MD to Sonic Stage Tranfer

[gman_g]

Has this ever happened to anyone?

I recorded a live show and I tranfered the muisc from my new Sony RH10 to Sonic Stage 3.1. The transfer appears to go smooth. I then have Sonic convert it to wav and that's whwn things get sour. The wav that it creates is not complete! The original recording was 89 minutes and the wav in only 50. When I play the file (before wav conversion) thats in Sonic, it plays fine.

I have to thank Mark's version for saving the day. I used his program to covert the file to wav and it worked perfectly!

Does anyone know why Sonic would react this way? Has it happened to anyone else?

Thanks

[mbhbaritone]

Hi. Yes, something similar happened to me when i test ran three times on a 5 minute trackfrom a rehearsal - only 2.07 mins converted to WAV.

I posted this as one of a few queries a day or so back - haven't had specific answer but let's hope someone can advise us.

[raintheory]

I think this post describes something similar to what you are experiencing... Though I'm not sure if it has been resolved as of yet...

Perhaps if this thread were in the Software discussion forum it may receive more replys? (Hint Hint, Mods... ) ..

What are your system specs btw?

Edited July 25, 2005 by raintheory

[mbhbaritone]

re Raintheory's comment. Yes, that is my earlier post and no, no answers as yet.

NB I'm quite prepared to accept that I'm doing something else totally stupid that's causing my problems but by definition as a beginner you don't know what it is you're supposed to know/ all the 'givens' that everyone else takes for granted.

E.g. I've had one posted reply that implies that editing tracks on the MD before trying to upload may cause problems uploading. This filled me with dread as I'd edited dutifully having read elsewhere that that was best thing to do.

Still don't know if my MD edit was a bad move and hence the cause of my other problems. As a layman that seems v unfair but...?

yours wearily

[Terence Kelly]

gman's problem is probably due to the length of the file. He could try splitting the file on the MD at convenient spots. MBHbaritone's problem is because of a bug in Sonicstage that will not allow you to properly upload tracks that have been edited to include a combine. You will find a number of references to the "proper way to upload" in the forum. "Proper" meaning the only reliable way, not the way it's advertised to work. Sony really seems to have missed some blatent errors in their units/software. From what I can read in the forum. 1st generation units often scrambled files when people edited them on the minidisc. My experience with 2nd generation units shows that the units can now properly edit on the MD, but those files cannot be uploaded to a computer. Easy editing is what sets the MD platform apart from any other and was rock solid on every standard MD unit I have owned. So far, Sony is batting .000 with HI MD on exactly the features that make it a distinctive platform. Remarkably poor performance for such an established company.

TK

[bobt]

You might try SS3.2, sounds like they have made a few repairs.

TTFN

Bob

[Chiron]

I had a similar problem when I first started using my hi-md. But found this was solved by the latest version of Sonic Stage (I think after 3.0 it seemed to work without splitting into 2 files).

Just update your software and you should be fine. Or just use the other convertors out there like Mark's (which has more flexibility any way).