Newbie needs some help

[ajmead]

I have a small collection of baseball play by play tapes im looking to transfer on to my computer. I was given Sony Sound Forge as a gift BUT cannot convert my files from my minidisc to SonicStage then to Sound Forge? I can listen to my tapes on SonicStage, no problem. But its getting them in the correct format for Sound Forge?

Appreciate any help I can get. I have read through the forum boards but seemingly cannot find any help. Maybe im just not looking hard enough?

[A440]

I can listen to my tapes on SonicStage, no problem. But its getting them in the correct format for Sound Forge?

By tapes I am guessing you mean minidisc recordings. It depends what format they are in and what MD unit you have. When you play them back on the MD unit the format should show up on the display.

If they are PCM, Hi-SP or Hi-LP--and you have a unit that can play them back--then you can upload them to SonicStage (connect via USB, Transfer) and convert them to .wav with SonicStage. (Under Tools, "Save in .wav") Soundforge can handle .wav files.

If they are SP, LP2 or LP4 then the only unit that will upload them is the MZ-RH1. No other unit can upload those formats.

You say you can play the files with SonicStage. If they are already in SonicStage's My Library, then just convert them to .wav files with Save in .wav.

Or, another possibility: If they are already in SonicStage's Library, they are in an ATRAC format and you may be able to install the ATRAC plugin (from Downloads on the upper left of this page) to Soundforge and edit them directly. Since I don't have Soundforge, you'll have to figure out how to install the plugin, whether it's compatible with your version, etc.

[ajmead]

Appreciate the help, I had an older version of SoundStage, so I downloaded the new one. Now it asks me if I want to save it as a wav. Thanks alot!

Ill probably be posting regularly haha.