Hawkeye Posted June 23, 2005 Report Share Posted June 23, 2005 Perhaps this is a very simple question, or not... I have a Sony RH-10 and bought a simple telephone adapter that sits between the headset and phone and provides a mono mic output. Works fine except... Sony records the mono imput on one channel. I would like to have it on both. Is this just a mini adapter mono2stereo? Could not find one at Fry's, but have not been to Radio Shack yet.Or is there a software solution with Sonicstage or other program?And btw, editing software ideas? Or is that best done in the RH10?Thanks in advance... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Low Volta Posted June 23, 2005 Report Share Posted June 23, 2005 I don't know about easy to use simple adapter solutions, but one option is to upload them to SS, save as .wav, import in Audacity (free downloadable from the downloads section), select ('stereotrack divide' or something from the dropdown menu 'stereotrack'), erase the empty halve, duplicate the other one, select both tracks and 'make a stereotrack' out of them... I have a dutch version of audacity so sorry if the menu/option names are badly translated...greetings, Volta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenmachine Posted June 23, 2005 Report Share Posted June 23, 2005 Or in Audition / CoolEdit:-Effects->Amplitude->Channel Mixer...But it would be much more convenient if you could find such a cable IMO... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A440 Posted June 23, 2005 Report Share Posted June 23, 2005 One of these should be right. Ask at the store--bring your mono device to try the plug. It's a very common adapter. http://www.radioshack.com/product.asp?cata...ct%5Fid=274-374http://www.radioshack.com/product.asp?cata...ct%5Fid=274-398 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkeye Posted June 23, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2005 Thanks guys... Both the hardware and software solutions look feasible. Will buy the connector and report back...http://www.radioshack.com/product.asp?cata...ct%5Fid=274-398← Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A440 Posted June 23, 2005 Report Share Posted June 23, 2005 As for editing, there can be bugs if you edit on the disc. Best to upload first, convert and edit the .wav file.Audacity will probably have all the features you'll need for editing your wiretaps. http://forums.minidisc.org/downloads/details.php?file=11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
himd_user Posted June 24, 2005 Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 You can also convert OMA->MP3 using himd-renderer, and specify MONO MP3 output.himd-renderer will detect audio in the loudest channel (either left or right) and use that for the MONO channel.Besides if you are recording telephone, note the frequency spectrum will be limited to 300Hz to 8000Hz, there is no need to record in format higher than HiLP, so conversion to OMA->MP3 (rather than OMA->WAV) will not lose fidelity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkeye Posted June 25, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2005 very instructive ideas. thank you! looks like I will do both... off to RS today and will try the himd-renderer solution as well.i notice when i convert to wav with ss that I lose a lot of quality. (or just can hear better on the computer, but I doubt that...) any ideas what that would be happening?You can also convert OMA->MP3 using himd-renderer, and specify MONO MP3 output.himd-renderer will detect audio in the loudest channel (either left or right) and use that for the MONO channel.Besides if you are recording telephone, note the frequency spectrum will be limited to 300Hz to 8000Hz, there is no need to record in format higher than HiLP, so conversion to OMA->MP3 (rather than OMA->WAV) will not lose fidelity.← Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A440 Posted June 25, 2005 Report Share Posted June 25, 2005 Wav conversion shouldn't lower the quality at all. First, check the settings under Options/Transfer/Hi-MD/Transfer Settings to make sure you are using Standard Transfer Mode and not compressing on the way in.If you're converting your only-on-the-left recordings, the wav conversion may be trying to add the silence on one side to the signal on the other, coming out as noise--I don't know, it's just a guess--but try Hi-MD Renderer in Mono and see if that sounds better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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