eosid Posted May 30, 2005 Report Share Posted May 30, 2005 Hi!I would like to pass my old recordings via line out to my PC1. I will connect the MZ-R900 with the MZ-RH10 via line out for one PCM recording and after via USB to the PC? or2. Directly to my sound card Audigy 2? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atrain Posted May 30, 2005 Report Share Posted May 30, 2005 i'd go direct to the line in one the sound card record via audigy or soundforge as a wav then if you want them on the himd reimport via sonicstage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Low Volta Posted May 30, 2005 Report Share Posted May 30, 2005 i'd go direct to the line in one the sound card record via audigy or soundforge as a wav then if you want them on the himd reimport via sonicstage←indeed directly into PC...you could also use Audacity (downloadable for free, see download section)but eosid...don't double post so much! you already asked this question in an existing thread, but made a typo in R900 (typed RH900, which confused me) ... before I could react, you created a new thread and just as I was about to write an answer, I noticed yet another new thread (this one) by you on this topic...please don't do that... if the question is directly related to an existing topic, post it there. Otherwise, start one (and only one) new thread!greetings, Volta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eosid Posted May 30, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2005 OK, you are right.But what is the Audacity?It is not better to do this with Cool edit, Wavelab or soundforge? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Low Volta Posted May 30, 2005 Report Share Posted May 30, 2005 OK, you are right.But what is the Audacity?It is not better to do this with Cool edit, Wavelab or soundforge?←audacity is a free open source audio editing program to which you can add plugins (as you need them, also for free) and that matches the capacities of a lot of the payware audio editors (like the ones you mention above)...if you have already got one (that works well for you), nevermind audacity...if you haven't, just try it first, before you shell out big bucks for a marketed one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atrain Posted May 30, 2005 Report Share Posted May 30, 2005 yeah i meant audacity before actually. was looking at soundblaster audigy specs in another window. sorry about the confusion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wedge Posted May 31, 2005 Report Share Posted May 31, 2005 (edited) Actually, I'd suggest sampling both methods and see (or rather, hear) which sounds better.If the MD > Hi-MD via line-in is a cleaner signal than your MD > PC line-in, you could end up with a better recording that way.Try a sample of both before you decide which way to go.You've just reminded me actually, I've got some old cassette tape recordings I want to archive. Must get around to that someday. Edited May 31, 2005 by Wedge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Low Volta Posted May 31, 2005 Report Share Posted May 31, 2005 If the MD > Hi-MD via line-in is a cleaner signal than your MD > PC line-in, you could end up with a better recording that way.I would be very surprised if the MD->Hi-MD way would result in cleaner recordings, as they both would mean that the incoming signal is simply recorded in wav, only in one way by the PC, in the other way by the Hi-MD (in PCM)... don't know how much that will differ. If the old recordings have a bit of lenght, he could also be tempted t use sonething other than PCM when going MD->Hi-MD, which would result in quality loss (possibly only very little, but it definitely won't be 'cleaner)...but there is another, more important reason to go directly into PC... as MD->Hi-MD inserts a number of extra stages (MD->Hi-MD->SS->convert to wav) each of which (and especially the SS one) have been know to produce faults or even to plainly refuse to work at all. I agree that Hi-MD is a great recording apparatus, but it especially shines in situations where it would be impossible to carry a PC with you... I would say, just use the way with the least vulnerabilities (unless of course your soundcard is really bad )Try a sample of both before you decide which way to go.←but then again...this wouldn't hurt anybody and it will make you sleep better at night, as you know in stead of assume you've used the best way greetings, Volta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atrain Posted May 31, 2005 Report Share Posted May 31, 2005 Actually, I'd suggest sampling both methods and see (or rather, hear) which sounds better.If the MD > Hi-MD via line-in is a cleaner signal than your MD > PC line-in, you could end up with a better recording that way.Try a sample of both before you decide which way to go.You've just reminded me actually, I've got some old cassette tape recordings I want to archive. Must get around to that someday.←the choice you are suggesting should be which md provides playback into the computer.test that by all means. going R900 -> RH10 -> computer will give degredation &/or resampling reducing the overall sound quality the line out on the r900 via analog is the weak link. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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