Bananatree Posted April 27, 2004 Report Share Posted April 27, 2004 Recording 4 cds onto one disc in SP! This is a little trick I thought up awhile back while tinkering with the thought of listening to 4 CDs all at the same time. First you need several minidiscs. 2 cables (Either mono mini plug to mono RCA, Mono RCA to Mono RCA, or any combonation of the 2) a MD deck or recorder with L and R RCA jacks. 2 additional MD deck/recorders/players *note*This will result in a huge quality loss*note* First, record all 4 CDs in mono. Then set up this apparatus: MD player with CD #1 in it: Hooked up to the line in of the MD deck (One channel only) MD player with CD #2 in it: Hooked up to the line in of the MD deck (One channel only) Now record the 2 CDs in mono to a 5th MD. Then: MD player with CD #3 in it: Hooked up to the line in of the MD deck (One channel only) MD player with CD #4 in it: Hooked up to the line in of the MD deck (One channel only) Now record those 2 MDs onto a 6th MD Now you have 2 MDs with 4 CDs on them all together. Repeat the process: MD player with CD #1+2 in it: Hooked up to the line in of the MD deck (One channel only) MD player with CD #3+4 in it: Hooked up to the line in of the MD deck (One channel only) Now record those 2 MDs onto a 7th MD in mono Voila! Listen to 4 Albums simultaneously Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest NRen2k5 Posted April 30, 2004 Report Share Posted April 30, 2004 Are you braindead? That's 4 albums on 2 MD's, not on one! That said, it is an interesting idea. There are two big problems aside from the use of two different signals in the encoding, though: 1) You're recrding in analogue, so there is a further loss in sound quality. 2) Trackmarks will be a bitch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KJ_Palmer Posted April 30, 2004 Report Share Posted April 30, 2004 Please don't be abusive NRen2k5... In any case, and I'm not sure I understood correctly, but the final step does say to record the two 2 album MD's to one in mono. Although by that stage I had almost given up the will to live... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BJ Posted May 1, 2004 Report Share Posted May 1, 2004 That sounds so psycho, I'm gonna have to try it. And I read thru the instructions, and it does all boil down to one MD--you essentially have two MDs with four albums (one album per stereo channel) that you then record onto one MD (two albums per stereo channel). It's the audio equivalent of getting eggs, bacon, pancakes and coffee, throwing them all into a blender and drinking the final product. Some dude did that...who was that? He released a 4-LP album where you were supposed to play all four records at the same time so the music mashed together a different way each listen. Maybe I'll try this with 4 Aphex Twin albums. Or maybe four different albums (like, Jethro Tull, the Prodigy, Trans-Siberian Orchestra and Johnny Cash). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bananatree Posted May 4, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2004 It should boil down to 1 MD, and I already stated in the original post that it would result in a massive quality loss. The Flaming Lips released a 4 disc Album that is supposed to be played in unison. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BJ Posted May 5, 2004 Report Share Posted May 5, 2004 That's the one--thank you! Sometimes I think knowledge leaks out of my brain when I sleep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alieninhead Posted May 27, 2004 Report Share Posted May 27, 2004 That sounds awesome. Something I'd try...hmmm...I wonder how F.L.A. would sound? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sxc Posted May 27, 2004 Report Share Posted May 27, 2004 If you have a massive quality loss, then it's not really SP....easier just to record in LP4 in the first place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest NRen2k5 Posted May 28, 2004 Report Share Posted May 28, 2004 I don't see the point in listening to 4 albums at the same time, anyway. It might be cool to squeeze 8 albums onto one MD in LP4 using a technique similar to this, though. You could listen to each one independently, using a set of earbuds to listen to just one side or the other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bananatree Posted May 29, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2004 If you have a massive quality loss, then it's not really SP....easier just to record in LP4 in the first place.The bitrate will be the same as any other SP recording, Therefore it is SP. LP4 can't play 4 albums AT THE SAME TIME! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodeeee Posted May 31, 2004 Report Share Posted May 31, 2004 heheh, itried that a wihle ago, but as mentioned, the track markings were a bitova beach Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bananatree Posted June 1, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 1, 2004 Awesome stuff! What 4 albums did you put on the MD? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodeeee Posted June 1, 2004 Report Share Posted June 1, 2004 i did it using two 5 hour dj sets from a gig we did a while ago. 5 hours per channel, used a home made stereo splitter, theyre in mono anyhow, cute idea if yor not bothered about stereoism of your music Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bananatree Posted June 10, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2004 5 hours per channel! Very cool, I've been thinking about doing that aswell, but I never found a good reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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