I want to record my piano concerts

[Sendel]

I want to buy a MD Player to record my own piano solo concerts. I thought Sony had MD Recorders that just fit best for me. But then I heard about the weird Atrac format.

Is it right that you can only record in sony atrac format?

What is it about Atrac? Is it bad? Is it convertable to wave?

I was searching for a MD Recorder that is equipped with:

1) mic in

2) digital (optical) out

3) ability to record nearly lossless audio format

4) ability to transfer the recorded audio files to a pc (32x speed or more) may be via usb?

has anyone an idea which one fits best?

kisses and flowers,

Sendel

[tommypeters]

If you want to record piano concerts you should buy the newer Hi-MD variant with 1GB discs. Then you can not only use ATRAC formats but also lossless PCM 16 bits/44,1 kHz - exactly the same as CD. One Hi-MD disc will fit around one and a half CD.

Hi-MD is also the only you can use to transfer high-speed to your PC over USB.

[Sendel]

If you want to record piano concerts you should buy the newer Hi-MD variant with 1GB discs. Then you can not only use ATRAC formats but also lossless PCM 16 bits/44,1 kHz - exactly the same as CD. One Hi-MD disc will fit around one and a half CD.

Hi-MD is also the only you can use to transfer high-speed to your PC over USB.

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Sounds reasonable. Do you know a specific model type? I heared much about the MZ-RH10 - but there are diffrent versions, one is assembled in japan another in usa and another for european? I live in Finnland so I likely have to buy the european version.

thanks in advance,

Sendel

[A440]

All Hi-MD (prefix NH and RH) except NH600, NH600D and DH10 have microphone inputs and record in PCM, which can be uploaded to your computer and saved as .wav files.

You can look in the Browser tab on the front page of www.minidisc.org to see all the specific models.

The easiest to find will be the RH910 and the RH10. The difference between them is that the RH10 has a fancy display on the front of the unit and the RH910 has a smaller, more basic display.

If you can find one, the NH700 or NHF800 (last year's models) will also do the job. They take a regular AA battery instead of a flat rechargeable battery, so they bulge slightly at the back but you don't have to worry about finding a replacement battery. The models with the flat batteries also come with a screw-on AA battery pod, but that makes them less compact. The NH900 also takes the flat rechargeable battery and has some extra features including pitch control, but it's probably more expensive--if you can find one--than the RH models.