Newbie singer needs to record rehearsals/audition CD's

[eponinecm]

Hi! I am an opera singer and am going to purchase a minidisc player to record weekly voice lessons, coachings, and rehearsals, as well as make audition CD's. Right now I plan on buying a Hi-MD MZ-NH900 player and a MS907 digital microphone. Does that sound okay? Any recommendations for a better player or microphone?

Also, I know that I can upload my recordings onto my PC, but I want to make sure I can then burn those recordings onto a CD. How do I do that? Thank you so much!

[Skradgee]

I'd say that you have a good purchase in mind. The NH900 will offer the best option for battery life. I own an MZ-NH1, and wish I had the option of using AA size batteries with it (it was a compromise for the built-in clock/timestamp feature). Everything you want to do is possible with what you've mentioned in this post. Just make sure that you upgrade to SonicStage 2.3 once you get your deck. Happy Minidiscing.

-Nathan

[Christopher]

Welcome to the forums, eponinecm.

I'm not so sure about the microphone. Running a search on MS907, I see it was discussed in many threads, but this gives some clear insight:

http://forums.minidisc.org/index.php?showtopic=6262

You may want to consider something a little more defined for your application.

[linzq]

Hi Eponine,

I'm a classical singer too, and did my master's audition recordings with an 800 and the 907 mic. It turned out great, but I've since discovered that there are better quality mics for the same price -- you just have to spend a little time looking around.

When you upload your files from minidisc to your computer, you then need to transfer them to .wav files (with either the Sony WavConverter, or Marcnet's program) to get rid of the rights protection that Sony puts on the files -- then you can burn the files to CD.

Good luck!

Lindsay

[eponinecm]

Thanks everyone! Your info helped a lot.