BIG noob asking BIG a noob question!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Guest Anonymous]

Alright guys I own a mz 707 and I am going to start live recording from my piano. I tried to transfer my music onto openMg but it wouldn't let me. blah blah blah. Ok I hear people talking about optical line out, mic line out, sound card transfer, blah blahb balh. basically I dont understand anything. Is there anyone out there than can give me the simplest explanation for the best sounding transfer I can do???? ----MD > COMP---- my comp is @#$#@ and I dont know if you can connect it to the sound card?

Many thanks!

[jadeclaw]

Existing NetMD-units cannot upload anything to a computer.

So, what's left?

Get a cable with 1/8" stereo plug on each end and plug it into Line In on the PC and into headphone on the MD.

Switch off Bass boost on the MD and set it to 2/3rd of the maximum volume.

Now start your wave recording software on the PC and start recording there. At the same time, press play on the MD.

Use the mixer application to adjust the level of the recording.

More on this is here:

http://www.minidisc.org/very_faq.html

Hope this helps...

[Guest Anonymous]

Laptops skimp on sound cards, and some laptops (like mine) don't have a line in on the sound card, only a mic in, which amplifies the signal and means you'll have to send lower volume out of the MD player. The mic preamp probably isn't the cleanest, either, so you won't get an optimum recording.

The way around this is the Griffin iMic--$35, cheaper on eBay--which plugs into a USB port and gives you line-in and line-out for a much clearer recording (and probably sounds better than the laptop's headphone jack for listening).

http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/imic/

It's mostly promoted for Apple but also works with Windows--check your version, but you can make it work with Win98se (takes a simple tweak explained on Griffin site) and it's plug-and-play on XP.

You can get fancier, too, with an external soundcard like Creative Labs Extigy.

As for wave recording software, Audacity http://audacity.sourceforge.net

is free and will do what you need.

And if you've already edited and/or titled your MD and have a NetMD model, you definitely want WinNetMD

http://christian.klukas.bei.t-online.de/fi...md/winNetMD.htm

which not only records in but makes each track a separate .wav file with title info. Under $20 (depends on Euro exchange rate).

[Guest Anonymous]

thanks for the replies.

I will use JadeClaws Idea and hook a 1/8 stereo plug (which I found at my school) and hook it up to the input of the computer. And i put the other side in the microphone jack of my MD????????? I am going to use Adobe 6.5 to capture the sound. Everything is A/ Ok from there.

Thanks!

[jadeclaw]

It's Headphone on the MD.

[Guest Anonymous]

Hello,

If you are using Audacity, is it possible to record using the USB as an input source, for instance if you are using an audio/USB interface like the Edirol UA-1D?

Also, related to that, how much better would the sound quality be using an USB converter? Will the recordings be cleaner only, or will they also be more present/louder? The recording I have done from md to pc using the line in on the sound card seem really boxy, wondering if this is the sound card or the nature of the compressed md recording...

[jadeclaw]

Generally, Audacity, and it is true for almost all other similar software, connects via the driver to the soundcard.

That means, it doesn't matter, if you are using an internal soundcard or an external USB adapter.

As soon as it works, Audacity can use it.

Regarding Soundquality:

External USB Adaptors are generally less noisy, as these are isolated from the noise sources inside the computer.

If you got a bad-sounding recording from your MD, expect the soundcard being the culprit, especially those integrated into the mainboard. Remember, despite the data compression (ATRAC), a MD-Recorder is capable of delivering almost CD-quality sound. But that is only true for recordings done in SP-mode (Standard play).