mediagui Posted March 20, 2008 Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 Want to record self-made MDs from MZ-R50 to PC. Thinking of using USB Audio Interface. (Only option I have found to solve this problem for older MDs.) Looking at Edirol UA-1EX. Anyone have experience using UA-1EX for this purpose? Also what software (WinXP) used. Note: Also looked at M-Audio Transit said to transfer MD to PC, but reviews not so good. Any thoughts welcome. Want to keep using my R50. Note: UA-1EX has optical line-in and standard line-out, among other features. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobt Posted March 20, 2008 Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 Want to record self-made MDs from MZ-R50 to PC. Thinking of using USB Audio Interface. (Only option I have found to solve this problem for older MDs.) Looking at Edirol UA-1EX. Anyone have experience using UA-1EX for this purpose? Also what software (WinXP) used. Note: Also looked at M-Audio Transit said to transfer MD to PC, but reviews not so good. Any thoughts welcome. Want to keep using my R50. Note: UA-1EX has optical line-in and standard line-out, among other features. Thanks.If you want to use the R50, real time through your soundcard is your only option, whether it's using the edirol, or patch cords. Best way is the RH1Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A440 Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 I don't see a stereo line-in minijack on the Edirol, just RCA and optical. There's no optical-out on your unit. You're going to be getting your output from the headphone jack. If you have a line-in jack on your soundcard, that might be fine for going in directly. Try it and see if there's noise.Otherwise, if you just have a mic jack or don't like the sound of line-in, you don't need the Edirol. Save some money and get a Griffin iMic. It's exactly what you need for this purpose. http://www.amazon.com/Griffin-Technology-i...d/dp/B00006BALQ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JazzSailor Posted March 23, 2008 Report Share Posted March 23, 2008 WOW!! After using my Sony MZ-R37 for years to record live music, I found this forum! I have been quite successful downloading my mini-disc to my PC using the line out on the mini-disc into the sound card on the pc with a phono mini-jack...the software that I have been using is MusicMatch, which let's me choose the input source in the record mode, and is very easy to use. From there making CD's is a breeze. The results have been what I thought to have been quite good when using a "typical" good stero. I brought my CD's to a friend that has a high end audio store and is a recording engineer.. we A/B'd my recording from the source (mini-disc) with the CD I made using the CD quality MP3, listening on a top of the line audio system using Quad speakers, NAIM components, in a listening room, ideal situation which I am sure shows off any flaw. This was a recording made in a small intimate jazz club, and the source sounded more alive and spacious than the burnt CD... he then proceeded to copy my mini-disc onto a stand alone CD recorder component real-time (about $300), which turned out to be indistinguishable from the original source. Any suggestions as to how I can download to my PC and then to a CD with results equaling the source? My choices for format are MP#, WAV, mp3PRO, Windows Media Audio, and my choices for quality are CD quality (128 kbps), Near CD quality (96 kbps), Custom (320 kbps), and Custom VBR (60%). Oh..back to your question...it looks like the MZ-R50 has an audio out, so I think that going line out from that unit into the sound card of the PC would work well, as long as you have a recording software (like MusicMatch) that will allow you to choose "line in" as a recording source. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobt Posted March 23, 2008 Report Share Posted March 23, 2008 WOW!! After using my Sony MZ-R37 for years to record live music, I found this forum! I have been quite successful downloading my mini-disc to my PC using the line out on the mini-disc into the sound card on the pc with a phono mini-jack...the software that I have been using is MusicMatch, which let's me choose the input source in the record mode, and is very easy to use. From there making CD's is a breeze. The results have been what I thought to have been quite good when using a "typical" good stero. I brought my CD's to a friend that has a high end audio store and is a recording engineer.. we A/B'd my recording from the source (mini-disc) with the CD I made using the CD quality MP3, listening on a top of the line audio system using Quad speakers, NAIM components, in a listening room, ideal situation which I am sure shows off any flaw. This was a recording made in a small intimate jazz club, and the source sounded more alive and spacious than the burnt CD... he then proceeded to copy my mini-disc onto a stand alone CD recorder component real-time (about $300), which turned out to be indistinguishable from the original source. Any suggestions as to how I can download to my PC and then to a CD with results equaling the source? My choices for format are MP#, WAV, mp3PRO, Windows Media Audio, and my choices for quality are CD quality (128 kbps), Near CD quality (96 kbps), Custom (320 kbps), and Custom VBR (60%). Oh..back to your question...it looks like the MZ-R50 has an audio out, so I think that going line out from that unit into the sound card of the PC would work well, as long as you have a recording software (like MusicMatch) that will allow you to choose "line in" as a recording source.If you had an RH1 or M200, you would be able to digitally upload and you could record at PCM which would be indistinguisheable from source, you could also try the various flavors of Atrac, which are quite nice.Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strungup Posted March 24, 2008 Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 (edited) 128 kbs , is NOT cd quality .......16bit , 44.1 Khz sample rate , 1411 kbs Wave or Aiff is CD quality the adverts that state 128 is CD , are Misleading and an outright lie . I am an Audio engineer , ( semi retired) so when you select a format to record to select WAV,16 bit , 44.1 khz, which will eat up drive space , but will be More easily burned to CD (Since that IS what CD is in the first place) If you want a little better quality WAV 24 bit , 44.1 Khz , will still burn to CD nicely without having to be resampled . You can go higher (48 khz sample rate ) but when it goes to CD it gets resampled to 44.1.to Save drive space , and a slightly lesser quality , the VBR 320 is as low as I would ever go . and that would ONLY be for a Demo , never a production. Edited March 25, 2008 by Guitarfxr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JazzSailor Posted March 24, 2008 Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 You guys ROCK!!!! Thanks.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JazzSailor Posted March 24, 2008 Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 I looked at the options on MusicMatch and I can change the quality for the MP3 recording when doing line in to the puter up to 320 kbps, and there is also a button for VBR custom quality, which is in percent. What kbps for the MP3 would you suggest that would give me good quality? Also, any tips on retaining quality when I burn this to a CD? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KJ_Palmer Posted March 24, 2008 Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 For MP3 320kbps would give the best quality, although if there's an option to record in wav format this would be better still, and would retain the quality for burning to CD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JazzSailor Posted March 25, 2008 Report Share Posted March 25, 2008 I can also choose WAV which is 1411 kbps. How would that compare with MP3's? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strungup Posted March 25, 2008 Report Share Posted March 25, 2008 I can also choose WAV which is 1411 kbps. How would that compare with MP3's?the 1411 IS CD standard as I mentioned before , ( I corrected the numbers ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THIS SUCKS Posted March 25, 2008 Report Share Posted March 25, 2008 wave is much better than any compressed format like wma,or mp3. always use wave. if you need to make it smaller for archiving then convert it to flac its a lossless compression... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ral-Clan Posted March 25, 2008 Report Share Posted March 25, 2008 we A/B'd my recording from the source (mini-disc) with the CD I made using the CD quality MP3, listening on a top of the line audio system....Any suggestions as to how I can download to my PC and then to a CD with results equaling the source?As others have stated above, no MP3 mode is "CD-quality" no matter what it says. Only uncompressed WAV/PCM at 44.1KHz and 16bits is CD-quality. Choose WAV. Saying "CD quality MP3" is a contradiction in terms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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