Newbie W/ Rh-10

[kate]

I've tried doing research here, but I'm still confused. I just want to know if my rh-10 will do certain things.

I only want to use this to record concerts (usually 90 min. shows) with regular minidiscs. I also want to upload my shows thru line-in on my computer with my wave programs, like soundforge or cd wave. I don't care about uploading in real time, I don't want to use sonic stage & worry about their copyright issues. I also want to be able to upload more than once, just in case I make a mistake.

So, can I still do this the same way as I did on my old minidisc? (this goes for new recordings and my old ones I recorded with a non-himd minidisc).

Do I have to re-format the md? And what speed should I record on?

I'm sorry, it's hard for me to understand tech stuff. So, I'd appreciate if anyone can help.

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I've tried doing research here, but I'm still confused.  I just want to know if my rh-10 will do certain things.

I only want to use this to record concerts (usually 90 min. shows) with regular minidiscs.  I also want to upload my shows thru line-in on my computer with my wave programs, like soundforge or cd wave.  I don't care about uploading in real time, I don't want to use sonic stage & worry about their copyright issues.  I also want to be able to upload more than once, just in case I make a mistake.

So, can I still do this the same way as I did on my old minidisc?  (this goes for new recordings and my old ones I recorded with a non-himd minidisc). 

Do I have to re-format the md?  And what speed should I record on? 

I'm sorry, it's hard for me to understand tech stuff.  So, I'd appreciate if anyone can help.

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Hi Kate

Very simply put:

The basic difference is the new formating to your md disc and new higher density discs available.

If you want to stay with your old format discs you can

as a matter of fact you can use the old type minidiscs -

when you reformat them you get much longer recording time than 80 minutes. as much as 2 1/2 hours on depending on the compression you choose. In your shoes ( i would look funny) I would use mp3.

if you like to just do an analogue upload ( real time ) to your pc like you used to, you can.

there are NO copyright issues if you are just recording with a mike and not via a digital a/d of from a CD, so you might want still to use sonic stage- up to you.

Don't stress - is the music you are after not the techology.

Unless you set on a mission to prove a difference in sound between the different formats, it won't jump at you.

Enjoy your new toy

[The Low Volta]

as a matter of fact you can use the old type minidiscs -

when you reformat them you get much longer recording time than 80 minutes. as much as 2 1/2 hours on  depending on the compression you choose.  In your shoes ( i would look funny) I would use mp3.

hm, but one remark, you can't record with a mic in MP3. MP3 is a playback-only format on Hi-MD...

but there are a lot of other formats (types of atrac3/atrac3+ and PCM) available... and Hi-SP would give you more time/disc

there are NO copyright issues if you are just recording with a mike and not via a digital a/d of from a CD,  so  you might want still to use sonic stage- up to you.

hm, I'm sorry but 'wrong'... That would be the logical answer, but (up until SS2.3 at least, haven't checked this with later versions yet, but I don't think it has changed) Sony would copyprotect your own recordings, making them uploadable to PC only once, like Kate feared...and even worse, SS would delete the track on the disc when you tried importing a second time... BUT, since SS3.0 and up, you can convert your uploaded recordings immediately to wav, which means that they can be edited and whatever without problems, and that they are DRM-(the copyprotect-stuff)-free!

and Kate, if you make sure that you check one option in SS (tools/options/transfer/Hi-MD->transfer settings/advanced/import settings->'leave the track on the disc') and clearly mark the disc as upnloaded (to prevent yourself from inadvertedly trying to upnload it again) than there never will be a completely lost track anymore, as you would still have the tracks on the disc... and you could still use the realtime analog line in or the realtime digital usb-SS-total recorder methods (explained here) to get them onto your PC...

greetings, Volta

[kate]

Thank you both for your answers. I think I'm understanding a little more.

The version that came with my rh10 is SS3.0. I appreciate the tips, I'll eventually try it with some test recordings. I'll have to stick with the old-fashioned way for now though. I think I have to for all my recordings made on my old MD.

Kate