MD: end search?
Hi All, I'm new to this MD game, and thinking of getting my first md, the sony mz-r90, either that or the Sharp MT-831. Does anyone have any thoughts on which they think is better, and why? Also, what the hell is 'End Search'? Cheers, Nick. - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: Handling a large cassette inventory
Hi everyone! Now that I am moving onto MiniDisc, I am wanting to know what to do as regards with my cassette inventory which consists mostly of tapes made off FM radio over the last 14 years; a couple of out-of-print Musicassettes; as well as a significant number of compilation tapes, some of which contain material from various recordings that were lost in various moves. I don't want to get rid of the tapes but want to know which way to go as regards copying them to MiniDisc or being able to play them as required. If I buy a CD-MiniDisc bookshelf system like the Sony DHC-MD373 or DHC-MD555, should I ever buy any of the optional companion tape decks or look for another deck from Sony or another manufacturer. What should I look for in a secondary tape deck which will be primarily used for playback. On the other hand, should I look for one of those "4-in-1" bookshelf system which has CD, radio, cassette and MiniDisc. On the other hand, I could make up a system based around a receiver; cassette deck; and either a CD player / changer and MiniDisc deck, or a CD-MD combo deck like the Sony MXD-D3 or JVC XU-301BK . If I go for the latter option, what should I look for in a cassette deck for such a setup -- I don't want to get more than I need for this kind of arrangement. Some of the key features that I am after include logic control and support for Dolby B at least. On the other hand, should I buy secondhand cassette decks and how should I go about buying them -- buy through the local free-ads paper, buy through word-of-mouth, or scout the hock-shops, consignment stores and secondhand dealers. With regards, Simon Mackay - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: Recording compilations with a high degree of contril.
=== The original message was multipart MIME=== === All non-text parts (attachments) have been removed === Hi everyone! When building MiniDisc compilations of select tracks from assorted CDs, I tend to prefer a high degree of control as far as tightening the spaces between songs so there is no silent space between the songs because of my Sony portable suppoirting "back-to-back" shuffle play. Should I be using separate CD and MiniDisc units or can I achieve some control when using CD-MD combo units or bookshelf systems. If I use CD-MD combo decks or bookshelf systems for the exercise, can I use the "easy-record" functions on these decks and "clean up" the MiniDisc using the unit's editing functions (chisel off silent leaders and trailers by dividing at the head and tail of the song then erasing the blank tracks) or should I stick to total "hands-on" manual control during the recording sessions. If I use separate decks and the CD player is equipped with a matching digital output, can I achieve this same level of control when I go the digital-direct route which yields the SCMS-final recordings or should I stay with the analog route and make SCMS-penultimate recordings. Also, with either path, should I use programmed-play on the CD player and use any sync-start or automatic track-marking facilities that the setup offers. At the moment, I feed my Discman into a borrowed JE-520 in order to do theise recordings, but am looking at buying a sound system which caters for this format, while realizing that I have a significant inventory of cassettes including some recorded during and since my teenage years. With regards, Simon Mackay === MIME part removed : text/html; === - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: end search?
