brakhage Posted July 10, 2009 Report Share Posted July 10, 2009 Dear all,A long time ago, I was a important MD (one of the marvellous Aiwa first models) user which I used to record shows.But well, I used to buy a DAT recorder, then materials to tape directly on my computer and put my MDs in a box.But today, I would like to transfer my MD to my computer, as I would like to listen to them.So, I checked the minidisc.org website, but didn't find exactly what I want.Well, I don't want to pay a lot of money to a new unit which I won't use after my transfers, so a used unit will be great.I checked a lot of user manual, and if I correctly understood, the only unit abble to do a direct transfer is the MZ-RH1/M200. Is this correct ?Is there any other HiMD unit that do the same, but which I could pay for less money ?Is there any way to do the same thing with a NetMD ?Thanks for your help !All the best,Stan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KJ_Palmer Posted July 10, 2009 Report Share Posted July 10, 2009 Bad news, I'm afraid. Only the RH1/M200 will do what you want, ie. upload old recordings. The other (cheaper) Hi-MD recorders will upload their own recordings in the newer Hi-MD formats, but sadly not old (legacy) recordings. Net-MD recorders and older units won't upload anything at all... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brakhage Posted July 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2009 Bad news, I'm afraid. Only the RH1/M200 will do what you want, ie. upload old recordings. The other (cheaper) Hi-MD recorders will upload their own recordings in the newer Hi-MD formats, but sadly not old (legacy) recordings. Net-MD recorders and older units won't upload anything at all...Well, it is what I supposed while reading users manuals.Ok, so if I want to get my old MD recordings, I have no choice thenThank you very much for your reply ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfbp Posted July 12, 2009 Report Share Posted July 12, 2009 You can also buy an MD deck with optical out, probably for $50-$100 if you are lucky. This will allow you to send via the optical channel to your PC, at playback speed only of course. You'll need either a dongle for optical->USB or a sound card with optical input that you can plug into your PC, I think. Not sure about Macs whether they have any (direct) optical i/o. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abby Normal Posted July 12, 2009 Report Share Posted July 12, 2009 If I'm not mistaken, I believe several Macs have minitos connectors--the same ones that are on MD portables.You can also buy an MD deck with optical out, probably for $50-$100 if you are lucky. This will allow you to send via the optical channel to your PC, at playback speed only of course. You'll need either a dongle for optical->USB or a sound card with optical input that you can plug into your PC, I think. Not sure about Macs whether they have any (direct) optical i/o. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ceramiccactus Posted July 12, 2009 Report Share Posted July 12, 2009 (edited) just do it the old fashioned way...1/8th inch male to male audio cord.plug one end to your md headphone jack and the other to your line in on your pc.I use audacity for recording through my line in on my pc. Edited July 12, 2009 by ceramiccactus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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