Guest Anonymous Posted December 16, 2002 Report Share Posted December 16, 2002 i have a sony mz-r700 and i would like to know how to get songs from the md to the computer? has anyone done this? if so please help. thank you, jay jbustamante00@yahoo.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darK (aka Tharaka) Posted December 16, 2002 Report Share Posted December 16, 2002 well.. the only obvious was is 1. Plug cable from headphone out to Line In on Computer 2. Play the songs through ur MD 3. Then at the same time.. using a program like CoolEdit or something.. record the song.. and record to a WAV file.. 4. convert to MP3 if u want to compress is... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shorty Posted December 16, 2002 Report Share Posted December 16, 2002 4. convert to MP3 if u want to compress is...Ack! Second-generation compression! The pain, the horrible, hurting pain! Seriously, there's no way to digitally upload songs from MD to PC - yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darK (aka Tharaka) Posted December 17, 2002 Report Share Posted December 17, 2002 Seriously, there's no way to digitally upload songs from MD to PC - yet.thats right.. no digital way... but analog is possible... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Nicholson Posted January 1, 2003 Report Share Posted January 1, 2003 Doesn't the HBB Portadisc have the ability to upload to computer via USB? Are there any decks that can do that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triplea Posted January 2, 2003 Report Share Posted January 2, 2003 There are players with digital out, and computers with digital in. But it's still real-time transfer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leland Posted January 3, 2003 Report Share Posted January 3, 2003 If you eventually want to put it back on an MD, I suggest converting the .wav to ATRAC3 in the OpenMG jukebox or SonicStage database rather than converting it to .mp3. That way you reduce the types and numbers of compression formats used. Of course, then you are relegated to the OpenMG limitations Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leland Posted January 3, 2003 Report Share Posted January 3, 2003 Oops, sorry, I just noticed you say you have a R700, not a N707. I was thinking in NetMD terms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mystyler Posted January 3, 2003 Report Share Posted January 3, 2003 Doesn't the HBB Portadisc have the ability to upload to computer via USB? Are there any decks that can do that?All in real-time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted January 13, 2003 Report Share Posted January 13, 2003 Hi, im sort of slow in this md thing.... but i am facing the same problem. Problem is what type of cable should i get as laptop does not have a speaker input slot. it only have a few usb port....should i get a converter? my laptop is a fujisu c2110 really hope that u guys could help me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darK (aka Tharaka) Posted January 14, 2003 Report Share Posted January 14, 2003 is that one of those Legacy Free Laptops?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted January 14, 2003 Report Share Posted January 14, 2003 hi thanks, think i have solve it.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tallgtr_ Posted January 15, 2003 Report Share Posted January 15, 2003 Has anyone had any experience with headphone out only machines in MD to PC? Is there any difference in the recorded quality between line out and headphone out functions? Some MDs have no way to adjust for line out. I'm considering buying the Sony N707 which has no line out, but I really need the ability to record to PC (albeit in real time no matter which machine). THanks tallgtr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RudeDoggy Posted January 17, 2003 Report Share Posted January 17, 2003 If you do the hack (instructions in two threads in MD User Tips and Tricks) you will have a line-out function that will be accessible through the menu. From what people have been saying, selecting "line out" in the menu takes off any bass/treble adjustments and just blasts it. When I had my headphones in and tried to do line out, it killed my ears. Whether it will improve recordings or not, I'm not too sure. I would assume so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted March 3, 2003 Report Share Posted March 3, 2003 There HAS to be some hack way to get the files off the MD to a PC drive. I can't believe you have to trasnfer via an analog method. Surely this has been done and the person is just in fear of Sony coming after them. Come on, someone show me the way. Please- IMHO, this severly limits this devices functionality. :shock: manleyf@hotmail.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daijoubu Posted March 4, 2003 Report Share Posted March 4, 2003 Yes you can, get a Sony MDH-10 Data drive and a software worth 4500$USD to transfer digitaly at 5X http://www.esdl.co.uk/body/mdte/mdte.