Re: PC minidisc drive

[Bohus Blahut <bohus@xnet.com>]

Tim Nelson wrote:

>Almost, except not as an external unit. I used to see
>them on eBay all the time, basically a minidisc drive
>that fits a standard PC drive slot (much like a CD-RW
>drive would, except in a different format) with a
>software bundle that allows editing of the minidisc
>audio/data. 
>  
>
    I dimly remember seeing these, but I was under the impression that 
they were for Sony's attempt to make MD's viable for data.  I would 
prefer to know that they did audio too.  :)

>I don't really *need* one, but setting up an 8 space
>rack next to my computer every time I want to transfer
>samples is a major drain of creative energy.
>  
>
    Wow.  What are you transferring that you'd need all that gear?  When 
I xfer from my MD, I just use an MR-37 portable and a Mackie mixer that 
permanently hooked up to the computer.  Is it because you want to use 
rack gear for EQ'ing, compressing, etc?  Just curious.

    I also wish that there were some nice solution for zippy upload to 
the PC.  I know that there is now, but I have dozens upon dozens of 
discs of stuff that I recorded off the radio that I want to convert to 
MP3 so I can re-use the MD's.  I just don't foresee having hundreds of 
hours of free computer time available in the near future to make this 
happen.  I'll be interested to find out what you learn.


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