Probably more like clarification of an old topic ???

[paulmontoya]

Ive spent a few hours on this forum and others trying to understnd whether I can do what I want - produce near-braodcast quality recordings (interviews) using a microphone (I I realise that mic quality is a key factor but that seems low down the list of issues), edit the interviews and upload to a PC where I can burn a CD.

From what I have read (I dont undertsand the techie stuff) this does not seem possible other than thru a cable which goes from the MD headphone socket to the PC (via USB?)

There is also a lot of traffic about software which smooths this process - is there a general view on what is best (for quality results).

High speed transfer would be great, but my priorities are editing and ultimate sound quality once burnt onto a CD.

I was thinking of going for the MZ-N910 as a mid-price unit, but noticed the MZ-NH1 for about £50 more. Worth the extra??? - tho pl note that whilst I love music my purchase is primarily for microphone recording !!!!

Not feasible thru "traditional" MD....or so it seems thru HD MD ????. I did speak to SONY helpdesk today (he didnt mention HD) but did say that uploading theu headphone socket was the only option.

Is there a definative listing somewhere which would help me to understand the way of doing this?

At the moment I am doing something vaguely similar thru my laptop sound recorder via XP and burning the result onto a CD - NOWHERE near high quality...... but done just to understand the process of CD creation. :wacky:

[jadeclaw]

You want to wait for a Hi-MD-recorder.

In your case, every Hi-MD recorder is useable, except the NH600, as that has no microphone input.

By using an Hi-MD unit, you avoid the soundcard. Two ways to bring your sound into the computer:

playback via USB (realtime), you can record that with a Soundeditor or

direct transfer using the supplied Software (SonicStage2) which is much faster. And export from that.

Oh, and forget the Windows soundrecorder - It sucks like a black hole.

Use something decent, like Goldwave or Audacity to edit your soundfiles.

Or check, what has been included with your CD-Writer or soundcard.

The N910 is a NetMD and these cannot upload via USB,

so that one would only go via phone out -> LineIn.

And you don't want that for quality reasons.

Because of the upload capability, Hi-MD is ideal for your purpose.

Btw, if the microphone is good enough, you will get above broadcast quality,

in fact MD outperforms easily FM-Radio and most digital channels as well...(SP/Hi-SP)

Personally, I would take the NH900, it seems more resistant to rough handling compared to the fragile looking NH1.