Converting via SonicStage is a better way, as you do not convert sound twice: digital-to-analog on the MD output and back to digital on PC input (if you transferred sound via analog connection). I have another problem: SonicStyage (3.0 nad 4.0) works fine on one computer, but on the other I got "Internal error" messages, and "Access error" messages on the MD. When transferring from MD to PC I get "Right information (ICV) is incorrect" -???