DirtMagnet Posted June 23, 2005 Report Share Posted June 23, 2005 Hi,I'm at my wit's end with my MD and sonicstage (seriously )I did post something in the software forum a few days back asking for help (which Volta responded to, thanks) - since then I have trawled through the forums and followed all manner of tips, instructions, downloads, etc. but nothing has worked. I have very limited PC/MD knowledge and I find the posts on the forum whilst helpful are often beyond my comprehension (I bought my MD and PC new specifically record my band's rehearsals and burn to CD.. .so am very new at this). I'm now at the stage where I think I might have multiple things installed on my PC and aren't sure even where to start to fix it.... I sacrified heaps to get this PC/MD set-up and I'm just desperate to get it working. I wonder, could you please please help ... I will give you as much info as I can...PC - HP Media Center PC m7088aPentium 4 Processor 550J 512MB/160GBATI Radeon X300SE Windows XP media centre edition Version 2002 service pack 2. (The whole system was purchased two weeks ago)Codec packs? I have no idea what these are?USB 2.0I've checked my entire system and am virus freeMy MD came with Sonicstage 2.1 GA/OpenMG/Simple Burner 2.0MD is MZ-NH700/Sony ECM-MS907 Mic/Roland TD6-kThe story so far (prepare for the saga)- Installed s/stage 2.1 as supplied with MD - sonic stage wouldn't recognise the MD. I followed instructions around proper USB connection, etc. but no go.- A friend advised I needed S/stage 3.1 or I wouldn't be able to transfer my MD music files to WAV and burn to disc. I uninstalled 2.1 per the forum instructions and installed 3.1. Same prob - s/stage does not recognise the MD, though my PC does and shows it connected and confirms it is in working order.- I unistalled 3.1, reinstalled, same prob. I followed Breadfan's idea from the forum and uninstalled again and re-installed the german version posted on the forum - same result, still doesn't recognise MD.- I uninstalled 3.1, and re-installed 2.1. HURRAH! It recognised the MD, and I was able to transfer my MD content to My Library. This is when I remembered that if I burned the tracks to an atrac CD the CD would not play back (friend says I must have 3.1 with the WAV converter for this to work? Is this true?)- This morning, I uninstalled/re-installed 3.1 and got the same result - sonicstage doesn't recognise the MD.- At this point, I threw my hands up in the air and SCREAMED....I don't know what to do next - I'm fearful I have SS files/folders in wrong places now that I haven't uninstalled correctly and this may be stuffing up the downloads or installsCan anyone recommend anything? Should I perhaps re-load XP and start afresh? I fear I'll never get the thing to work properly. I'm about to put this whole shebang on ebay and go back to my four track..... Perhaps who provides the answer scores a pack of blank MD's as thanks!! (though I know you'd probably do it outta the goodness o yo hearts).Sorry bout the long post but I wanted to put in as much info as poss DM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Low Volta Posted June 23, 2005 Report Share Posted June 23, 2005 wow, that is a complete post! if only other ppl would be so thorough Please remember I'm only giving very unprofessional advise (I'm no software expert at all )you say that your PC recognizes the NH700 as a drive and SS2.1 even worked with it for a short moment... I see one more option (but I'm not sure if you dare to try it as it somewhat goes against all good MDCF reasoning...but it kinda worked for me)- clean-uninstall everything again (as explained here...but I guess you know that already )- install SS2.1 from disc (and hope that it works again with the MD)- do not uninstall anything! just run an official SS3.1 installer (choose your preferred one from this list) and let that decide what to keep and what to throw out...as I said, it's a long shot... but I myself have upgraded from SS2.0->2.3->3.0->3.1 without ever manually uninstalling anything and also without any troubles ever so it might be worth to give it a shotgreetings, VoltaPS:if you can find it, it could be interesting to see if SS2.3 works on your PC, as it also is reliable (<2.3 NOT!!) for uploading recordings (and converting to wav can be done with wav converter or better with Marcnet's Hi-MD renderer see this thread) and while it isn't the best idea to work with an older version... it's still better than not working with the latest one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtMagnet Posted June 23, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2005 Thanks Volta......... I have a gig tonight that I have to leave for now but I'll try your suggestion later and post the results......... fingers crossed!!DM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atrain Posted June 23, 2005 Report Share Posted June 23, 2005 i'm not sure you can playback atrac cds on the pc... somebody please correct me if i'm wrong! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simonw Posted June 26, 2005 Report Share Posted June 26, 2005 Yeah, I have the same problem with SS not recognising the discs - but it sounds like you had it for a moment there, when you reinstalled ss2.1 - but your problem was that you can't burn a regular audio cd from there, but you can if you get the wave converter from sony. It takes a couple of steps, but you'll get what you want in the end.Simon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtMagnet Posted June 27, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2005 Hi y'all ...... thanks to those who responded to my cry for helpWell, the sun is shining brightly in Melbourne Australia today as I FINALLY GOT THE THING TO WORK.....How? I'm glad you asked...... drumroll plsRrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr*crash*Simon, I wish you'd joined this forum 2 wks ago as you have the solution... I re-installed 2.1 and downloaded the WAV tool, and yes, whilst there's a bit of stuffing around involved - it works (and its easy compared to what I went through the past couple o weeks).Sorry for not posting the outcome sooner...... have been busy burning 32Cd's worth of material for the band...... Tks again! DM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Low Volta Posted June 27, 2005 Report Share Posted June 27, 2005 Simon, I wish you'd joined this forum 2 wks ago as you have the solution... I re-installed 2.1 and downloaded the WAV tool, and yes, whilst there's a bit of stuffing around involved - it works (and its easy compared to what I went through the past couple o weeks).on the one hand, I'm glad you have found a way to make it work... on the other hand, I do feel it's necessary to warn you that all SS versions prior to 2.3 have been known to trash uploads unrepairably from time to time... if you want to use SS<2.3, but you don't want to lose recordings, use the TotalRecorder method (aka "dex's OPTIONS FOR PARANOID USERS") from this thread before you upload...that way you always have a backup...Of course you are free to ignore this warning...but please do not complain afterwards when you've lost an important recording (there were quite some trashed uploads-threads when I arrived here for the first time...so do not think it will never happen)Volta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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