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Hi,

I hope someone can help me

A few days ago my standard mp3 player was crunched by my bycicle (that's not funny)

I am now looking for a good replacement, en think MiniDisc is a good one.

I want to use MiniDisc in a very special manner, but I do not know is it is possible.

I have a nice (semi pro) camcorder wich I will use to film a local play/musical

I also use a seperate microphone on my camcorder for even a bit better sound.

I want to use my camcorder to capture the video and audio.

I also want to record the sound of the soundmix instatallation, because the players are wearing microphones, and that is where I want to use MiniDisc.

I want to record the direct sound of the microphones on mindisc.

On my PC I wil capture the image and sound of my camcorder, and I want to mix the sound with the direct sound of the microphones on my minidsc, and mix it.

I have done this with my MP3 player wich had a line in, but when I startet mixing the sound on my PC, I noticed a lot of synchronisation problems.

After 120 secons the sound recorded with my camcorder and MP3player was NOT synchron any more.

I want to know if I use MiniDisc, if this solves my problem.

Can minidisc record sound as synchron as with my (semi prof) camcorder, so I can mix the sound on my PC without synchronisation problems?

I hope you can help me

Reinald Snel

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You can definitely record line-in to a minidisc recorder. Get a Hi-MD unit since Hi-MD will upload to your PC: either MZ-NH700 or MZ-RH1.

Minidisc should give you a good, accurate recording, and with PCM quality (probably better than your mp3 player). If you can get an optical-out from the soundboard, even better.

Whether it will stay in sync with your camcorder is something you can only answer by experiment--for all you know, there may be errors in the camcorder too.

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It is a bit difficult.

Just to buy a minidisc, and HOPE it will work.

Soundprofessionals has a 30-day guarantee, as long as you keep all the packing materials and don't mess up the unit. So you could actually try it for the price of shipping.

http://www.soundprofessionals.com/cgi-bin/...ategory/returns

You might also call them up first and ask about the sync question, since they're familiar with a lot of different equipment.

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