davegos Posted January 19, 2007 Report Share Posted January 19, 2007 Hi, I'm new here so please forgive the technical ignorance. I want to make hard-drive copies of over 50 minidiscs but I don't know how to do this without losing the track breaks. The player I have is a Portadisk MDP 500; the sound editing software on my laptop is Audacity.I hope someone might be able to advise. ThanksDave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boojum Posted January 20, 2007 Report Share Posted January 20, 2007 If you have a way to upload the MD's digitally, like with an MZ-RH1 or one of the older MD decks you will get digital copies. Recording into the PC is an analog(ue) transfer and OK. Once on the PC you can convert the files to WAV and insert the track marks with CD WAV Editor. It is shareware and quite cheap at US$15. I got pretty good with it after a couple of uses. It has a 31 day trial period. Audacity is OK, but I do not think it is as slick or easy as this puppy. I am not even sure it can put in track marks with a single keystroke. YMMV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A440 Posted January 20, 2007 Report Share Posted January 20, 2007 The Portadisc is a professional unit that I've never actually seen. The descriptions online say there's USB out, but I can't tell what goes through the USB. Can you upload files from the disc through USB?It also has digital out. So for maximum sound quality, even if you need to re-record in real time, you would want to use the digital out. as long as your computer has a digital in. Unless you wanted the expensive alternative: the MZ-RH1, the only unit that can upload tracks in the old MD formats. Those are digital uploads, as good as what's on the disc. A cheaper way would be to get an old NetMD unit--anything starting with MZ-N**, and you don't need MZ-NH***-- on Ebay. Connect the USB to the USB port and a minijack-to-minijack cable to Line-in (or, if it's not there, Mic-in) on the computer. Then use Hi-MDRenderer, from Downloads (upper left) or near the top of Software, and its MD Recorder function. A USB connection plays back one track at a time, ahd Hi-MD Renderer starts a new file for each track. It's realtime, it's slow and it's analog--not digital--but it's cheaper than buying the MZ-RH1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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