Crimson-AC- Posted November 8, 2005 Report Share Posted November 8, 2005 hi thereafter one year with mp3 players (Sony NW-E95 and Creative Zen Touch 20gb) i am thinking of getting a minidisc player again! I am satisfied with my zen touch but i don't like the fact, that it is tied to the creative software...after sitting here for a couple of hours and thinking of what to do, the minidisc came to my mind!before the mp3 players i had a sony mz-r500 and a sony mz-n510 netmd player which did their work pretty well, so it came to my mind to buy a mdplayer againbut i have some questions because after all that time i am pretty clueless regarding hi-md and all that stuff...i know that a hi-md player can be used like any other usb-stick (just plug it in and use it without any software) to store files on itbut here is my questioncan i put mp3 files in that way on the player and listen to them? or do i need the software to transfere the mp3's i want to listen to?it would be pretty cool if i coud just put the files on it without the need for any software...and here is my second questioni am working with mac os x because i was fed up with windows!so are there any problems relating minidisc and mac os x? or can i use the player witout any problems on my mac?it would be nice to get to minidisc again because i always liked the feeling and handling of my minidisc players (i know it sounds weird but it's the way i feel )thx and regards to allCrimsonPS: sorry for my bad english, but i am from germany and the english we learned in school is not really usable... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky191 Posted November 8, 2005 Report Share Posted November 8, 2005 MD/HiMD are tied to SonicStage. Which doesn't work on a Mac. Sorry. Theres is a mac HiMD but I think that only allows you to upload not download tracks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson-AC- Posted November 8, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2005 so there is absolutely no way to get a HiMD player work together with Mac os X?but it's true that you can use a HiMD player as a usb-mass-storage-device, isn't it?i mean, it would have been nice if you could store your mp3 files like that on your player without playing aroung with sonicstage! i used sonicstage with my old netmd-player and to be honest, i never saw such a crappy peace of sh...software(but i have to say, that i am not familiar with the new version of it...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garcou Posted November 8, 2005 Report Share Posted November 8, 2005 so there is absolutely no way to get a HiMD player work together with Mac os X?but it's true that you can use a HiMD player as a usb-mass-storage-device, isn't it?i mean, it would have been nice if you could store your mp3 files like that on your player without playing aroung with sonicstage! i used sonicstage with my old netmd-player and to be honest, i never saw such a crappy peace of sh...software(but i have to say, that i am not familiar with the new version of it...)SonicStage 3.3 is not so bad anymore, and not buggy in my experience. It allows unlimited downloads and unlimited uploads with material recorded directly on the unit.Only mzr-m100 model is compatible with Mac (for upload of Pcm analog records only) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson-AC- Posted November 9, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2005 i don't need the player for recording or other professional stuff...i "just" need a portable device for my music! i always liked the feeling and the handling of a minidisc player so it came to my mind to buy one again.but if they are really incompatible with macs... :-( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobt Posted November 9, 2005 Report Share Posted November 9, 2005 You could run SS with a windows emulator in OSX, I've heard it's slow though, or record realtime, did that for many years before computers. Hope you find a solution becuse you will love MD's,Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted November 9, 2005 Report Share Posted November 9, 2005 Yes, realtime is the only true solution here, but emulation is a different story -- it can be done, if you have the right software. This is discussed in one of the FAQ's in the software forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson-AC- Posted November 9, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2005 thx for the tips but i did not buy a mac to run windows through emulation again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky191 Posted November 9, 2005 Report Share Posted November 9, 2005 If all you are looking for is a player then there are probably better MP3 players. I can understand the attraction of the gadgety MD though. If you don't want to use a music manager or drivers, Consider a iRiver, or Cowon device. They don't need drivers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpayson Posted November 19, 2005 Report Share Posted November 19, 2005 I bought the MZM100 - it's beautiful and well designed - 2nd Gen HiMD - I use it for live recording - in line - and the USB upload to my Mac (tiger) is AWESOME!!!! Go for it - it's the best system going - I use Peak for the WAV file that comes in from the MD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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