RE: MD: store MP3s for free?
I'll add www.freediskspace.com to that list - if you're willing to part with personal demographic information (not that I'm recommending that practice) you can get 300MB or more of free online storage. They've got a bunch of similar sites, all connected - www.freemp3space.com, www.freelinuxspace.com, etc. etc. Not affiliated, just a happy user G -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of J. Coon Sent: Friday, January 14, 2000 5:41 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MD: store MP3s for free? These sites might interest some people. I haven't tried them, and I don't know what their angle is, but they say they are free. http://www.xdrive.com/cgi-bin/signup_form.cgi https://ecom99.mp3.com/my?MyType=MyLogin The one says you can store anything you want. -- 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] - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: OT: Just got a message I sent to the list from two weeks ago...
Sorry to post an off-topic message, but I've just received a message in my inbox, that was sent to the list on 30/12/1999. AFAIK / can remember, it appeared on the list at the time. Has anybody else got this message sent to them, the date does clearly show as above. Anyways, I didn't send it personally, and I'm bemused by it - I keep up-to-date with virus signatures, as I have auto-update configured for my virus scanner's datfiles, so I don't think it's a virus. A bit of a mystery to me, and sorry if it has been received by others, but I haven't re-sent it. Cheers Neil ___ Visit Excite Shopping at http://shopping.excite.com The fastest way to find your Holiday gift this season - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: MD: optical cords!
Gary wrote: ... And if anyone tells you any different (i.e. an "Audiophile" magazine) you can be assured that they are lying to you in an attempt to become some sort of strange shaman or wizard of the audio world who can hear what you cannot, I suspect a lot of them are lying to themselves as well. People like to have an input. The "hard" viewpoint (to which I aspire) says digital is digital, the wires don't matter, the brand doesn't matter, we're constrained by the laws of physics - basically, it's a doctrine of despair. The audiophile is involved. Everything matters. You can make a real difference by balancing everything on spikes and using £100 per metre cables, colouring in the edges of your CD's. There's no end to the tips and tricks. Enjoy. simon - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: MD: DMX
=== = NB: Over 50% of this message is QUOTED, please = = be more selective when quoting text = === Hello Cool Guy (?) I have had the Terratec DMX for 2-3 months now. What would you like to know ? Regards, Tom Daniels = Original Message From [EMAIL PROTECTED] = Hey guys, I havent been on MD-L for a while but im bak. Great to see some old faces and new ones. I've got a question for all of you. have any of you tried the Terratec Soundsystm DMX. Is it a good card? If anyone can tell me about their experiences with it, I would greatly appreciate it. Ive seen online reviews and they dont help very much. I need some real world results. Thanks again Cool Guy "To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe." --Marilyn vos Savant - 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: DMX
Edward Nigma wrote: and new ones. I've got a question for all of you. have any of you tried the Terratec Soundsystm DMX. Is it a good card? If anyone can tell me about their experiences with it, I would greatly appreciate it. Ive seen online reviews and they dont help very much. I need some real world results. I don't own it myself, but the last things I heard about it were not very positive. The early driver releases were said to be quite buggy with strange control panel behaviour regarding digital recording/play- back and the SCMS settings. One or two advertised features weren't implemented. But you should probably check out one of the hardware newsgroups for the current situation. BTW, Hoontech sells a Yamaha soundcard with digital in/out bracket for a low price. Unfortunately no Linux drivers though. Alexander Dietrich -- | Alexander Dietrich | Norderstedt, Germany | | e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: MD: Hi-Space Disc Problems?
Based on postings over the months to this list, and from my own experience, it seems that most people experience a glitch with a disc from time to time, but there isn't any consistency with the brand of disc that gives the problem, be it cheap or expensive [with maybe the exception of Memorex, though I'm sure lots of people have no problems with them]. My Sony JE520 doesn't like some TDK JVC discs, which need an extra big push to get them to load, whereas others with the same machine swear by TDK and have encountered something similar with Sony discs. I would say that there are idiosyncrasies in the tolerances of each recorder, and that by and large the discs themselves are usually OK. I would stick with the cheapest / most attractive that work for your machine. John - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: MD: Hi-Space Disc Problems?
