Will the new Sony MD recorders be better for live recording?

[kingofallwhites]

I have the old high end MZ1 and the new himd models are coming out. Is it worth it to upgrade? Can you convert recordings from md to cd or mp3 or do I have to get new software?

[Mat]

If you got an an MZ1 than any current MDR will better than yours for live recording :wacky: .

But regarding to what you asked (exporting), it is not 100% assured that we will be able to digitally upload to the compuetr or copy to cd our recordings.

What you can do with HI-MD right now, is upload HI-MD recordings (NOT the old SP/LP2/LP4 ones) to a sony encrypted file that will not allow you to export it to wav or burn a cd.

In fact, you cannor even play it on another computer because it is licensing based...

Hope you got what you needed.

[kingofallwhites]

To Matt or anyone else who might see this... I have the MZ1 but I bought the extended warranty from Tweeter that allows me to exchange it for a new model for free, I am assuming from what you said that I should do this ey? What I want to use my MD Recorder for is for 1 thing:

1. Record live music performances or demos and transfer that music to CD or Mp3.

Will the new High MD allow that?

[mAjEsTiC]

kingofallwhites : not to a cd or mp3 i don't think...not yet...i hear that there are problems and it only uploads to the computer as sony's proprietary file which u can't really do anything with i'm afraid...but they are working on an .omg -> .wav converter i hear so it should be soon before it would be able to do what you want...