ-NH1. Stay tuned, however, as there are many technically competent people on this forum that can advice you and maybe suggest different solutions. I've bought a MZ-NH1 to record myself (I am a hobbist violinst), alone or together with other players. I've bought it because I know many professional musicians that use MD recorders, and I had listened to some recordings of them. The recording audio quality in my opinion is excellent - you can even record PCM with Hi-MD - you need a good mic, though. As far as I know, iPod does not have a mic in, while most MD recorders (like MZ-NH1) have it. Be aware that you will be able to fast-digitally transfer your recordings to a PC (not a Mac, as far as I know) only once, this is part of a silly policy by Sony to protect copyright, even if you own the copyright of what you play/record - anyway, you'll be always able to transfer the track in real time (even digitally through the USB, if your system allow doing that). So, this is my non-technical point of view. The MZ-NH1 fullfills my needs: very good audio recording quality, reliable medium, very small size. A violin is a rather difficult instrument to record, and I got really good results with my MD recorder - again, a good mic is necessary as well. I am totally satisfied with my gear.

Hmmm... no offence, but I have some doubts regarding your statement... I'm not an expert about digital audio, but I am a physicist. Mathematically speaking, the max frequency content (found in the Fourier transform) of any sampled signal *is* actually limited by the signal sampling rate. Moreover, Hz is *properly* used just because we are speaking about samples per seconds: their physical unit is 1/sec, i.e. Hz. Sampling Theorem Nyquist Frequency Please let me know if I have misunderstood you.

You are welcome.

Yep I know, thanks. But I am looking for the frequency response curve, not just the range. I mean, a plot like the one in this page.

Could it be "impedance"? EDIT: If it really is, it is described here.

I've googled for the frequency response curve of the Sony ECM-MS907 stereo mic, but I haven't found it. Does anybody know if such a curve has ever been published and where it can be downloaded from? Thank you.

Kurisu, flac is simply great. I use it everyday to store my recordings in a losseless, but still compressed, format. More about the flac format is here. dBPowerAmp is a convenient and free tool to convert music into many formats - including flac and ogg Vorbis, not to count mp3 - with the use of codec plugins that are downloadable from its website. I've just seen (see the link in my previous post) that there's a new flac plugin for WinAmp not only to read, but also to write in flac format.

Kudos for your story! I've also read your letter as well. Yeah, you had what you deserved! And they had, too!

I agree, good quality, even though there's a background noise/buzz. You could convert it in flac format. For anybody who doesn't know, flac is an unlossy compressed format, and a plugin for WinAmp is available. Setting Mic Sens High or Low can make the difference. Also setting AGC as Standard or for Loud Music does - how did you set them?

That's a brilliant idea! Thank you.

I clip it to my sweater, on my chest. It's upside down for who looks me, so that I can correctly read the display.

Your link points actually to the "Live Music Archive". I chose a band from another archive, the "Open Source Audio" one; for the bands listed therein there is already a licensing statement - usually Creative Commons - about what you can do and what you can't do with the music you download.

I've done a first experiment. In this one I used Mic Sens High. Perhaps in a next one I'll try to Mic Sens set to low. The results (3 mp3 files) are in the Yahoo mailbox owned by A440 (see above). My recording equipment: Sony Hi-MD MZ-NH1 Sony ECM-MS907 stereo mic (set to 90 degs capture angle in order to reduce the reverb from the lateral walls of the room) The song I used for the experiment is an open source one, downloaded from here (ogg version) http://www.archive.org/audio/audio-details...pensource_audio There you will find also details about the band, the song, and its licensing rights. The results report the first 30 secs of the song. I converted the song to wav and burned it on an audio CD. Then I played it in my Hi-Fi. The speakers were about 2.50 meters apart. The mic was positioned in a central position in front of the speakers, about 2 meters from the line joining them. The underlying idea was to simulate a live session in my room. The three recordings (self-explaining names of the mp3 files) are: 1) Manual Volume set to 16 2) AGC set to Standard 3) AGC set to Loud Music The recording mode was Hi-SP in all the three cases. I hope to have not forgot any other essential detail. In case just ask. What I can say by now is that case 2) clipped. However, AGC (Loud Music) seems to work pretty good. However, I'm not really an audiophile, so comments are welcome. EDIT: I forgot to say that the track is "Heart on a platter"

AGC can be anyway helpful when you have no time (or no lights, but I have backlight on the remote of my MZ-NH1) to setup manual volume. Overall, I think that AGC doesn't work too bad. Yeah, you're right. I must think of how to do it, perhaps recording just a well-chosen few seconds would be enough for the comparison. Otherwise, I'll look in my CD collection for not very known CD's. I have a few ones that I bought after live events of not very known local artists that self produced them, yet the CD quality is quite good. I could record a few second from them. Another possibility - not to infringe copyright restrictions - would be to put on CD some well chosen Open Source audio downloaded from the Internet Archive, and then try my experiment. EDIT: Perhaps this could be OK? (It is taken from an original CD and one can download even flac or wav formats).

After listening again to it, I think you could be right, unless it is an effect of the room acoustics. If I find some time, tomorrow I want to try an experiment. I'll play a song from a CD in my Hi-Fi, and will record it on MD with my mic: one time with AGC on, another time with manual volume on. It will be interesting to compare the results. I'll post them in that Yahoo e-mail box.

It is also in the received box. Listening to it. Nice! Thanks for posting it. Yep, you're right, there is perhaps a bit too much bass - high frequencies seem a bit lacking in comparison. A question: why did you use AGC? Using manual volume is recommended by most people here... Another question: what happens if two users (i.e. with different IP's) access the same yahoo mail account at the same time? Is there any danger that it will be blocked?

You may want to read this article How to prolong lithium-based batteries The battery of the MZ-NH1 is a lithium-based one (Li-ION).

Yes, it was the first thing I tried too, and SS didn't want to transfer the file. Thus, when you upload a file, something is being changed in the MD.