Based on postings over the months to this list, and from my own experience, it seems that most people experience a glitch with a disc from time to time, but there isn't any consistency with the brand of disc that gives the problem, be it cheap or expensive [with maybe the exception of Memorex, Yeah... the Memorex's have been particularly fragile in my experience, and generally unreliable under high-vibration recording conditions and high-impact storage and playback environments... I tend to make bootlegs of techno shows where the recorder gets bumped significantly, and I've found that Sony discs give me the fewest skips. Also, I listen to discs in a Sharp '702 that rides in my jacket or backpack pocket, and I also store discs there... they suffer a great deal of throwing around and dropping in an average day on campus. For me, the Sony Onyx and color collection discs are the most reliable. I've found that the metal shutters on the Hi-Space discs tend to get dented or bent, making them difficult to slide, whereas the thin, flexible plastic shutters that are on the Sony's return to their original shape after deformation and are *extremely* durable. discs themselves are usually OK. I would stick with the cheapest / most attractive that work for your machine. And for your application... for someone who handles their discs carefully, Hi-Space is probably a good bet... another question: does anyone have experience with the Axia discs from MiniDisco.com? The ones from Japan that have Hello Kitty or other cool designs on them? My girlfriend just purchased a 722 and is trying to figure out which discs to purchase. /Andrew - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: optical cords! Yes, there can be a difference.
There can indeed be differences in fiber optic cables. The question is whether or not these differences will affect the sound. (I worked in the telecommunications and broadacst industries for many years teaching, amongst other things, fiberoptics.) The differences between "quality" and lesser cables will usually be mechanical, but this is not limited to quantification of strength. The problem with cables of poor quality may be their alignment within the connector housing. If the cables are misaligned, then the level of optical signal will go down. At some point, when the received signal is attenuated far enough, the bit error rate (BER) of the signal begins to increase and artifacts begin to show up in the recovered signal. Exactly what the receiving device does with digital signals in which there is a significant BER, depends upon the digital circuitry within the device. Another issue is that the fibre simply does not make a close coupling with the receiving diode because it is too far back in the housing. One of the demonstrations I used was to slowly attenuate the optical signal by pulling the cable out and watching the BER meter, at the same as listening to the recovered audio. Indeed, at some point the audio will become distorted and eventually disappear. Now will this in reality affect your audio signal? Attenuation of the optical signal due to misalignment or poor coupling might be a problem, but at the distances involved in out systems, there is plenty of overhead and it shouldn't have any affect. Additionally we are talking about our multimode optical cable, and alignment is simply not as critical as with the long-distance, high-bandwidth singlemode cables that are used in the broadcast and telecom industries. If you are really anal about all of this, then run this test: play through the optical cable and listen carefully as you slowly pull the optical connector (either end will do) out of the receptacle. You will probably be able to get a tenth of an inch out before you begin to lose the signal, maybe more. If you are getting a signal when you start this little test and you can move the connector out even a little and still get a signal, then you have enough optical power getting to the receiver. If you are really, really concerned, then you can always clean the ends of the cable with denatured alcohol. (Send pictures - I'd like a good laugh.) What this all really means is that you shouldn't worry about it. Enjoy the music. Iechyd da (that's "good health" in Welsh), Grover Cleveland www.llareggub.com - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: MD: Hi-Space Disc Problems?
