peterbc Posted November 30, 2004 Report Share Posted November 30, 2004 Hi, I have an old minidisc and was thinking about upgrading to a HiMD recorder. I use the old one to record jams but it doesn't have a USB port or anything fancy, so if I want to upload to my computer, it's a bit of a hassle. I understand that the HiMD's will let you upload recorded analogue audio, but I couldn't find out how fast. All I could find was that they can download from the computer at up to 100x, but said nothing about upload speeds. I read somewhere something that sounded like it was 1:1, which would make it only slightly better than what I'm using now... But sony couldn't really be that stupid, could they...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nee Posted May 15, 2005 Report Share Posted May 15, 2005 both uploading and downloading to himd discs are actually pretty slow, the kind of slow where you'd prefer to go take a shower rather than watch your playlist copy to/from your computer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsoul Posted May 15, 2005 Report Share Posted May 15, 2005 both uploading and downloading to himd discs are actually pretty slow, the kind of slow where you'd prefer to go take a shower rather than watch your playlist copy to/from your computer←For PCM uploading, it is slow, just a little faster than 1:1. But for HiSP recordings, the upload doesn't take much time at all, a rough estimate of 6 or 7:1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A440 Posted May 16, 2005 Report Share Posted May 16, 2005 Note that you can't upload the recordings from your old minidiscs. Only recordings made in the new Hi-MD formats --PCM, Hi-SP and Hi-LP--can be uploaded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shail Posted May 25, 2005 Report Share Posted May 25, 2005 I also had some old minidiscs digitally recorded from CDs, I think they used ATRAC1 (?). I can't transfer them back to computer. Is there any way to get that music on computer so that I can format the old MDs in Hi-MD format. Any help will be appreciated.regards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dex Otaku Posted May 25, 2005 Report Share Posted May 25, 2005 How about this for a figure: a full 1GB disc takes between 30-60 minutes to upload, depending on the number of tracks on it. In terms of PCM recordings, uploading takes place at between 2-3x realtime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDfreak Posted May 25, 2005 Report Share Posted May 25, 2005 I also had some old minidiscs digitally recorded from CDs, I think they used ATRAC1 (?). I can't transfer them back to computer. Is there any way to get that music on computer so that I can format the old MDs in Hi-MD format. Any help will be appreciated.regards←Record them realtime via heaphone out of the MD and line-in from your computer (so analog). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shail Posted May 25, 2005 Report Share Posted May 25, 2005 there is no other possible way to have digital transfer ? in that case it is better that i rip again those CDs as I have the originals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dex Otaku Posted May 25, 2005 Report Share Posted May 25, 2005 there is no other possible way to have digital transfer ? in that case it is better that i rip again those CDs as I have the originals.←As indicated in several hundred posts over the past several years, no. There is no such thing as uploading from legacy MD / MDLP discs.You can do digital transfers from MD / MDLP discs with a home deck that has an optical output, however. In any case it is faster to just rerip the CDs anyway. On my machine it only takes about 5-10 minutes to rip+transfer a CD to HiMD using Simple Burner [and that's using the slower, 80-minute MDs reformatted as HiMD]. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaotic Posted May 25, 2005 Report Share Posted May 25, 2005 In any case it is faster to just rerip the CDs anyway. On my machine it only takes about 5-10 minutes to rip+transfer a CD to HiMD using Simple Burner [and that's using the slower, 80-minute MDs reformatted as HiMD].hmm, Dex. maybe I'm doing something wrong or the machine I'm using to rip from CD is too slow. how do you guys can rip+xfer in about roughly 10 minutes? is there some tricks that I don't know about? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dex Otaku Posted May 25, 2005 Report Share Posted May 25, 2005 Not that I'm aware of, of course - it depends on how fast your system is. Mine is c.2003, an athlon XP 2500+ [barton]. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobt Posted May 25, 2005 Report Share Posted May 25, 2005 Ki kaotic,I've got an IBM 1.5 ghz 512 memory, XP Pro, no service packs, and on simple burner max 5 or 6 minutes, usually less, on an 80 min disc in HILP no more than 45 minutes to an hour to fill it up, haven't done enough on the 1GB's to find a time.Plenty fast enough for me, as I was brought up in the dark ages of real time recording, anything better is a bonus.Check your memory and hard drive.Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
physya Posted June 10, 2005 Report Share Posted June 10, 2005 Record them realtime via heaphone out of the MD and line-in from your computer (so analog).←or just play them in SS and record in real time with any recording program (set sourse to wave and disable all system sounds, though). Still, quality is not as good as re-rip... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killroy Posted June 10, 2005 Report Share Posted June 10, 2005 or just play them in SS and record in real time with any recording program (set sourse to wave and disable all system sounds, though). Still, quality is not as good as re-rip...←Sorry, but this does not work! You may start playback of a SP/LP2/LP4 track in SonicStage, but NO SOUND will be passed to the computer's sound system!Cheers - Killroy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dex Otaku Posted June 10, 2005 Report Share Posted June 10, 2005 Sorry, but this does not work! You may start playback of a SP/LP2/LP4 track in SonicStage, but NO SOUND will be passed to the computer's sound system!It's passed through the headphone jack, as the popup that comes up the first time you attempt it cheerfully and clearly informs you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
physya Posted June 10, 2005 Report Share Posted June 10, 2005 Sorry, but this does not work! You may start playback of a SP/LP2/LP4 track in SonicStage, but NO SOUND will be passed to the computer's sound system!Cheers - Killroy.←I am not sure what you mean. It works fine for me. The image shows a a track playing off the MZ-RH910 via USB. The track is NOT in the SS library. It also shows real-time recording in a wave editor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
physya Posted June 10, 2005 Report Share Posted June 10, 2005 Sorry, but this does not work! You may start playback of a SP/LP2/LP4 track in SonicStage, but NO SOUND will be passed to the computer's sound system!Cheers - Killroy.←I am not sure what you mean. It works fine for me. The image shows a track playing off the MZ-RH910 via USB. The track is NOT in the SS library. It also shows real-time recording in a wave editor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Low Volta Posted June 10, 2005 Report Share Posted June 10, 2005 (edited) I am not sure what you mean. It works fine for me. The image shows a track playing off the MZ-RH910 via USB. The track is NOT in the SS library. It also shows real-time recording in a wave editor.←it works for anything recorded on a disc in Hi-MD format (what you have done is the actual method described in the faq's to upload realtime digitally if the SS-faster than realtime-upload has failed for some reason), but not for anything on a disc in non-Himd (like LP2/LP4/SP discs that can be played in older pre-Hi-MD machines, what this thread actually was about)greetings, Volta Edited June 10, 2005 by The Low Volta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
physya Posted June 10, 2005 Report Share Posted June 10, 2005 it works for anything recorded on a disc in Hi-MD format (what you have done is the actual method described in the faq's to upload realtime digitally if the SS-faster than realtime-upload has failed for some reason), but not for anything on a disc in non-Himd (like LP2/LP4/SP discs that can be played in older pre-Hi-MD machines, what this thread actually was about)greetings, Volta←oops, - my mistake. I mixed up recording in a Hi-MD format and playing an older disc using a Hi-MD player. I indeed used hi-md recording.just delete my posts! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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