Welcome to the MD world Nick. Your question about 'end search' is just about to start world war three on MD-L. Lots of comments are about to be posted - I'll start the ball rolling - end search is a totally redundant function that Sony (still) use on their portable recorders to find the end of the recorded section of a disc, from which point you can start your new recording. The Sharps and other portables and even the Sony home decks don't require this function, they 'end search' automatically when the record button is pressed, although they can 'over-write' if you wish, something the Sony portables do automatically if you forget to press 'end search' first. If you can't figure out the logic in the above, don't worry you are not alone as you are about to find out.:-) GB Hi All, I'm new to this MD game, and thinking of getting my first md, the sony mz-r90, either that or the Sharp MT-831. Does anyone have any thoughts on which they think is better, and why? Also, what the hell is 'End Search'? Cheers, Nick. - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: headphones: down to 2
Regarding my last post thread on best headphones.I order the Koss Portapros for my small headphones, but now I am down to 2 choices for the full size, either the Grado SR60 or the Sennheiser 490's. What so you guys think? I have heard through many sites that the Grado's are the best [for portable players] but that they are uncomfortable. I can't find any local dealer where I live that carry the Grados for me to try them out. I have however been able to find and try out the Sennheisers and I must say I found them very light and comfortable. I thought the sound was very good as well. Anybody own the Grados that can comment on the sound and comfort of these headphones?? I can get the Grados for $69 and the Sennheisers for @$80. SOwhich one should I get? I would like a headphone that has very good bass response as not to get that "treblely" headphone sound, but I don't want a pair of phones that are uncomfortable to wear.. -Thanks for any help -Trace __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: headphones: down to 2
Hey Guys, I checked out a lot of headphones, and eventually went for the Beyer Dynamic DT831. Perhaps the best sound I've ever heard. An ear massage that kept making you want to turn it up louder and never take them off. Two probs though (1) they're massive! and (2) my Sony MZ-R55 couldn't drive them (I didn't want the additional hassle of headphone amplifiers). I continued searching and eventually after many many more soundchecks, went for the Sony MDR D77, at around 120 quid Sterling. I think they are called the MDR D55 in the U.S. - probably the same cost but in $. I joined this thread late so please ignore this if it's been covered before. Cheers, Max. Tracy Doyle wrote: Regarding my last post thread on best headphones.I order the Koss Portapros for my small headphones, but now I am down to 2 choices for the full size, either the Grado SR60 or the Sennheiser 490's. What so you guys think? I have heard through many sites that the Grado's are the best [for portable players] but that they are uncomfortable. I can't find any local dealer where I live that carry the Grados for me to try them out. I have however been able to find and try out the Sennheisers and I must say I found them very light and comfortable. I thought the sound was very good as well. Anybody own the Grados that can comment on the sound and comfort of these headphones?? I can get the Grados for $69 and the Sennheisers for @$80. SOwhich one should I get? I would like a headphone that has very good bass response as not to get that "treblely" headphone sound, but I don't want a pair of phones that are uncomfortable to wear.. -Thanks for any help -Trace __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: DC surges, a warning
On Mon, 11 Oct 1999, PrinceGaz wrote: Like Jim, I was gonna say it's more likely caused by acid than volts, otherwise there'd be health warnings on the average PP3 battery (9v). I'm not saying It's the current in the car battery that makes it dangerous. Not the potential. Static electricity is often in excess of thousands, ten thousands of voltage potential, but has very little current, and only produces a mild/annoying shock. W. Zhang Speech and Information Processing Lab, University of Waterloo 519-884-4567x5228/x3138, DC2571/DC3732 - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: headphones: down to 2
Regarding my last post thread on best headphones.I order the Koss Portapros for my small headphones, are they the ones which fold up? Christopher Spalding Genius, generally excellent and gifted person. __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: headphones: down to 2
"Tracy Doyle" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anybody own the Grados that can comment on the sound and comfort of these headphones?? I can get the Grados for $69 and the Sennheisers for @$80. SOwhich one should I get? I would like a headphone that has very good bass response as not to get that "treblely" headphone sound, but I don't want a pair of phones that are uncomfortable to wear.. I have a pair of the Grados, and have used the Senns. IMO, it comes down to this: the Grados sound better (including bass, especially when driven from a portable), but the Sennheisers are more comfortable. So you'll have to make the choice based on how much you value those two factors. - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: end search?
