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It would be nice, That would be storage enough for a lot of people , to put their entire collection on 1 disc. Most people I know dont keep more than 2,000 songs on their HDD so that would be perfect . Hit " Shuffle Play" and let it roll..

I read .....and as I wept .... I thought of Old people having Sex , and suddenly realized , we too ...very sooon ,.....will be Old AAAAAAGHHHHHHHHHHH!

Well I did a test today , Just to satisfy my own curiosity and my ears. I built two XLR -TRS 1 meter balanced cables , for the MicroTrack 24/96 I used a ECM-23F3 Mic on left and a ECM-360 on the right , And at a distance from my guitar of 60 cm , I had a very clean punchy string definition , and not very much noise, the settings on the microtrack were #1 : Rec mode : MP3 128kbs 44.1khz #2 : TRS input : Stereo 27db gain on ( mic gain high) #3 : Switch on the side set at M (L,M,H) Line , Mic , High Gain respectively. I was very pleasantly suprised with what I heard , I had been using the mics Unbalanced and the difference was dramatic. The next test was disappointing to me which was , I took an older ECM-909a Mid /Side stereo mic ( small desktop style ) I first rant the mic to the Kenwood DCM-F5R MD recorder , 30cm from the guitar, rec level all the way up (no mic sens on this model) A fair amount of hiss ( enough that it would be unusable as a product) but good wide freq and kind of punchy on the guitar. Next up was the MZ-B10 (Sony business model) Hiss level dropped considerably as did the signal , freq was narrowed a bit . Next up was te RH1 ,..here is where I was disappointed , There was more hiss than the BZ-10 (Disc Mode Standard MD, set to SP) so that the comparison would be somewhat equal and fair , I pulled out my old MZ-R50 , same disc in all situation, same mic , same settings , .............The MZ-R50 ( which I always thought was the best built of the MD's Sounded Almost as good as the Microtrack, and way better than the RH1 . I mean the difference was night and day . Pro gear , is designed for Critical Noise level situations where even a trace of Noise can mean the difference , MD is designed for the Upper Amatuer , Audiofile or semi pro , The Micro track at mp3 mode Blew all of my MD's away , and I wasnt using studio mics above average for the ECM 23F3 yes but the 360 is an off the shelf at Best buy kinda mic. If I would have set the Microtrack at its Highest settings and used studio Mics there would be no comparison , none the MD wouldnt even get in the ring. I know that sounds cruel but , Pro gear is Pro gear , and it cost 's money to get that sound. In answering your question I did tests , and Got hurt in the process , I did not expect to hear what the Microtrack was going to do in a full Balanced situation , I will post some sample files , but not right now , it will be a few weeks , I have a lot of repair work to do so I wont be on the comp for a while. I can only add to what I have said before , an external preamp of GOOD quality , will make the diffence on the MD , Be it a Mixing Board or dedicated Mic pre , Good mics and good pre , And then the MD is in the balllpark The MIcroTrack is Capable of full 24/96 Wav/PCM recording I had it at its lowest usable settings MP 128 ( there are two lower settings 64/32 but they arent worth mentioning )

Bobt , my codolances , my Dad died when I was 16 , and he was also one of those Cool characters. Acts 24:15

Klik and read this , http://www.harp28.com/ recording Engineers have been "depending" on Flash based Recorders for a few years now A lot of your location Film recording and sound samples ( Most in fact ) are done with CF and Flash based nachines , Industrial light and Magic uses a lot of suond effects most of which are captured by these portables, as well as MGM , Warner, etc , I know a LOT of location engineers who wont leave the house without the rig. Again not bashing MD , I have 300+ discs, just perspective Is it the tangible fact of handling the disc , the unit , the familiarity with its feel , or is it truly the SOUND that you are after , either is fine , I have a great fondness for MD , but my work revolves around Sound , so the issue is , Not what works with my MD or what will my MD work with , the issue is What will capture the Sound in exactly the way I want to ( Price then becomes a non issue) This is the reason for the competition of the MD , is the fact that The idea of MOST recording engineers is exactly that " What will get that sound for me" . That is the impetus the pushes the Companies like Fostex, Tascam , Nagra, Opcode, Mackie(Tapco for those who dont know) etc. What is happening is the competition among the Pro Audio companies has produced a drive to get cleaner smaller faster , cheaper , in order to keep ahead of each other , the result is , now, Pro Gear is beginning to decend into the Amatuer Pocketbook range and is going to seriously complicate things for companies like Sony, Denon, etc. Is all of this the "Death of MD" ...probably not , but it WILL be put in the back seat , and it Will be and already is a Niche market . MD Players and Home Systems are popular , but that is where they are popular now , the consumer market , not the Audio field. Which suks , because MD IS cool and Is really good Audio . PS ....My Typing sucks

