Carola Posted February 15, 2005 Report Share Posted February 15, 2005 A few years ago I bought an Aiwa AM-F80 minidisc which was great, but broke down and needs to be replaced. I'm a professional singer, and I use my minidisc for recording demos etc, as well as playback. The quality of the recording is important to me, and I need to be able to burn CDs with the data that I've recorded. I'd thought of getting one of Sony's Hi-MD, but I gather that there can be problems with burning CDs from recordings made on these. Can anyone advise me what to get? I could spend up to £250 (around $400 US)Any help or advice would be very gratefully received!Carola Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeriyn Posted February 15, 2005 Report Share Posted February 15, 2005 Most of the problems with Hi-MD and making your recordings into something usable have been solved by now. SonicStage is still a dodgy piece of crap, but it's a lot better than it once was.With that budget I'd go ahead and recommend the NH900 with an RM-MC40ELK remote for recording purposes. The NH900 has the longest runtime since you can use it with both the prismatic NiMH battery and the AA battery attachment. It's also the only Hi-MD unit I've really had a chance to play with and it seems fairly well made (nothing like the tanks Sony used to produce, unfortunately, but still pretty decent) and the recording provisions--i.e. the ability to record uncompressed 16/44.1kHz, is better than standard, old-school MD.Sony is supposed to release the second generation of Hi-MD recorders in April, though, so you may want to wait depending on your needs. Details on the 2G Hi-MD units are somewhat sketchy however, and largely the result of great speculation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted February 15, 2005 Report Share Posted February 15, 2005 100% agreed with Cori, and welcome to the forums Carola. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christoph Posted February 15, 2005 Report Share Posted February 15, 2005 A few years ago I bought an Aiwa AM-F80 minidisc which was great, but broke down and needs to be replaced. I'm a professional singer, and I use my minidisc for recording demos etc, as well as playback. The quality of the recording is important to me, and I need to be able to burn CDs with the data that I've recorded. I'd thought of getting one of Sony's Hi-MD, but I gather that there can be problems with burning CDs from recordings made on these. Can anyone advise me what to get? I could spend up to £250 (around $400 US)Any help or advice would be very gratefully received!Carola←Hi, the nice thing with the new Hi-MD units are, that you can upload them via usb to the computer. And because you can record on the Hi-MD discs also in linear PCM (1,5 h), there should be no loss at all. As you may have read, it is not fun to load a single big PCM file on the computer, so split it into pieces and then load the pieces. Yes, the software is not the best, but it didn't fail me so far and once your files are transfered you can convert them into *wav files and save them on a CD or just start editing them.I have a NH900 and I am very happy with it, be it playing or recording. I record in Hi-SP-Mode which is, as far as I know, 256kps compression. While I don't hear a difference (recording books for my kids) that may be different for you. But as said above you have the choice in what format you want to record.So If you have the money go for a NH900 and get an extra internal battery NH-14WM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iosono Posted March 7, 2005 Report Share Posted March 7, 2005 (edited) I've seen SO little about the Sharp MD units. What do you experts think about the Sharp MD-MT280S? It's price seems reasonable and I've heard that the Sharp units have advantages over the SONY. These are the sorts of things I've heard from reading lots of different postings on the net but DON'T refer to the unit above at all:1.) They are quieter2.) You don't have to continually reset the manual record feature3.) It's easier to navigate the controls.... more user-friendly4.) It's just better madeWhat do you think? And do you know anything about the Sharp MD-MT280S?Thanks Edited March 7, 2005 by iosono Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Tires Posted March 7, 2005 Report Share Posted March 7, 2005 Just a slight comment on aeriyn's recommendation of the NH900 and RM-MC40ELK remote. The remote isn't necessary for recording at all, and the included remote would be fine for uses anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carola Posted March 15, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2005 Hi, the nice thing with the new Hi-MD units are, that you can upload them via usb to the computer. And because you can record on the Hi-MD discs also in linear PCM (1,5 h), there should be no loss at all. As you may have read, it is not fun to load a single big PCM file on the computer, so split it into pieces and then load the pieces. Yes, the software is not the best, but it didn't fail me so far and once your files are transfered you can convert them into *wav files and save them on a CD or just start editing them.I have a NH900 and I am very happy with it, be it playing or recording. I record in Hi-SP-Mode which is, as far as I know, 256kps compression. While I don't hear a difference (recording books for my kids) that may be different for you. But as said above you have the choice in what format you want to record.So If you have the money go for a NH900 and get an extra internal battery NH-14WM.←Thanks for your help everyone! Carola Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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