badkat

Hi there, Well, after using the forums for many years....and spending hours getting side-tracked while sourcing information... I wondered if I could check the information I have gleaned ( I think!!) before going ahead with a very long overdue new lap top purchase. Everyone's always been really helpful in the past - especially as my computer literacy is a bit limited. I'm using an MZ RH-1 (also have a working NH-900) to mainly record live gigs in hiMD mode (mostly hi-SP, occasionally hi-LP) but have got masses of archive recordings on MDs in SP mode. My debate is over whether to buy: 1) a new PC lap top running Windows 7 professional 64 bit(which I'm assuming then gives me the option of running sonic stage 4.3 in the XP compatability mode((does this automatically kick in when the RH-1 is connected??!))) with the ability then to upload my archive recordings via the RH-1 (when I can invent some more hours in the day) and continue editing them with Audacity or CD-Wav editor as I do currently before saving to cd. OR: 2) a Macbook Pro - to upload any hiMD recordings I have already / make in the future (with hiMD music transfer version 2.0)and then edit with Audacity etc, (and get to utilise the benefits of a Mac for photographs/video editing which I also do a lot of) but have no way to USB / hi-speed up-load my archive recordings - although, if I was to run XP in Parallels could I upload by archive SP recordings via Sonic Stage 4.3, save as WAV and then edit them either still with the XP software or move over to the Mac OS editing software? Hope this makes sense - and I apologise if I'm repeating previous posts...just struggling to get my basic knowledge around all this info before paying out

thanks for that...just need to get on with ordering the laptop and trying it all out now. Love this forum...as ever hugely helpful. Thanks K

Hi everyone, I hope this isn't too much a repeat of other posts...have been having a great time reading through the forums after quite a while away. I use my MZ-RH1 for recording live concerts + then upload to my very lowly old desktop ( running windows ME ( don't ask!!) and only 40gb HD with sonic stage v3.4). it's done me very well over the years...but about to be put into permanent retirement by a new lap top. Obviously the standard software seems to be Vista, and the new system I've been looking at comes with 64bit Vista home premium - will this be compatible with the sonic stage v4.3? I can down grade to 32bit- but would prefer to get the best system possible I can. In addition...an upgrade to Windows 7 is offered...am I right in thinking from other posts I've read that to run sonic stage on this, it's going to be necessary to run it through XP on a VMware type platform? Hope this makes sense...as I'm not particularly computer literate!! Thanks for any help and advice Badkat

Thanks guys for all your advice re my query - hmmmm, still deliberating which way to go! Have a feeling the fact i've got an NH-900 +so many archive gigs might sway me to stick with a pc laptop....but then I've been reading your posts about SS 4.3 and Vista and getting a little worried!!! At the moment i'm using SS 3.3 on windows ME ( I kind of never got round to XP on this system!) and it's been working very happily for me ( as I said - I only use my MD for live gig recording + uploading of gigs, no downloading etc), and I generally use CD Wave Editor (or Audacity) and occasionally Hi-md renderer if needed - so am I going to run into problems if the laptop I get has Vista on it...or am I best hunting around for XP and staying with the software I know? Thanks again in advance...wasn't sure if this should be in Software!! Badkat

Hi everyone, well, as a frequent reader of the forums (and thank you for all the tips and help you've given me over the last few years!) - I think this is the first time I've posted! At the moment I've got an MZ-NH900 which I use purely for recording live gigs- usually in Hi-SP. (although I do have BOXES of archive gigs in SP-but I realise it's the RH-1 I'm going to have to get to upload these via usb in the future!). Anyway- I've been interested to read re the Mac/md problems - as at the moment I'm also considering changing my pc for a macbook - but am I right in thinking from the posts I've read that I'm just opening myself to a lot of grief when it comes to uploads and I'd be better sticking with a PC laptop? Thanks in advance for any help And long may the MDCF continue!! Badkat