=== = NB: Over 50% of this message is QUOTED, please = = be more selective when quoting text = === Hi all, I have several Hi-Space disks. I have the red ones, the coloured ones and the blue 80 mins. They give no problem whatsoever for me, except for the 80 mins disks. The only unit that will read these is my JB920. My Car unit (Sony MDX-C7890R) and my portable (MZ-R30) won't read them ! A friend of mine has problems woth all Hi-Space disks in his stereo (also Sony) Kind regards, Tom Daniels = Original Message From [EMAIL PROTECTED] = So far I've used about 30 Hi-Space 74's (the red fruity ones) without a single problem. Then again none of my original Sony Black 74s (ten or so) have had probs and quite a few peeps have reported problems with them. I'm tempted to ask whether you're using a Sony MD unit or some dubious "other" manufacturer :-) Cheers, PrinceGaz -- "hey I'm not biased, I just happen to favor Sony MD stuff!" From: "Martin Schiff" [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have used about 20 Hi-space discs with no problems so far. -- Martin I've been using a lot of Hi-Space discs that I bought in quantity. I've not had any real problems, so far, although I've occasionally noticed that my MD recorder sometimes makes a very soft clicking or whining noise when I'm recording with them; it doesn't seem to do that with other brands. Within the last couple of days, I've heard from two different people that they have had problems with Hi-Space(unit won't read TOC, disc needs to be reinserted multiple times into unit before it will read TOC). Is this a coincidence or are other MD users familiar with problems using Hi-Space? Thanks. Chris Callahan - 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: Hi-Space Disc Problems?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been using a lot of Hi-Space discs that I bought in quantity. I've not had any real problems, so far, although I've occasionally noticed that my MD recorder sometimes makes a very soft clicking or whining noise when I'm recording with them; it doesn't seem to do that with other brands. Within the last couple of days, I've heard from two different people that they have had problems with Hi-Space(unit won't read TOC, disc needs to be reinserted multiple times into unit before it will read TOC). Is this a coincidence or are other MD users familiar with problems using Hi-Space? Thanks. I've got about 50 HiSpace discs, 30 of them are the cheaper red discs, the other are the colour discs. No problems so far. I've got about 20 Sony Premium discs and they are also functioning fine. The only unit that sometimes gives me troubles is the 7900R car-head. Both the Sony and the HiSpace disc give a problem when it's freezing outside. When the car is warmed-up, all works fine! Cheers, Ralph - Why pay more if you can get the same quality for less. -- === Ralph SmeetsFunctional Verification Centre Of Competence - CMG Voice: (+33) (0)4 76 58 44 46 STMicroelectronics Fax:(+33) (0)4 76 58 40 11 5, chem de la Dhuy Mobile: (+33) (0)6 82 66 62 70 38240 MEYLAN E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] FRANCE === "For many years, mankind lived just like the animals. And then something happened that unleashed the powers of our imagination: We learned to talk." -- Stephen Hawking, later used by Pink Floyd -- === - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: MD: DMX
=== = NB: Over 50% of this message is QUOTED, please = = be more selective when quoting text = === Does the digital I/O work? How is good is theAX and A3D compatability? Also does theSCMS work? And what is your overall impression of the card? Are the drivers godd and error free? Thanks CG At 02:42 PM 1/14/00 +0100, you wrote: === = NB: Over 50% of this message is QUOTED, please = = be more selective when quoting text = === Hello Cool Guy (?) I have had the Terratec DMX for 2-3 months now. What would you like to know ? Regards, Tom Daniels = Original Message From [EMAIL PROTECTED] = Hey guys, I havent been on MD-L for a while but im bak. Great to see some old faces and new ones. I've got a question for all of you. have any of you tried the Terratec Soundsystm DMX. Is it a good card? If anyone can tell me about their experiences with it, I would greatly appreciate it. Ive seen online reviews and they dont help very much. I need some real world results. Thanks again Cool Guy "To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe." --Marilyn vos Savant - 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] "To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe." --Marilyn vos Savant - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Audio Eccentricities [was optical cords!]
