Possible to transfer music thru USB in SP mode?

[yakman]

Using toslink is a bit slow in real-time.

is it possible to do thru USB to get the best quality from CD to MD in SP mode?

for some music, LP2 is really not good enough

Thank you, guys here.

Without U, with SONY manual alone, using MD would be a mistake.

[The Low Volta]

I read in another thread that you own a NetMD... so HiSP (the best quality when using HiMD) is out of the question... too bad, as that one can be obtained by USB-transfer

your best choice, SP, can only be obtained in realtime recording... the software (and USB-transfer) do offer an SP, but it is only disguised LP2, so it will take up more space, but it won't sound better than LP2

if you want to ease the process (by using HiSP) and also be able to upload your own recordings faster than realtime... it could be interesting to look out for a cheap HiMD (just do not get an NH600 as it hasn't got a mic in)

hope this helps

[tommypeters]

Does anyone know why this decision was made by Sony? First, to not have SP recording - and second, to have the "Fake SP" possibility that may fool many users into thinking that they actually have SP (if they haven't read the manual and never made a real-time recording, and haven't found a forum like this it possible)?

Is it that it's just a decision high up not to include it, maybe because it would be so much slower than the transfer speed they wanted to advertise? Or were they aiming for NetMP SP transfer, but there were flaws in the HW design/manufacturing found too late to make changes? Or couldn't USB 1.1 handle it? Or what, any ideas/facts?

[Syrius]

They could have done it, but up until Mr. Stringer's arrival to Sony's HQ, every team was competing against each other, and as much as I hate to say it, Sony's right hand didn't know what the left one was doing. Also, their music divisions were afraid you could distribute high quality digital recordings on MD over and over with high speed. (Encode to SP, download to NetMD, give the disc to a friend, repeat ad infinitum) hurting their music business.

Of course, it was all paranoia. With SS 3.2 you can do that with Hi-SP, without DRM and unlimited checkouts, and so far them Sony execs haven't been lacking the money to buy their diamond and ruby-studded gold combs.

And to quote N'Sync, I like it that way.