real time transfer problem

[martinbl]

I have to transfer MD to PC in real time with my model MZ-R700.

I have done it successfully before, many times, but have just hit a new problem.

I have just transferred a new 2 hour recording to Audacity on laptop PC.

On the resulting PC file, the first hour is ok, but just over an hour into the recording, the result is odd. The sound comes and goes - from normal to silence to normal to silence, continuously through to end of file.

The source MD recording is not like this, the whole 2 hours are ok right the way through.

I thought maybe the PC could not handle recording an 'hour plus' file

So I recorded the first half and closed the file, then started second half into a new file.

But the second half transfer still has the same problem - normal to silence to normal to silence.

This seems to eliminate the PC filesize as an issue, yet the source mini disc sounds perfectly ok.

Anyone else seen this problem?

thanks

martin

Edited March 18, 2007 by martinbl

[blockflute]

I have to transfer MD to PC in real time with my model MZ-R700.

I have done it successfully before, many times, but have just hit a new problem.

I have just transferred a new 2 hour recording to Audacity on laptop PC.

On the resulting PC file, the first hour is ok, but just over an hour into the recording, the result is odd. The sound comes and goes - from normal to silence to normal to silence, continuously through to end of file.

The source MD recording is not like this, the whole 2 hours are ok right the way through.

I thought maybe the PC could not handle recording an 'hour plus' file

So I recorded the first half and closed the file, then started second half into a new file.

But the second half transfer still has the same problem - normal to silence to normal to silence.

This seems to eliminate the PC filesize as an issue, yet the source mini disc sounds perfectly ok.

Anyone else seen this problem?

thanks

martin

Wow. Yes I've had exactly this problem for some months and no-one has yet come up with an answer here. I thought at first it was something connected with "Audacity" but when the same thing happened in "Audition" I realised it must probably be PC related. My guess is there's some device checked somewhere to exclude background noise from voice recordings. I got it straight from the off on replay after importing good tracks and monitoring that transfer. Loud passages jump forward, quiet ones dissappear. If anyone knows what the answer is, there are at least two of us keen to hear it!!

JF

[A440]

Loud passages jump forward, quiet ones dissappear.

That behavior suggests some kind of noise gate. How about uninstalling and reinstalling Audacity--get a new verson while you're at it--so you're back to its default settings, in case you've accidentally changed something.

Also look at your soundcard settings--right-click on the speaker icon in your taskbar--and see if there's anything suspicious there. Every soundcard is different.

[Richard]

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