metatron wrote: I've read a few deranged magazine reviews reporting the 'openness', 'clarity' etc of different brands of optical cable, the superiority of expensive brands of MD and other foolishness, but given the cut and dried nature of digital equipment, I suppose there are very few areas left for really _creative_ reviewing compared with the uncertainties and idiosyncrasies of analogue. snip I'm sure many of you must remember colouring the edges of CD's green to do something or other with reflected laser light, but did you know that by using a purple marker on the prongs of your mains plug [and for the really enthusiastic, any plugs on the same circuit] could give awesome results? Given such a rich heritage, is it any wonder that reviewers can hear differences between two brands of cable? John [who is convinced that blue Sony MD's have a firmer midrange than any of the other colours] NO it's the gold ones. You are all wet behind the ears if you think its the blue Sonys that have that effect. Just kidding. It is amazing, the crap that these magazines will say to get people to buy the magazine. See, it is this way, if they say something controversial, even if it is completely false and outrageous, people will buy the magazine that don't know anything about how things really work, and then ask someone that knows a little more but hasn't bought the magazine. This person will then go out and buy the magazine so he can see what foolishness was written. They sell another magazine and its more $$ in their pocket. Besides, the guy probably had just bought stock in safety pins and magic marker industries. If anyone thinks they can hear the difference in two optical cables that is shorter than several miles, they are well they probably won't be able to read this anyway. :) Even at several miles, if it is digital they will sound the same. the only real difference it on one cable, you could make it longer before loosing the signal. -- 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: ATRAC-R and Laser Colors
ATRAC can never surpass CD quality since it stores less information than CD-DA. For the same reasons, equal quality is also theoretically impossible, and practically impossible without increasing the bit stream allowed (24-bits/sample I believe). Actually the amount of data stored on an MD could be increased by 8x without a blue laser, simply a slightly different red one. MD-Data2 uses the different laser and a smaller track pitch to achieve a 5x increase in disk capacity. Maxell has already prototyped a MD-Data that can store in excess of 1.5gigs of data. But in both of these cases they will (most likely) never be applied to MD audio because of fear that it would hurt the original MD format customer base. I think it would be a great idea, but I understand how it could potentially hurt MD's use in the US especially. The other problem faced by increasing just the size of the disc, is that you will have to record at 1x speed from most sources, except for the Sony CD-MD machine which would allow faster speeds (I doubt more than10x would ever be released for complexities sake). Companies like EDL offer a way for faster access and recording, but like alot of proprietary solutions, they priced their product to make a large profit off of a small user base, instead of the converse. So since at ~$8,000USD it is out of the reach of most people, it has not become a popular piece of software, and MD has suffered. If it had been cheaper then MDH-10/11 (MD-Data drives) would have been higher leading to increased production and possibly better drives in the future. My $0.02, RJ Kirkland Regarding MiniDisc compression, I see that now there is an ATRAC-R. How well does it rate as compared to earlier versions? Since MD's compression algorithm is constantly being upgraded, could MD one day be equal to or surpass CD sound? Also, I believe I read in the January/February issue of SOUND VISION that using a certain color laser (blue?) could practically quadruple the amount of data stored on an MD. Could this mean one of the following: (1) that MD could store the same amount of data as CD without compression, resulting in uncompressed, true CD-quality sound in the same amount of time? or (2) that using ATRAC compression, up to 4x the amount of music could be on one MD? If so, either could be a boon to the MD format! Jonathan C. R. Davis ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: MD: Hi-Space Disc Problems?