"Wall, Nicholas " [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Also, what the hell is 'End Search'? Uh-oh... You don't know what you've done, Nicholas ;-) Seriously, though, whenever this topic comes up there is a huge debate over it. I'll withhold my opinion and try to explain it fairly. End search is an old feature that today only exists on Sony portable MD recorders. No other brands, nor the Sony home MD recorders, still have it. On all other MD recorders, when you press "record" the default behavior is for the recording to start from the end of the material that is already on the MD. Basically, they start a new track. If you want, you can manually tell the unit to start to record elsewhere, either between two tracks, at the beginning of the disk or smack in the middle of a pre-existing track. But by default, they start recording at the end. Sony portable recorders, on the other hand, start recording wherever you last left off playing or recording. So if you are recording some songs from a CD, and go back and listen to them or change the order, etc., the next time you press record during that session the Sony portable recorders will start to record from the last place you were at, whether that's at the beginning of the disk, the end, between tracks, or right in the middle of another song you just recorded, and it will overwrite whatever is there. To avoid this, you press the "end search" button, which basically tells the Sony portable to go to the *end* of all recorded material. Then you start recording from that point. I think the above was a pretty neutral, objective way of explaining it. Some people like it, some hate it. Read the above and decide for yourself whether it makes sense to you. - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: Where's the End Search button for the End Search debate?
Has the list ever been polled to find out once and for all how many people are FOR End Search and how many are AGAINST it? Gaz, was it you running the list of member profiles? Did you ask that question in the profile? If not, can we do a quick poll somewhere and find out just how popular this "feature" is? And one more question: has sony *ever* commented on their reasoning behind including this feature? P.S. For having accidentally erased some recordings, you can mark me down for "against". Thank you. - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Found a CD that cannot be digitally recorded on MD
The inoxidizable rodent asked, | What would happen if the record level on the masters from which the CDs | were pressed was set higher than the allowed threshold (ie, 'OVER' on my | 702's display) for CD media? Then the CD would have already been spoiled by clipping in the process of making a digital master for the CD, those passages would sound clipped when you listen to the CD, and a digital copy to MD at unity gain would faithfully preserve the sound as already clipped. As I've learned here, all digital media are incapable of representing amplitudes over 0 dB, and digital recordings must be scaled accordingly. - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Sharp md-mt15 at best buy
=== = NB: Over 50% of this message is QUOTED, please = = be more selective when quoting text = === On Tue, 12 Oct 1999, J. Coon wrote: While I was at Best Buy last night getting the zipcd gadget, I noticed that about 1/2 the display area that used to have MD decks and bookshelf units had CD duplicators. H. They still can't do what you can do with a Minidisc. Hrm... I went to Best Buy (south florida) this weekend and noticed that they took some spaec out of their MD deck display to use as room for some stereo receivers. Dissapointing. I wonder if they're trying to back out of the MD game (doubt it). On the brighter side, they have been moving the MD blanks to the front of their store by the cdr's and tapes, and they bulked up their collection of prerecs. Sweet. They also had a neat looking Sharp portable, I think it was MDMT15. I might be wrong on the model number, but that is what I remember it as. THe controls on it are marked much better than they were on the 702 I had, and the price seemed to be about $199. (and no END SEARCH button in sight.) I don't know what kind of batteries it uses. -- Jim Coon Not just another pretty mandolin picker mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] If Gibson made cars, would they sound so sweet? My first web page http://www.tir.com/~liteways/ - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mike Malsman [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Programmer - Atlantic Internet, Inc. http://aibusiness.net/ - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: md-l-digest V2 #383
