zachg Posted January 9, 2006 Report Share Posted January 9, 2006 Is it possible to save some money and buy the MZ-rh10 and download the software that allows you to upload to a mac? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dex Otaku Posted January 9, 2006 Report Share Posted January 9, 2006 Is it possible to save some money and buy the MZ-rh10 and download the software that allows you to upload to a mac?While the software for mac is freely available, but the RH10 itself is not identical in hardware to the M100. The difference appears to be in firmware only, allowing the mac software to recognise the units.So no, you can't save money by using an RH10 with the mac software. Which, in all honesty, is completely ridiculous, bordering on criminal, IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morlok Posted January 9, 2006 Report Share Posted January 9, 2006 (edited) While the software for mac is freely available, but the RH10 itself is not identical in hardware to the M100. The difference appears to be in firmware only, allowing the mac software to recognise the units.Sorry for some kind of spam (http://forums.minidisc.org/index.php?showtopic=13821&st=4&gopid=83965&#), but:Could you please explain, what is an obstacle for recognising any HiMD unit on MAC. It must look like any USB storage device, at least.And what is the noticeable difference in hardware? Edited January 9, 2006 by Morlok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Low Volta Posted January 9, 2006 Report Share Posted January 9, 2006 yeah, but you can't do anything with your recordings if you just 'pluck' them as data from the disc... sorry, no drag-n-drop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dex Otaku Posted January 9, 2006 Report Share Posted January 9, 2006 The only difference is likely a USB deviceid or somesuch, that the mac software uses specifically to identify the unit as an M model, rather than an RZ model. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morlok Posted January 9, 2006 Report Share Posted January 9, 2006 The only difference is likely a USB deviceid or somesuch, that the mac software uses specifically to identify the unit as an M model, rather than an RZ model.And what? That's the way it goes. No reason not to upload anything from HiMD, since HiMD unit supports such possibility. Besides, as i can understand, it works with VirtualPC on Mac. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dex Otaku Posted January 9, 2006 Report Share Posted January 9, 2006 And what? That's the way it goes. No reason not to upload anything from HiMD, since HiMD unit supports such possibility. Besides, as i can understand, it works with VirtualPC on Mac.And what: Sony are bastards on this count, like so many other corporations, who take a consumer device, make one tiny change [oh, and some cosmetic ones, sorry] to its internal software, and then charge more money for the same thing under the veil of calling it "pro". It's utterly stupid on their part.What I'd like to see is someone take the mac software and crack it so it will work with any HiMD unit, at least with PCM uploads.The VirtualPC route has been flogged to death already in other threads; the conclusion was basically that it can work, but that it's so slow that it's unusable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zachg Posted January 10, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2006 Ahh, but you're forgetting that it also comes bundled with a single point stereo mic--not that I want that microphone, but it retails around eighty dollars if I'm correct. On a more positive note though, B&H has the m100 for 360 dollars, you just have to click on the 'email me a better price' link. So, in the end I wind up paying one hundred dollars more for a halfway decent microphone (that I probably could have built for around 5 dollars) and Mac compatible software--not too bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.