I have used about 20 Hi-space discs with no problems so far. -- Martin -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2000 6:26 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MD: Hi-Space Disc Problems? I've been using a lot of Hi-Space discs that I bought in quantity. I've not had any real problems, so far, although I've occasionally noticed that my MD recorder sometimes makes a very soft clicking or whining noise when I'm recording with them; it doesn't seem to do that with other brands. Within the last couple of days, I've heard from two different people that they have had problems with Hi-Space(unit won't read TOC, disc needs to be reinserted multiple times into unit before it will read TOC). Is this a coincidence or are other MD users familiar with problems using Hi-Space? Thanks. Chris Callahan -- home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] work: [EMAIL PROTECTED] URL: http://www.coldwatercentral.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: ATRAC-R and Laser Colors
From: RJ Kirkland [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 14, 2000 7:21 PM Subject: RE: MD: ATRAC-R and Laser Colors ATRAC can never surpass CD quality since it stores less information than CD-DA. For the same reasons, equal quality is also theoretically impossible, and practically impossible without increasing the bit stream allowed (24-bits/sample I believe). The quality of the sound *could* be increased with ATRAC to surpass CD quality. It is possible to store the same information by simply not storing what you don't need. Take this message you are reading for example. You can still read it, although it is now only 7 bit, despite the fact that before I sent it, it was an 8 bit message. The unused data was removed without making any difference to the used data. This means I now have 1 bit of data in which I can store something else. A CD is 16 bit and can store all frequencies between 0Hz and 22.05kHz. If I were to use a different method of storing the same data, it would still give the same end result. If this method allowed me to remove the inaudible part - the 0 to 20Hz range for example, I could then use this "spare data" to store something else. There's also another method of storing the same data in a smaller space : compression. If I take a sound file which is 44.1kHz in 16bit, the same as CD, and ZIP it with WinZIP, it occupies less space. If I did this with all the music from one of my CDs, I could probably copy those ZIP files onto another CD and fit two CDs worth of music onto it (although a normal CD player couldn't play it). I now have twice as much information stored on the same capacity disc. If the ATRAC system were improved enough, it is not inconceivable that it could eventually exceed CD quality. Magic -- "Creativity is more a birthright than an acquisition, and the power of sound is wisdom and understanding applied to the power of vibration." Location : Portsmouth, England, UK Homepage : http://www.mattnet.freeserve.co.uk EMail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Titling MDs
Originally, JCRD wrote:
+ Disc
+ Track A (track on a one-artist album); or
+ Track B (track on a various artist album)
Andrew Hobgood [EMAIL PROTECTED] responded with . . .
Elaborate... I've never seen/heard of a secondary track title that's
accessible on minidiscs... is this a shortcoming in my '702, or am I
misunderstanding your point? I only know of Disc Title and Track Title.
==
My apologies for this not being clear. Yes, there are only disc and track
titles, but I divided track titles into 2 groups: those titles on MDs by
one artist (type A), and those titles on MDs by various artists (type B).
For example, a movie soundtrack would generally fall under type B, as
many artists usually contribute. A possible track title -- usually the
song title in all caps, followed by the artist in mixed case -- could
read as follows: "COME BY ME / Harry Connick Jr."
However, a type A album would be your general one-artist album ("Hey,
have you heard this new album from ___?"). The titles are usually all
caps, as follows: "COME BY ME".
Is this any clearer?
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Re: MD: Audio Eccentricities [was optical cords!]
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On the other hand, there is no substitute for a good amplifier and speakers. The difference between my old Pioneer VSX-403 and my new NAD T760 is astonishing. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE4f76mgl+vIlSVSNkRAqnQAJ4wYBO/xbDD0Sih0QExi3CoVquaPACggZAw zsjyX++fQWvIOCh1t8Ocb3w= =iAuu -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- Rat [EMAIL PROTECTED]\ Do not use Happy Fun Ball on concrete. Minion of Nathan - Nathan says Hi! \ PGP Key: at a key server near you! \ - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: MDX-C670RDS manual?
Hi! I've browsed and searched trhough this list archives before buying MD equipment; both this list and the minidisc.org are great! I have been offered a used MDX-C670RDS at a reasonable (very) price, but problem is there's no user manual. I know it will be relatively easy to operate it, but I'm a RTFM maniac, and also would like to know about wired remote compatibility, possible add-ons (CD-Chargers, et al). There's any kind soul out there that could send me scans? It will be a nice addition also for the minidisc.org site! Thanks in advance, *---(*)---**-- Francisco J. Montilla System Network administrator [EMAIL PROTECTED] irc: pukka - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
