binsley Posted November 20, 2006 Report Share Posted November 20, 2006 Hi, first post, very new to MD. Trying to get real digital input onto my PC from a (standard) disc recorded on a fairly old portable. Splashed out on a new but cheap soundcard (Trust SC-5250) with optical-IN, and a secondhand deck (Sony MDS-JE520) with optical-OUT, but the recording utility which came with the card still seems to re-sample the analogue, even though claiming to accept SPDIF input; certainly the sound quality's no better than just recording from the Stereo Mix using a standard utility such as Nero Wave Editor.It seems to me there should be some way of staying in the digital world to produce a wav file! Do I need to a) Buy a better soundcard Buy a better MD deck c) Give up and just accept the extra D-to-A and A-to-D steps, with consequent degradation?Any help gratefully accepted! Cheers John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A440 Posted November 20, 2006 Report Share Posted November 20, 2006 (edited) The MZ-RH1 will upload old MD recordings via USB--no re-recording necessary. Not cheap, but totally digital.Remember, also, that the old MD recording was compressed to begin with. Even a bit-perfect copy may not sound stunning. Edited November 20, 2006 by A440 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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