xxcontattoxx Posted December 20, 2005 Report Share Posted December 20, 2005 I'm searching for a MD with:-Mic input -The recording modes supported including: Linear (PCM) 44.1kHz/16-bit-USB uploading & downloading with PC please help me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted December 20, 2005 Report Share Posted December 20, 2005 Welcome. What's your maximum budget? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akijikan Posted December 20, 2005 Report Share Posted December 20, 2005 (edited) Welcome to MDCF!No reason to be sad! There is a (relatively) inexpensive unit that can do all you want. That would be the Sony MZ-NH700. It can record just about 94 minutes of Linear PCM audio from its mic input (or line-in/optical-in) and it can upload that to your PC.I'd suggest look on ebay since you can usually can find a lower than retail price there.Oops...sorry Chris, your replay came in while I was typing mine! Edited December 20, 2005 by akijikan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dex Otaku Posted December 20, 2005 Report Share Posted December 20, 2005 I'm searching for a MD with:-Mic input -The recording modes supported including: Linear (PCM) 44.1kHz/16-bit-USB uploading & downloading with PC HiMD suits your needs as you've listed them.You can compare some models at the minidisc.org equipment browser.There are also reviews and such here on the fora.It also may be useful to skim through the essential HiMD info/FAQs forum. Some of what's there won't make sense unless you already have a unit to experiment with, but others, the upload FAQ in particular, can give an idea of how HiMD works. What's your price range?Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxcontattoxx Posted December 20, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2005 thanks for the answersi come from Italy (sorry for my bad english)i've asked here also to confirm that what i want exist.The reason is that in 2 music shop of Rome (very famous) they told me that this type of MD does'nt exist.In italian forums' say that against the "illegal copies" you can't find a MD with a good "recording mode" and the exporting data with USB in the same device.It's really? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akijikan Posted December 20, 2005 Report Share Posted December 20, 2005 The units described will do what you need. The are not illegal, and they exist.The people to which you spoke don't know what they are talking about.Any Hi-MD unit with a mic-input will suit your needs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dex Otaku Posted December 20, 2005 Report Share Posted December 20, 2005 thanks for the answersi come from Italy (sorry for my bad english)Your English is definitely better than my Italian. i've asked here also to confirm that what i want exist.The reason is that in 2 music shop of Rome (very famous) they told me that this type of MD does'nt exist.In italian forums' say that against the "illegal copies" you can't find a MD with a good "recording mode" and the exporting data with USB in the same device.It's really?No, not really. Evidently these sales people don't know what they're talking about.HiMD [2nd-generation] can record in three modes: HiLP [64kbps], HiSP [256kbps], and PCM [exactly the same format as CD audio, uncompressed]. You can upload recorded tracks using Sony's software, SonicStage. SonicStage itself isn't the most ideal software on earth, but considering the cost difference between HiMD and its nearest competitors, a few minutes extra work is definitely worth it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxcontattoxx Posted December 20, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2005 thanks a lotIn other word's a HiMD is a perfect digital recorder PCM 44.1kHz/16-bit.It's what I need, fantasticAnother 2 little questions:-The exporting file is directly a *.wav?-Any HiMD can be used like a litle Hard disk for any kind of data or depends on the type of HiMD? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dex Otaku Posted December 20, 2005 Report Share Posted December 20, 2005 -The exporting file is directly a *.wav?First you upload the tracks to your computer with SonicStage. This makes a copy in Sony's proprietary [i.e. next to useless] format. Then you export them to .wav and you can do with them as you please. Check the uploading FAQ, more detailed answers are there.-Any HiMD can be used like a litle Hard disk for any kind of data or depends on the type of HiMD?Yes, it works as removable storage, but it's very slow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akijikan Posted December 20, 2005 Report Share Posted December 20, 2005 To transfer your recorded tracks and export them as WAV, you {i]have to use the proprietary software sony provides called Sonic Stage. The latest version can be downloaded here.A HiMD unit can store data. However, this cannot be used relating to any of the audio functions of HiMD, all audio must be moved by Sonic Stage (if you want to play on the unit...you can put audio files on there, but you won't be able to play them from the unit). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxcontattoxx Posted January 8, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2006 HiThanks a lotI've bought the sony MZ NH-700 (now I must sell my old MZ R70) However,I use the sonic stage 3.3 and I can convert my sounds project in the wav format to use them with my music software.The Trouble is that I can't upload my sounds project from my PC to HI-MD and then from HI-MD to my notebook.In the same way my records with the microphone can be downloaded only one time.This limitation is not good because i work with 2 pc (home and notebook)I'm not interesting to make illegal copies, but only to work with MY music,can I do something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tekdroid Posted January 8, 2006 Report Share Posted January 8, 2006 (edited) HiThanks a lotI've bought the sony MZ NH-700 (now I must sell my old MZ R70) However,I use the sonic stage 3.3 and I can convert my sounds project in the wav format to use them with my music software.The Trouble is that I can't upload my sounds project from my PC to HI-MD and then from HI-MD to my notebook.In the same way my records with the microphone can be downloaded only one time.This limitation is not good because i work with 2 pc (home and notebook)I'm not interesting to make illegal copies, but only to work with MY music,can I do something?Do you have an external USB or firewire hard drive?Do you have a DVD burner?Use those.Put your WAV files on one of those those and transfer to your notebook.Or, if you don't mind waiting for a long transfer, just get a 1GB Hi-MD disc and copy your converted *.WAV files to it as a regular data disc. Then, attach it to your notebook via USB and copy the WAV files to your notebook. If you use Sony's SonicStage (or Simple Burner) to transfer the WAV(s) to your unit, they will be converted into Sony's proprietary rubbish so you can play it on the Hi-MD unit itself, but not transfer it easily to another device. Sony do this because they are paranoid about piracy.PS. I would keep the MZ-R70 if I were you Selling a unit like that is just not worth it. They don't make 'em like that anymore. Pity it doesn't do linear PCM, tho Edited January 8, 2006 by tekdroid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Low Volta Posted January 8, 2006 Report Share Posted January 8, 2006 all that tekdroid said ...and just to add... if you use SS3.3 on all machines, your own recordings can be uploaded from the original disc multiple (well, actually unlimited) timesbut BEWARE: recordings already uploaded with any version before 3.3 will be erased if you try to upload them again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pierfraxxxx Posted January 8, 2006 Report Share Posted January 8, 2006 I've done like you have said.thanks a lot can i hope in the future for a new software without uploading/downloading limitations? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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