MD: MD in the media: MacIntyre Undercover

2001-05-08 Thread pacopepe


Hi,

I don't know if this was pointed when it was originally
broadcasted (this are old news, from Dec 1999), but just in case...

I recently watched a documentary of the MacIntyre Undercover
Series (BBC), About the 419 Nigerian Scam (for the curious about what's
this, more on
http://www.lineone.net/express/99/11/28/news/n3020fleece-d.html) 

This reporter usually carry covert equipment, usually
micro-cameras, to record his undercover meetings, and on that specific
documentary what looked to me like a Sony MZ-R30 appeared clearly several
times, to record phone calls, meetings, etc. 

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MD: MD in the media: MacIntyre Undercover

2001-05-08 Thread pacopepe


Hi,

I don't know if this was pointed when it was originally
broadcasted (this is rather old, from Dec 1999), but just in case
nobody noticed...

I recently watched a documentary from the MacIntyre Undercover 
Series (BBC), about the 419 Nigerian Scam (for the curious about what's
this, more on
http://www.lineone.net/express/99/11/28/news/n3020fleece-d.html) 

This reporter usually carry covert equipment, usually
micro-cameras, to record his undercover meetings, and on that specific
documentary what looked to me like a Sony MZ-R30 (maybe R35?) appeared
clearly several times with great detail to record phone calls, or with
civert setups to record meetings, etc.

cheers,

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MD: MD adoption vs MP3 etc

2001-05-08 Thread john . h . rolt


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Just occurs to me that one possible factor for USA having adopted MP3
rather than MD, but the other way round here in the UK, is our slowness in
getting broadband internet available. This means that we don't have the
same convenient access to Napster et al (unless for instance we download
MP3s at work through a high-speed connection). So we put up with real-time
transfer from CDs etc. to our beloved MD, and reap the quality benefits
while we're at it.

Never thought I'd say it, but thanks British Telecom!

Just my 2d worth (that's old pence).

Regards, John ('scuse corporate gibberish)


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Re: MD: MD in the media: MacIntyre Undercover

2001-05-08 Thread pacopepe


Oops, sorry for the duped posting, thought amulation.org didn't
exist...

greets,

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MD: SP/DIF from Dell Inspiron 8000? (And old Acorns)

2001-05-08 Thread Robin Landy


I'm finally thinking about replacing my 7 year old Acorn RISC PC* 
with a shiny new laptop, and am looking at the Dell Inpsiron 8000. 
Anyway, I've heard that it's possible to get an SP/DIF output from it 
- possibly by sticking some sort of adaptor on the SVideo port 
(or something). Is this true, and can I adapt it to a regular optical 
out connection which I can plug into my Sharp 831? 

*For the benefit of non-Brits, Acorn is a (now defunct) computer 
manafacturer, who started producing RISC based computers in 1987, 
running a superfast, super-reliable, super-easy-to-use (mostly 
hand-coded in pure assembler) operating system called RISC OS. (its 
so efficient, in everyday operation, my 40mhz, 10mb Acorn still does 
most things faster than the 700mhz PCs at uni, and its so 
stable one user reported 7 YEARS without a crash). However, 
I need to replace it due to compatibility issues. For those familiar 
with chip designers ARM ltd, it was Acorn who designed the original 
ARM chips, and ended up spinning off the company as a separate 
entity. Fortunately, ARM had somewhat more business savvy than Acorn. 
 
Robin.


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RE: MD: Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon

2001-05-08 Thread DANNY-K



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hello-

if you're short on cash (like myself), i suggest having a look around on
half.com. i can refer you if you like and you'll get a $5 off coupon. I buy
almost all of my music from there now.

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 * Stuart Howlette [EMAIL PROTECTED]  on Mon, 07 May 2001
 | When I have as much money as an unemployed voluntary worker it becomes a
 | problem

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Re: MD: MD acceptance...

2001-05-08 Thread Timothy Stockman


I've seen the hype about the MDS-LSA1.  It may be a product ahead of its time...
Also, it seems to be marketed in Europe only (I'm in the US)..

