MD4ME Posted December 5, 2009 Report Share Posted December 5, 2009 Hi, When uploading files from my MZ-RH1 i used to get a box on the screen asking if i wanted to convert the songs to a WAV file, but since my computer crashed a couple of weeks ago and had i to re-install Sonic Stage i can't get that option back, and everything seems to be saved in the 'Openmg' format. Any suggestions how i can get this option back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bwil Posted December 5, 2009 Report Share Posted December 5, 2009 Have you changed the transfer settings back? Tools> Transfer> Hi-MD Transfer Settings> Advanced> Save in WAV format when importing. I think SS defaults to this being off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfbp Posted December 5, 2009 Report Share Posted December 5, 2009 Right. Couple of notes: 1. Doing it this way, you will be filling up your hard disk with unwanted oma files. That's ok, but probably best to delete them so you don't get muddled. 2. You CAN convert any files that are oma "after the fact" by rightclicking the file showing in SonicStage and selecting "Save in WAV format" 3. You should take a look at the import dialog box carefully. There are two choices 256K and PCM(1411 Khz). It's not 100% clear to me that if you use the default (256K) that you don't subsequently introduce artifacts when the system spits out WAV. This is because, even if you have SS set to export to WAV every time, it does it by working on the already uploaded oma file, which will be in lower quality than if you had set it to PCM. Of course if you do make this change, #1 becomes even more important as the unneeded (and encrypted, unless you bother to decrypt them before something goes amiss with the slightly fragile key setup for Sonic Stage that locks them to this computer, copy of Windows, date etc etc) oma files will now be 5x as large. What a pain! But the end result is worth having or many of us would not be here. I actually record any digital source to LP2 (sometimes LP4) as this is uploaded to PC's HD with no change in the bit patterns whatsoever and can be saved to HiMD with consequent packing (16 hrs or so of LP2 on 1 1GB disk). But microphone recordings I use PCM, and I upload in PCM (of course). If you don't make this subtle change, your WAV files will be subtly degraded as there are now two conversions (SP->256K and then 256K -> WAV). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MD4ME Posted December 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2009 Thanks for the info sfbp, although it's not always easy for a newbie to follow 'whats what' when there are so many different formats. I just wanted to know the best format for my imported music before loading up hundreds of tracks only to find i could have done it better ! Does the 'DSEE' option make a worthwhile difference ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avrin Posted December 10, 2009 Report Share Posted December 10, 2009 DSEE only affects playback within SonicStage itself, and has no effect on file import/export/conversion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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