Help-please Transfering from MD to PC back to MD

[kmataruse]

I have a 1st gen HiMD (NH-1) which does NOT do mp3, and was hoping someone might be able to answer a question.

I use version sonicStage 3.4. I record music practices in the format that allows me to record 2hrs 20 min (forget what it's called but it's fine for that purpose) and then copy the files to my PC. I edit the files that I want to keep in another program and then often want to copy the edited version of the files back to MD.

However, I can never seem to get nearly the same amount of music BACK to the MD as I was able to record onto the MD. Is there a way to copy them back in the same format that I had recorded them in so that I can actually fit as much material back onto the MD?

please reply to

kmataruse@hotmail.com

Thanks much,

Kim

[A440]

I'm guessing that you use Hi-SP to record on an 80-minute MD, and then edit your music as .wav files.

In Sonic Stage go to Tools/Options/Transfer/Hi-MD/Transfer Settings. It probably says Standard Transfer Setting and is trying to transfer big, uncompressed .wav files back to your MD. Switch to ATRAC 3plus 256 kpbs, which is Hi-SP, and you'll get the same disc capacity as before.

In theory, it won't sound quite as good, because you uploaded a compressed signal, converted it to .wav--which doesn't lose anything but doesn't improve anything--and then compressed it again. But you may not even hear any difference.