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted March 26, 2003 Report Share Posted March 26, 2003 Hi there, I'm not that much an expert when it comes to MD hacks and special knowledge of particular devices, but I would like to comment some messages with my general know how about HiFi stuff... ;-) 1) if possible, never use a headphone out for recording! Integrated headphone amps usually have a bad quality compared to line outs! If you're lacking bass and treble adjustments do them in your PC afterwards. CoolEdit for instance lets you do such stuff, but I'd take the music as it is and adjust the tone during playback. But don't use the headphone outs! ;-) 2) well, there is this SCMS (serial copy management system) problem when using the digital out of consumer units. It sets both the generationand copy bit to prevent more than one digital copy (which has been made, when you copied the CD to MD usually). Soundblaster cards and other 'consumer' cards do not provide options to modify these bits, so you have no chance. But semi-pro cards give you full access to these! I bought a Terratec DMX6fire and I can switch the generation bit and the copyright bit on and of as I like! I can connect my MD player's digital out and record the signal digitally in any audio recording software (e.g. CoolEdit Pro). I can even just remove the bits and output the digital signal to my soundcards digital out directly. This way it works exactly like the so called "copy bit killer" devices, which are sold via the net. The difference is, that my soundcard (Terratec DMX6fire) costs approximately the same as one of these units and I can do much more with it! :-) So think about getting this card and then you can copy the MD content digitally to your PC. Sure in 'real-time', but that shouldn't be a big deal! It's most important for me to have a digital copy, no matter if in 5 minutes or in 80 minutes... Just my 2 cents... ;-) CU Suckspeed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted April 18, 2003 Report Share Posted April 18, 2003 I am not too concerned about how long it takes, so realtime is ok. What I want is digital out to digital in on the PC. The disc is already in tracks, with the tracks be defined "on the other side" like from teh disc? I have always done analog previously to get minidiscs to PC files. I might be willing to buy another minidisc player with digital outs for this purpose, but I don't want to look track definitions. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted May 15, 2003 Report Share Posted May 15, 2003 I'm looking to buy the portable minidisc recorder with the highest audio quality capabilities for live recordings and the ability to move the files to a PC harddrive. Uploading at faster speeds than real-time is not a huge concern, but I would like to have as little a loss in quality from MD to PC is possible. Can I do this? I assume I'll have to use an analog connection, but if I buy the Sharp DR7, can I at least have decent sounding files on my PC that I recorded on the MD? And will I be able to burn CD's with the transferred files? Someone please advise. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted May 28, 2003 Report Share Posted May 28, 2003 Well, as I said the Terratec DMX6fire soundcard has digital in and out both optical and electrical. And you can set the copy protection bits as you like. You can playback a MiniDisc and record it in any wave software in your PC via the digital input. Then you can burn a CD of it after setting the track markers. These are unfortunately not transfered via the digital link. Then you can again playback the recorded wave file(s) and send them via the digital out of the soundcard to the digital in of your MiniDisc unit. That's it! If you had two MiniDisc units, you could even connect one to the soundcards digital in and the other to the soundcards optical out. You can use it as a loop and tell the card to just set the copy protection bits as you like and to output the signal from the digital in to the digital out right away! Doesn't this solve most of the problems for almost everybody here? ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thinkmd Posted January 24, 2004 Report Share Posted January 24, 2004 Hi there, I can connect my MD player's digital out and record the signal digitally in any audio recording software (e.g. CoolEdit Pro). I can even just remove the bits and output the digital signal to my soundcards digital out directly. This way it works exactly like the so called "copy bit killer" devices, which are sold via the net. The difference is, that my soundcard (Terratec DMX6fire) costs approximately the same as one of these units and I can do much more with it! :-) So think about getting this card and then you can copy the MD content digitally to your PC. Sure in 'real-time', but that shouldn't be a big deal! It's most important for me to have a digital copy, no matter if in 5 minutes or in 80 minutes... Just my 2 cents... ;-) CU Suckspeed Suckspeed, This is what I want to do. I'm in search of a way to do digital transfers MD-->PC (so that I can edit my audio on the PC and eventually burn a CD). I, too, don't care how long it takes to do the transfer, but I want it to be digital. What brand and model MD do you have that has a digital out? Thanks VERY much in advance. Also, thanks so much for posting the specific brand and model of your sound card. I will certainly consider this card. (If you don't mind me asking, how much did you pay for the sound card?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thinkmd Posted January 24, 2004 Report Share Posted January 24, 2004 By the way, has anyone had any success with the following method? 1. Record audio onto MD using portable MD. (Please specify if SP mode was used, or if not SP mode, what mode was used.) 2. Remove audio disc from portable recorder. 3. Place audio disc into MD deck (please specify brand and model of MD deck.) 4. Transfer audio on disc into PC via coax. digital or optical cable to sound card or other PC device equipped with digital IN. (Please specify which cable, coax. or optical, was used.) Thanks in advance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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