Bogus8 Posted June 19, 2004 Report Share Posted June 19, 2004 I tried doing a search but didn't really find any info. I do recording for film/video and I would like to use a MD for this and I was wondering if any of the portables (newer for the better sound) can be modded for coax or optical... I know it would be a pretty hack job do to the size but I don't mind... and I don't mind working on such small parts, I have quite a bit of experience soldering. I even have a digital scope meter but I don't even know where to begin looking for the sources... not to mention I personally don't own a MD yet. My last resort is to buy(ebay) a mds je330 and hack in a coax output to it since I have coax in on my PC already... does anyone see a problem with this approach... is this one of the models that have loader problems? Sorry for the newbie questions but I'm pretty new to MD and I want to try and get this right the first time Thanks in advance, Bogus¹ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted June 19, 2004 Report Share Posted June 19, 2004 Welcome. :happy: I think that modding a portable unit in this sense would be quite a difficult task and probably not worth it, but don't let me stop you! Why don't you just scout a deck on eBay with the appropriate I/O's you're looking for? IIRC, there are decks with what you're looking for, and they aren't too expensive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogus8 Posted June 19, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2004 That is an option... though I would probably opt for cheap as possible due to the "independent" (read LOW budget) nature of these projects. That might require me to get the cheaper deck and mod it for coax ...and I think *most* of the decks offer optical vs coax. I have coax so I might as well use that vs converting or adding another card to my pc. I would think the only difficulty in doing the mod to a portable vs deck is just size of componets and for the folks that like it neat it would be hard to do with out some frankenstien looking results. I don't mind the tiny circuits (if I'm told which to tap into) and I definately don't care if this thing is ugly or not. Thanks for the advice though, Bogus¹ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markr041 Posted August 30, 2004 Report Share Posted August 30, 2004 Why not enter the computer age and get a Hi-MD unit? Then you can upload PCM or Hi-SP compressed recordings (in real time) digitally to a computer using USB to get a wav file you can edit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogus8 Posted August 30, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2004 Well this is for a up and comming film projects with VERY little or NO budget... we have a portable now or I could buy a portable used for cheap. I will probably just buy the home deck and mod it and use it for dumping. Thanks for the idea though! Bogus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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