fleshtone Posted January 25, 2004 Report Share Posted January 25, 2004 hi, im looking for an MD player to begin collecting samples to use in music, and also to keep an audio journal during an upcoming trip through europe (yay)... ive been looking at the sharp MD-DR480 and the Sony MZN-F810. both look like they're great recorders, but i would need a digital output to get the sounds back on my PC, right? (the sharp has a "Line output: 250mV (-10dB time) (10K Omega)" but im not sure what that means...) how do tapers get concerts off of their MDs? is there a slick drag and drop interface on any MDs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mAjEsTiC Posted January 26, 2004 Report Share Posted January 26, 2004 unfortunately neither of these units have an optical output for digital transfers from the unit...look at a deck if u want this functionality and for the time being there is no slick interface of getting music back from MD -> PC via NetMD... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleshtone Posted January 26, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2004 yeah, thats what i thought... the analog line out may function ok, because i would need to dump all the samples into an editing program either way, but it just seems a little heavy handed. mp3 players make this easy, but im weary of their usability in recording, and id prefer a removable media. the deck would be perfect, 'cept im trying to travel light, and there would be power issues too... i wonder if a non-netMD player would be better for this kind of thing. isnt netMD really just about copyright protection? thankfully i have a little bit of time to think about it. thanks so much for your time majestic... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lrdmora Posted January 27, 2004 Report Share Posted January 27, 2004 I am waiting to buy until April, when Sony comes out with the HiMD line. These new units are going to use 1GB disks at around $7 each. You will still be able to use the old disks and format them for around 300MB each. Also in the new units you will be able to upload recordings to your PC which you cannot do without 3rd party software right now. You will also be able to store data on them. The low end units will supposedly start at around $200. There are some links in this forum to go to the Sony press release if you look around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleshtone Posted January 27, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2004 wow... what a find! this is perfect... and i certainly CAN wait until april, so this is the answer. thanks so much for the spot! for everyone interested, i found the press release at http://news.sel.sony.com/pressrelease/4270 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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