The Fostex will be , The MicroTrack isnt hard to figure out , I bought it becuase it has Balanced ins (TRS) , w/Phantom Power and it will use CF cards of any size , Microdrives of any size , Battery life could be improved tho I use a USB batt pack that I built , 8 AA and a 5 volt regulator ( 7805 chip, a few Capacitors, and use a 3amp diode on the out so there isnt any back voltage to to 7805) it will work for HI MD as well

I was in Germany 1977/78 , 11 years old , we are about the same age then.

I had to steal that pic of R2 ( sorry ) I am a Starwars nut , got the Lego R2 , Bottle Cap R2 , Yoda < etc etc , u know the addiction. How old is your kid? Mine is 12 ,

You want your flash recorder , here it is http://www.fostexinternational.com/cgi-bin...ewnews_pro_head ( I want this one, it looks like the MZ1 the first MD , only with XLR inputs) Also look at the Korg MR1, 20 gb HDD http://www.korg.com/gear/info.asp?a_prod_n...p;category_id=3 Microtrack 24/96 from M-Audio ( I have one ) CF and Flash Recorders are commonplace now , and basically for liveAudio are the new standard. Marantz PMD660 very nice and price well, http://www.proaudio.com/product_info.php?products_id=1983 not bashing MD, Love MD But for live recording it is being quietly relegated to the back seat , these Pro quality Field recorders are coming down in price so fast it isnt funny,and their capabilty is increasing at an exponential rate. You have full track marking , file conversion , Scrubbing , Waveform analysis, etc The R-09 has a Wave form view in it , Edirol's 4 track field recorder( still at 1100 bucks) has all kinds of editing features.

After clicking a link or two I read this. "???????, 16 ???????? 2006 iTunes 7 inherited old aac encoder « Upgrade finished successfully | Main | SoundExpert blog got new look and feel » Continue to pay my old duties. This is about aac encoder from iTunes. As you probably noticed SE rating bars began to indicate min and max values (this is visible only on 192 kbit/s page because only those ratings are updated now). And it’s clearly seen now that iTunes (6.0) aac encoder, having pretty good overall rating around 6.00, has surprisingly low min value – around 3.5. This is because one of SE sound samples – glockenspiel – turned out to be a killer sample for that encoder. Even 320 kbit/s encoding has distinctly audible artifact. For those who want to listen, the sample is uploaded to dedicated thread at HA forum. Newly released iTunes 7 unfortunately uses exactly the same aac encoder. So the bug which can lead to audible artifacts on music with pure tones still persists."

as long as you dont peg the meters they dont make any noise, I have a CD from a group here in Japan that was done completely with that unit , the piano sound is amazing, your in the room with it.

Gotta link for the RockBox so we can see it ?The Clip control is interesting , That is basically what is called a " Brick Wall Limiter" I would like to see its design

Macintosh http://www.nch.com.au/index.html http://www.panic.com/audion/ http://audacity.sourceforge.net http://www.nch.com.au/switch/index.html http://www.nch.com.au/recordpad/index.html http://www.pure-mac.com/audio.html http://streamripperx.sourceforge.net/ http://www.freeverse.com/soundstudio/ not free but nice http://www.monkeybreadsoftware.de/Freeware...dRecorder.shtml Soundrecorder records in QT format no real controls Just VERY clean Audio, the I drag the file to "Switch" and convert to mp3 For just copying a file to the Comp or Set and forget recorder it pretty good. windows http://www.nch.com.au/wavepad/index.html http://www.nch.com.au/recordpad/index.html http://www.expstudio.com/products.htm http://www.tucows.com/preview/502894 http://www.monkeybreadsoftware.de/Freeware...dRecorder.shtml

Must be the way the board is setup , it is a normal mp3 , so I dont understand why it wont download from the link, I am on a macbook , and still dont know all the board controls yet .

