thelyl Posted May 6, 2009 Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 Hi there,I've been searching on here for a bit and I thought I would just ask!I was looking for the software to transfer Hi-MD onto my mac, and then I just noticed it was ON my desktop?! So, that's strange, must have something built in to either the OS or it reads it when I plug in my minidisc.Any knowledge?I'm using the MZ-RH1, on an Intel Mac Pro, Leopard 10.5.6.So a few questions.I click on the tracks to import, and it is importing them as .WAV files. Is there a way to import them as PCM files?Once I get them on my computer, what is good software to edit the tracks? I'm using it mainly to record my band, and to record some audio for photo projects I'm working on.Will I be able to just do this in garage band? Any suggestions?New knowledge, ways of searching the forum better (ie old posts that talk about this) greatly appreciated!!!THANKS!!!James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thelyl Posted May 6, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 OK, well, on to my "second" question!I just tired twice to transfer 2 tracks, and both times it errored out on me and wouldn't transfer the entire file! First time it gave me 26 minutes, second time it gave me 1:09 minutes... oy vey.... how I loved to hate computers...Any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbmuser Posted May 9, 2009 Report Share Posted May 9, 2009 I was looking for the software to transfer Hi-MD onto my mac, and then I just noticed it was ON my desktop?! So, that's strange, must have something built in to either the OS or it reads it when I plug in my minidisc.Any knowledge?It must have been installed previously by someone onto your Mac. MacOS definetely does not ship with the Sony-Software installed. However, once the software is installed, MacOS creates a shortcut to "HiMD Music Transfer" every time you plug in your HiMD-Walkman (This is performed by the software "HiMD Monitor" running in the background).I click on the tracks to import, and it is importing them as .WAV files. Is there a way to import them as PCM files?Wave is just a container format, the files are in PCM (PCM is an encoding format, WAV a container format; WAV-files usually contain PCM).Once I get them on my computer, what is good software to edit the tracks? I'm using it mainly to record my band, and to record some audio for photo projects I'm working on.You can use any audio-editing software on your Mac. In any case, you have to transfer the files as WAV-files, ATRAC3 (Hi-SP/LP)-Recordings have to be converted prior further editing.Will I be able to just do this in garage band? Any suggestions?I have never used Garage Band, but I guess it should be able to edit PCM/WAV-files.Adrian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A440 Posted May 9, 2009 Report Share Posted May 9, 2009 Edit wave files with Audacity. Free. http://audacity.sourceforge.net/The only kink is a little word game. Audacity saves things to its own format, .aup, so instead using the Save command in Audacity (though you can keep the .aup files if you want) you make all your changes and "Export as .wav" (or "export selection as .wav" if you're extracting a song from a longer recording). You can also export .mp3 files after another little game: you need to get lame_enc.dll (available free lots of places) and put that file in the same folder as Audacity and tell Audacity where to find it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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