ndj Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 Hi there,Just wanted to know if there are any MD units available nowadays that will allow upload of old standard MD tracks to a PC for transfer to other formats or for recomplilation. It's frustrating to have all my old MD recordings "stuck" in the old format.Thanks in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuge Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 The name of the unit is "MZ-RH1" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 See here: http://forums.minidisc.org/index.php?showtopic=14814for starters.* Moved to Find Your Minidisc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ndj Posted August 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 I read that you can upload your analogue "live" recordings. I assume that means any analogue recordings? What happens if you try ro upload digital recordings that were made via an optical cable? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KJ_Palmer Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 The MZ-RH1 can also upload optical digital and line in recordings, but will not upload NetMD downloads made via the Sonicstage software. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raintheory Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 The RH1 can also upload pre-recorded commercial MDs, oddly enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ndj Posted August 17, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2006 The MZ-RH1 can also upload optical digital and line in recordings, but will not upload NetMD downloads made via the Sonicstage software.That's excellent! Finally, I see a reason to stay with the format and update to a new unit. A unit with the MZ-RH1's capabilities been a long time coming - what a shame it wasn't available 5 years ago! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ndj Posted August 19, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2006 (edited) Just a few detail questions:1) Can you upload tracks by "drag and drop" or is it a laborious task in real time?2) Once uploaded, I assume it is possible to convert tracks to other formats (eg. wav, mp3) and burn them to a CD?3) Can tracks be downloaded back to minidisc? Can this be done by "drag and drop"? What about downloading back to a legacy minidisc (for playback on my old component unit)? Edited August 19, 2006 by ndj Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Low Volta Posted August 19, 2006 Report Share Posted August 19, 2006 1) neither... it is digital, through USB but requires SonicStage (no drag-n-drop) and it should be faster than realtime, but it does take longer than uploading HiMD-recordings2) definitely as it is impossible to keep SP recordings as SP on the computer (you have to choose between HiSP or wav and SS will convert while uploading) if you save as wav, you can convert to whatever you want with the least loss of quality3) see both points above, yes, but not through drag-n-drop (SS is required). And you can download them to a legacy disc but max quality is LP2 (it can do fake SP for playback on pre-NetMD equipment, but it is actually LP2 'blown-up' to SP-size without an increase in SQ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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