How to stop mzn1 from making new track when recording

[Guest Anonymous]

Im recording from a walkman with my mzn1, it creates a new track whenever it sences a silence. so i end up with 200+ track where i just want them to be a single track. I have turn sync rec to OFF.

thanks

p/s: I've also posted the same msg in "MD dont make track when recording from spdif computer output" by Shogo. pls ignore either one.

[Mystyler]

I take it that because you posted in the other thread, you are recording from the PC?

This seems like an unfortunate trait of Sony units - they are far too sensitive, and I know of no remedy... :?

[Guest Anonymous]

I was recording from a walkman, so it's analogue source.

Do u think i can fake it by introducing some noise into the source?

[Guest Anonymous]

alternatively, is there any method I can use to combine all the tracks in the disk into a single track, instead of manually deleting each time-mark?

thanks alot

[darK (aka Tharaka)]

ur best bet is to go through and delete ALL of the track marks that were created... good luck

[me]

adding a constant noise would help, I think the problem would be tape hiss, in that it keeps setting off the mark from the sound level changing all the time.

[Andy]

If you have the equipment, record an MD of silence (74 min), then do a TOC clone from it to the disc you recorded, this will clear all the track marks. (Also, make sure you record the whole thing in sequence and don't move tracks around, or else some parts of the stuff may be out of order)

[darK (aka Tharaka)]

If you have the equipment, record an MD of silence (74 min), then do a TOC clone from it to the disc you recorded, this will clear all the track marks.

can anyone explain how this works?

[me]

The TOC of 74 mins of silence would be one track, right?

The TOC of the current disc is 200+ tracks.

Copy TOC of 74 min disc to the other one, and...

Now you have two discs, both with 1 track, but differing contents.

[darK (aka Tharaka)]

how can u do that though?

copy TOC?

do u need 2 MD recorders.. or something like that...

[Guest Anonymous]

ye.. I got the same question as well. what equipment is needed to do the TOC cloning? Can u at least tell us a specific player or recorder with the model name. and then we can work out from there. cheers

[Guest Anonymous]

For the TOC cloning method, I've noticed u emphasize "74 min" disk. Is it a must? how about 60 or 80 mins disk? why? if the answer is too long, forget it :-) or show me the website. thanks again!

[darK (aka Tharaka)]

what equipment is needed to do the TOC cloning?

yep.. same question here... although i might have already asked that...

[Bazirker]

Hey slow down guys! TOC stuff? I think something is wrong with the actually MD unit. Sync record doesn't matter when recording in analog, that's only for digital. You should get a new track mark once ever 2 seconds of silence if you record from an analog source. If you have 200+ track marks just for a little piece of silence, then you have a problem with your unit.

[Mystyler]

I very much doubt anything is wrong - it happens to all of my friends. Either that or one whole track.

[Guest Anonymous]

Just to clarify the problem to Bazirker. I was recording from a cassette which consists of human conversation, thus a lot of pauses. So, that 200+ t-marks are from a 60+ mins conversation, not just due to "one" silence or "for a little piece of silence". So I think it's not the fault of the md recorder.

I dont think there is anything to do with Sync record, but Im not 100% sure though.

[jukebox]

Just yesterday I tried copying MP3 files over to a minidisc. In the past I have had problems with track marks being placed randomly during songs. It appears that it happens when the hard drive has a read error, like if another program accesses the drive during playback.

In yesterday's case I had 38 songs (in LP2), but 190+ track marks. Even if I delete the trackmarks, the "skips" remain and the recording sucks. I know the source file is not flawed. I have tried defragging the drive, shutting down all non-essential programs, etc. but nothing works.

I have used Winamp, MusicMatch Jukebox, Sonique, and Windows Media Player. They all "skip". I have turned off the screensaver and the computer is not touched during this 2-3 hour process.

Any suggestions?

[Guest Anonymous]

jukebox, you have taken the right steps so far, but have you tried using different output in Winamp (e.g., if you're using DirectSound switch to the Winamp waveOut plugin, or vice versa) or updating your Directx?

It shouldn't be doing that if your computer is happy, but the skips are real and will remain regardless of what you do (the skip causes the trackmark, not vice versa).

Reading through the "Hacking..." section of the main page should give you a good idea of what equipment will do TOC cloning... basically you need a deck, although some old Sharp (?) portables will do it.

[Bazirker]

Back to earlier in the thread...what equipment is needed to do a TOC clone, and how do you do it? That could be useful...

[me]

An MD deck, or old sharp portable, the instructions are in MD.org somewhereeeee. The idea is you switch discs without the deck knowing, which then writes the TOC of the last disc to the newly inserted disc.