transferring from minidisc to cd

[bayaan]

hello

i am new to the minidisc scene and have not yet brought one.

the main reason i want to buy one is for transferring old tapes to cd.

so i think that the only way i can do this is by recording to minidisc first then transferring that to cd.

my questions are:

1- how can i reduce the tape hiss on tapes?

2 - how do i transfer from minidisc to cd?

3 - which type of minidisc should i buy - net md?

as you can see i don't have a clue in this field - can anybody help me in any way?

thanks

[Christopher]

The more steps, the more loss in quality. What about this?

http://www.plusdeck.com/english/

[squaredcircle]

Much as we here love MD, you don't need MD at all for this application, and in fact it would reduce your sound quality.

Just record from the headphone out or line out of your cassette deck to the Line In (assuming you have one) on your computer and to a sound recording/editing program like Audacity.

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

You can use its High Pass filter or Noise Removal effects to see whether they reduce hiss.

Then burn files to CD.

If you don't have a Line In jack (as some laptops don't) but do have a USB port get a Griffin iMic (about $35) or other USB-Line In adapter and send the cassette output through that.

Check the fine print on that Plus Deck--it looks like it's intended mostly to record from PC, not to PC. But since it must play through the soundcard it could still probably be recorded by the PC.