Transfering Live recordings from old MD recorder using HI-MD recorder

[thoma2jd]

Hi,

I've dug around quite abit over the last week into all things SonicStage and minidisc. When I was younger I had a couple of the first MD recorder and am familiar with the technology though I haven't used it in some time.

After a fair mount of digging I still can not find a answer to a simple question and I need some assistance.

I came on to produce a documentary over a year ago. It's been shot at a music festival in San Francisco over many years and several of those years a couple of older model MD recorders were used to record backup ambient audio prints (with the analogue in).

Now I have a PILE of around 350-400 hours of audio that I need to ingest.

For film work, recording live music on even on a HI-MD recorder is less than optimal. Recording to an MD where is A/D conversion is done on a small box with moving parts is just not ideal. WHAT WILL BE WORSE is playing the compressed audio out doing a D/A conversion and another A/D conversion. What is worse I dont have time to manually load it all into pro tools.

If I buy an HI-MD recorder will it allow me to ingest the live recordings that are on regular MD through the USB connection and SonicStage.....or ANYTHING ELSE. I understage later generation recorders MIGHT allow it like the MZ-RH1......what about the MZ-RH10 or the MZ-M200?

Please HELP!!!

Jason

Edited July 25, 2007 by thoma2jd

[raintheory]

The RH1/M200 (they are identical) is the only Hi-MD recorder that will digitally upload SP/MONO/LP2/LP4 recordings.

Furthermore, being a Hi-MD it can also record in uncompressed PCM, which can be uploaded digitally as well (alongside the other Hi-MD modes, Hi-SP & Hi-LP).

[thoma2jd]

THANK YOU.

That very small bit of information proved to be VERY elusive.

Jason

The RH1/M200 (they are identical) is the only Hi-MD recorder that will digitally upload SP/MONO/LP2/LP4 recordings.

Furthermore, being a Hi-MD it can also record in uncompressed PCM, which can be uploaded digitally as well (alongside the other Hi-MD modes, Hi-SP & Hi-LP).