5th grade .........like 11 years old ,,,,, so that makes these kids pretty awesome eh! Just came back from my kids 6th grade graduation ,(in Japan they have Graduation ceremony for Elementary , Middle and High school Nakazawa Shogako , is #2 in the nation , for their music program , and last year My kids class was on TV with Dreams Come True a popular (Liked even by me ,that girl can sing) Pop/R&B group here in Japan , I took along by MZ-B10 instead of a full rig . Kinda kikn myself because the Entire 5th and 6th grade performed four pieces, I will post some of it after I get track marks and everything done in the MD then port it to Audacity . The MZ -B10 is supposed to record in mono from its built in mic , but it sounds like a synthesised stereo , wait til you hear it and tell me what you think . Maybe day after tommorrow or so . Ok Here is one of the songs , three 6th grade classes, roughly 120 -140 kids. This Public school is #2 in the nation for its music program, and the results . I apologize profusely for not taking A full rig to record this. I am kicking myself thouroghly. The song is called "Search for Tommorrow" Without futher ado . For slower connection

I have played with it , and it is quite cool , The guitar processor in it is hot very hot. The display is cool to . Tough to turn down isnt it? I wouldnt say MD killer , but it definately adds to the Competition

OMG he has the RH1 , Solar chargers , and every other gadjet imaginable, .................and he is on Dial Up . Local restrictrive I am sure . But thats gotta suk. 4.6 megs on 56kb connect , you get to use about 10% of that for download ,so .... at best maybe 12kb per sec. 12*60=720 720*60=43,200 4,600,000,000/43200 yep you would be there awhile

The amount of audience , effected the reverb quite a lot so there wasnt very much at all, (45 people in the room) in an empty room the sound will be a little different. Recording in a Church, you need to use a small mixer , and actually get the mics fairly close to your subjects so as to minimized the room , A large room unless it is FULLY carpeted or has good acoustic baffling throughout, you will get Big Verb try A couple of good boundary mics on the floor of the stage, put some folded cloth under them (stage noise) , run the cables down the front of the stage and along the bottom of the wall to a discete place away from the stage, You will be happy with that setup

Do you play Guitar or any other instrument , ? get a small 2 channel mixer or one of the battery powered mixerLike the Fostex mx06 Record to one , play back thru the mixer and record to the other , Overdubbing in stereo . Vocals , Guitar , Keyboards. drums , YAY!

Sounds like a good start to a Country song eh! Lets see, whats pissing me off, ........that none of you going over and downloading those Taiko drums I posted. :angry: http://forums.minidisc.org/index.php?showtopic=18772

on the tool bar you will see at the top left "Audacity" klik it and open preferences, another window will open where you can set whatever audio device, file quality , etc, etc, ....for mp3 you will need the LAME encoder , or you can use a prog called "Switch " from NCH Sound, its also a freebie Audacity does 16/24/32 (float) Mine is set for 32 , never changes

Actually Audacity has a quite good click/pop removal tool in it , the Noise removal tool use very sparingly set it at min. the Click /Pop tool youll have to experiment with depends on the Vinyl and the deck you play it on.

OK , I cant beleive that noone has commented on this , dag a bunch of 5th graders that sound like that . and they arent even Japanese. Come on people.

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thx for that , I couldnt get the nyquist plugs to work as well in MacOSX the CoreAudio plugs work very good though, I just wish they could give Audacity realtime effect monitoring instead of the Stop , select , Preview, execute thing , preview doesnt always work. Depends on what effect your applying. chk this out http://forums.minidisc.org/index.php?showtopic=18772 mp3 on the bottom of the page , leave a comment