=== = NB: Over 50% of this message is QUOTED, please = = be more selective when quoting text = === In message , PrinceGaz [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes From: Geoffrey Goode [EMAIL PROTECTED] Pirate radio mainly, or like us run a small radio station twice per year which operates using a restricted service licence issued by the UK Radio Authority. A large number of the stations broadcasting in London are pirates. Funny, up here in Newcastle, UK there are very few pirate radio stations, perhaps one or two might be heard on a sunday afternoon but little else. They're easy to spot-- generally mono transmissions, often over modulated to sound louder, and adverts if any are... amateurish to say the least. Mind you there's only community stations (one, Galaxy) above 104.4MHz so theres plenty of bandspace to play with-- 106.5-108MHz is empty. A lot of the Pirates in London have RDS, advertising departments, the whole lot, and in Stereo. I can't see anyone wanting to transmit in mono these days with the reasonable cost of TXs' from some manufacturers. Some of them have backup systems so that if the gear is confiscated during a swoop from the UK Communications Agency, they can be back on air within hours sometimes minutes. Sorry for an OT post, PrinceGaz -- "never known to post off-topic, sort of" I noticed:) -- Geoff - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: md-l-digest V2 #383
=== = NB: Over 50% of this message is QUOTED, please = = be more selective when quoting text = === In message , Magic [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes Geoffrey Goode wrote: For non UK subscribers the dog licence was withdrawn in the UK several years ago. MONTY PYTHON 'ello... I'd like to buy a fish license please. /MONTY PYTHON Would that be for a fish with or without a lead! :) -- Geoff - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Iomega CD Drive
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 * Geoffrey Goode [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Tue, 12 Oct 1999 | But not for reading CDs'. For broadcast work you preferably go for | three laser readers as if they are slightly askew, low reflectivity, | etc. they will still read, whereas single lasers have to be spot on, and | with a very good reflection from the CD. I don't think that there are | any broadcast quality players that have single lasers these days. I | thought that all, but the very cheapest, CD players had three lasers | these days. This is something of a myth. You see, Sony's mechanism uses only one read laser. The other two lasers are used for tracking. The logic is, if either of the two tracking lasers say that the read laser is not aligned correctly, the entire lens assembly should be realigned. The Philips mechanism uses one laser. The logic is, if the read laser is not aligned correctly, the lens assembly should be realigned. If any of the three lasers in the Sony mechanism become incorrectly focused, the whole thing fails. The Philips mechanism cannot not suffer from this type of failure. A bonus side effect, the Philips mechanism is more resistant to skipping than Sony's. And contrary to your belief, it is the cheapest CD players that have three lasers, because Sony licenses its mechanism for significantly less than Philips. [...] | Where was it overheating? From the spinning of the CD, the motor, or | the electronics? The over-charged write laser. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.0d (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE4A6DPgl+vIlSVSNkRAhwcAJ9Z8Bb4srhKv99xgZECptIeVjiBfgCgopQN HwtYRQsLxDnLK9dZZETF44I= =3qMz -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- Rat [EMAIL PROTECTED]\ When not in use, Happy Fun Ball should be Minion of Nathan - Nathan says Hi! \ returned to its special container and PGP Key: at a key server near you! \ kept under refrigeration. - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: md-l-digest V2 #383
Geoffrey Goode wrote: In message , Magic [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes Geoffrey Goode wrote: For non UK subscribers the dog licence was withdrawn in the UK several years ago. MONTY PYTHON 'ello... I'd like to buy a fish license please. You forgot the H in hello! Reminds me of the gal whose skirt blew up on a windy day. A passer bye said to her, "A bit airy isn't it?" To which she acted insulted and replied "Well, what did you expect? Feathers?" -- Jim Coon Not just another pretty mandolin picker mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] If Gibson made cars, would they sound so sweet? My first web page http://www.tir.com/~liteways/ - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Found a CD that cannot be digitally recorded on MD
SSR asked: | What would happen if the record level on the masters from which the CDs | were pressed was set higher than the allowed threshold (ie, 'OVER' on my | 702's display) for CD media? At 01:05 PM 10/12/99 -0500, DWT wrote: Then the CD would have already been spoiled by clipping in the process of making a digital master for the CD, those passages would sound clipped when you listen to the CD, and a digital copy to MD at unity gain would faithfully preserve the sound as already clipped. As I've learned here, all digital media are incapable of representing amplitudes over 0 dB, and digital recordings must be scaled accordingly. Not necessarily. I have a few CDs which light OVER on digital record and then when played back. I suspect OVER just means the sample was +16383 or -16384. No audible clipping is heard. +16383/-16384 is not an invalid sample in itself. But obviously, unless the recording has been digitally scaled, it is likely that this sample value would mean clipping. -- Archer http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/6413/ End. - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
