ninetynine Posted January 16, 2006 Report Share Posted January 16, 2006 I want to buy this minidisc used off of somebody, I heard that there are problems with this unit when used for recording purposes especially when transfering the music to a pc, can anyone elaborate? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raintheory Posted January 16, 2006 Report Share Posted January 16, 2006 (edited) The MZ-NF810 is a NetMD MiniDisc recorder. It does have a mic-in, so should work fine for recording. You can also download music from PC to NetMD.However,You will not be able to upload via USB to a computer with this model. Only HiMD recorders enable uploading to PC via USB. Your only option with the NetMD would be to record real-time into your soundcard.If you will be doing a good bit of recording, it may be in your best interest to invest in a HiMD model. Edited January 16, 2006 by raintheory Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninetynine Posted January 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2006 The MZ-NF810 is a NetMD MiniDisc recorder. It does have a mic-in, so should work fine for recording. You can also download music from PC to NetMD.However,You will not be able to upload via USB to a computer with this model. Only HiMD recorders enable uploading to PC via USB. Your only option with the NetMD would be to record real-time into your soundcard.If you will be doing a good bit of recording, it may be in your best interest to invest in a HiMD model.I might be scoring a deal on this model so thats why i'm interested in purchasing it. Are there alternatives to uploading my music on my pc? How does recording in realtime in the soundcard work, i'm not sure I understand what that means. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raintheory Posted January 16, 2006 Report Share Posted January 16, 2006 (edited) Unfortunately recording realtime via your PC soundcard is the only alternative with that particular model.Do do this, you would simply get a 1/8in stereo cable (same kind of jack that your headphones use to plug into the MD, only you need a cable that has that same jack on both ends), plug one end of the cable into your soundcards "line-in", and the other into the headphone jack of your MD recorder. Then press play on your MD, and use any audio editing software to record what your MD is playing. The advantages of having a HiMD recorder on the other hand are that the upload to PC is faster than realtime through USB, and it is a digital transfer, as opposed to a analogue transfer as you would be doing through the soundcard.Audacity is a great freeware audio editing program you can use for realtime analogue recording through your soundcard. I believe you can download this program from the download section of these forums. Edited January 16, 2006 by raintheory Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A440 Posted January 19, 2006 Report Share Posted January 19, 2006 (edited) Marcnet's HiMDRenderer (see the separate topic under Software) makes realtime recording a little easier with a NetMD. If you have tracks already separated on the disc it will record them as separate files, while just straight recording with Audacity will give you one long file you have to edit again. Realtime means that if you've made a two-hour recording, it will take two hours to record it into your computer. But if you lay out a little extra money upfront and get a Hi-MD, like the MZ-NH700 deals from http://www.minidisco.com or http://www.minidisc-canada.com, you can transfer the recording to your computer like a digital file, in a few minutes. You'll also get a better-quality transfer and have more recording time per disc or the option of having CD-quality (PCM) recording. Edited January 19, 2006 by A440 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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