Ray Posted October 21, 2004 Report Share Posted October 21, 2004 Hey guys, I'm not very familiar with MD but i'll try to keep my problem as clear and simple as possible: I've recorded a live music set of over an hour, however the recording was done by someone else. The MD recorder put track marks in the set whenever it saw fit. I ended up with a set divided by 46 marks randomly throughout the set. I tried to erase them with a Sony MZR-50 portable recorder, however the manual stated erasing marks is restricted by several things, one of them being that a single track must be larger than 12 seconds. I've phoned Sony already and even they were unsure whether it would be possible to combine/erase these specific track marks at all. The funny thing is that track marks of tracks larger than 12 sec. can also not be erased (probably due to the ones of less than 12 sec.), furthermore the playback sometimes stutters (no wonder if after a few seconds the MD recorder needs to search already for the next track). Sorry for the amount of words, hope someone can help me with this, is it possible to erase them? Thanx, Ray Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watcher666 Posted October 21, 2004 Report Share Posted October 21, 2004 Hi Sorry to hear about your troubles! :ohmy: What does you'r Minidisc unit say on it's display when you try to erase a track mark? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Posted October 21, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2004 It says "sorry". And the Mzr-50 says "impossible". I know "sorry" is about the whole 12 seconds thing and suppose "impossible' also... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watcher666 Posted October 21, 2004 Report Share Posted October 21, 2004 I have an MZ-R90 at home, which is an old-ish unit, so i will try recreating your situation with that and then see whether i can come up with a solution! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watcher666 Posted October 21, 2004 Report Share Posted October 21, 2004 Reading your message again and having a think.......Lead's me to the conclusion that your MiniDisc is fragmented! If this is the case then the only way to fix it is to Erase the whole disc! But, to rescue your data, i would hook up the "LINE OUT" of your R50 to the "LINE IN" of your PC soundcard and record your disc as a wav file. Then i would find another MiniDisc and then record (via your pc's "LINE OUT") the wav file back onto your MD in real time. You'll have to live with the stutter though. Unless you add track mark's to the beginning and end of the stuttering section then erase the newly created track! Hope this help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeriyn Posted October 21, 2004 Report Share Posted October 21, 2004 alternatively you could record the tracks to your PC and use a sound editing program such as Audacity and remove the stuttering (short periods of silence) manually. what I imagine you'd have to do for live recording, though, is to turn off all automatic track marking functions and record the show as one big huge track... ... then manually add track marks after the recording is finished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Posted October 21, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2004 Lead's me to the conclusion that your MiniDisc is fragmented! quote] Don't exactly know what you mean by fragmented' date=' but i believe the data is not fragmented (which is more or less the point, it should be one track), but the playback and track marks make it sound fragmented... Good one, i'll try that, allthough some quality will probably get lost, having "non-stuttering" sound is the most important aspect to me. Furthermore, you guys are right to state that the initial record settings were probably incorrect for this kind of set, we should not have had any auto track marking. thanx already, allthough i'm still open for more feedback and suggestions! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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