ntjvy Posted November 20, 2006 Report Share Posted November 20, 2006 I have a question hopefully someone can help. I have a Sony MZ-NH700 and have been making live recordings. When I play back on the mini disc player the volume works perfectly on head sets. At about half volume I can hear fine. When I connect it to my computer however, using the Head Phone jack for line out and using my computers line in, the volume is cut by well more than half. I've tried using both SonicStage and Audacity to record it on to my computer like this, it also only picks up on the left speaker. I've tried two seperate computers also. Quite confused, any help MUCH appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A440 Posted November 20, 2006 Report Share Posted November 20, 2006 ...it also only picks up on the left speaker. I've tried two seperate computers also. The fact that it's only the left channel suggests that somewhere, something is mono rather than stereo. It could be your audio cord. Does your cord have two circles around both plugs, like your stereo headphone jack (or the one in my avatar?) One circle is mono.Even if you do have a stereo cord, I would suggest trying a different one in case one channel isn't connecting. It could also be your computer's input jack. Is it a white line-in jack? Or a red microphone jack, which is mono. Meanwhile, why are you using that connection, recording with Audacity, when you have the NH700? You can upload your live recordings with SonicStage through the USB connection--hook it up, look at the tracks on the MD and use the red arrow to Transfer. If recordings you have uploaded via USB are only coming out of the left channel then maybe you are recording with a mono mic. Or it's not fully plugged in so only one channel is connecting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ntjvy Posted November 26, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2006 Meanwhile, why are you using that connection, recording with Audacity, when you have the NH700? You can upload your live recordings with SonicStage through the USB connection--hook it up, look at the tracks on the MD and use the red arrow to Transfer. Had an impossible time trying to figure out how to change the format that sonicstage saves in into an MP3, is there an easy way to do it that I'm missing? Anyways, that's why I'm using that connection.And this is quite late but thank you for the help! It was a stereo cord I was using, but a broken one, so a replacement fixed it right up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A440 Posted November 26, 2006 Report Share Posted November 26, 2006 Glad to help. Uploading will be a lot more convenient for you.Open SonicStage and under Tools/Options/Transfer/Hi-MD/Transfer Settings make sure Standard/Save "as-is" is checked.Connect the unit and upload the tracks (red Transfer arrow) with SonicStage.Once the files are in My Library, you have two choices. With SonicStage, you can "Save in .wav format" under Tools and then convert the .wav files--unencrypted, portable, readable files--to .mp3 with any converter, like dbpoweramp (under Downloads). Somewhere under Transfer settings is a checkbox to immediately convert all uploaded files to .wav. I leave that unchecked because some people have reported that SonicStage chokes when it has to upload and convert a lot of files. Conversion can always be done after files are uploaded. Note: .wav files are about 10MB per minute, so make sure you have hard drive space. Or you can get Hi-MD Renderer, also in Downloads, which will convert files from My Library to .mp3 and other formats without pumping them up to .wav size first. Uploading is the great advance of Hi-MD over MD, so make the most of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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