Hi there, sorry I know you must be bored of this questions and although I have read a bit, I am still slightly confused and would like some of you experts to state explictly for my situtaion. I greatly apprecaite it The scenario: To record live lectures in Hi-MD quality using a mic. The lectures need to be uploaded and edited in programes such as Adobe Audition. The question: I am aware that SonicStage has restrictions on upload, and that there are other programes that can bypass this upload restriction, but dont know how reliable they are. I do no want to be locked by sony when uplaoding as I need to make duplications of the lectures and need to keep them in the highest quality, .wav format? Can I upload to my computer without being locked by SS ATRAC format? ie can i change it to .mp3 or .wav or.thebest format? or will i have to use atrac, can i uplaod as many times as i like Also is the SONY MZNH1 a good recorder for this? I heard the new generation of hi-mds are coming out. What advantage do they have over the current hi-mds?