The market they seem to be aiming at is the (future) home stereo market where
most audio a video components are digital, with firewire interface.  Although it
could be used with a computer (most would need an add-on firewire adapter).
It also looks like its physical shape would not lend itself to easy placement in
most computer setups (maybe under the monitor???).

If they wanted the killer product, I would think they should make a small
portable recorder with a USB interface.  (USB has a larger installed base than
firewire, at this time).  HHB does make such a recorder for professional use.
I'm not sure about exactly how the USB interface works (is it *native* with
flow control and bidirectional or is it just an add-on packaged in the same
enclosure as the MD).


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Re: MD: SP/DIF from Dell Inspiron 8000? (And old Acorns)

2001-05-08 Thread Simon Gardner


  I'm finally thinking about replacing my 7 year old Acorn RISC PC* 
 with a shiny new laptop, and am looking at the Dell Inpsiron 8000. 
 Anyway, I've heard that it's possible to get an SP/DIF output from it 
 - possibly by sticking some sort of adaptor on the SVideo port 
 (or something). Is this true, and can I adapt it to a regular optical 
 out connection which I can plug into my Sharp 831? 

Yes - you get a device that plugs into a port on the side and gives you S-Video, 
Composite and S/PDIF audio. If you use a converter such as the Midiman CO2, you can 
convert it to optical that will be suitable for your 831.

The plug-in thing with the S/PDIF is standard on all Inspiron 8000s as far as I know.

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Re: MD: Re: Emphasis

2001-05-08 Thread Eric Woudenberg, Minidisc.org Editor


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 On MD, bit 0 of the TOC entry of a segment is set to 1 if the segment is
 preemphasized.  Preemphasis isn't needed these days, so it's highly unlikely
 ever to see that bit turned on.

It's also possible that in modern MD gear the de-emphasis step is done
prior to, or during, the ATRAC encoding stage. In this case the MD
unit would not display PREEMPHASIS in the indicator even if the CD was
encoded with it.

Rick

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MD: problem with the sony md r900

2001-05-08 Thread Federico J Windhausen


Hi all

I have a problem with my new Sony MD R900. When recording with a mike, I 
can hear what it's recording through the headphones and I can see that the 
counter is ticking off when I've begun recording. But I can't hear a thing when I 
try to play back what I've recorded. I found another reference to this problem on 
the web, but no solutions. Can anyone help?

Thanks,
Federico

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Re: MD: Fw: Vaio

2001-05-08 Thread Dan Frakes


Francisco J. Huerta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This is not an argument to start a fight.

Then maybe you should have not posted this? ;)

Sorry, but I work with both systems, and I get tired of PC-centric people 
doing flawed comparisons. The entire evaluation you conducted was 
flawed, since you evaluated PowerBooks using PC users. Of course they 
are going to dislike the interface and have the problems you menioned, 
just as a company full of Mac users is going to dislike the Windows 
interface and have technical problems with Windows if you use them to 
evaluate Wintel laptops. The simple truth is that people are 
comfortable with what they learned, and a change will almost always be 
met with resistance, especially in the beginning.

BTW, the death blow being end users complaining because they couldn't 
open exe files received through email? ROFL... about the only executable 
files people receive through email are virii and joke programs. Hmmm...

Database problems, and PC-specific software -- now there is a reason that 
I can understand -- that is a logical reason to go with a Wintel PC. But 
the other reasons...

A Mac is a good, albeit uncompatible, out of standard (and in many 
cases out of touch) computer.

Sorry, but that is just incorrect. If you mean incompatible with a few 
PC-only applications, yes. But the Mac is just as standards-compliant as 
any Windows PC, cross-platform compatible, and hardly out of touch. LOL 
 And in terms of software availability, apart from a few high-end 
databases and CAD applications, pretty much anything you can do on 
Windows you can do on a Macintosh (although WebObjects is better than any 
PC-only solution). And in some industries (graphic design, education, 
multimedia) a good argument can be made for the opposite conclusion -- 
that the PC is 

You want to use PCs, or Macs, that's great. But let's drop these flawed 
well, I did an evaluation arguments -- let people go try a computer on 
their own, armed with facts. These my computer is better than your 
computer for these reasons mailing list debates are so... 1980s ;)
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Re: MD: Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon

2001-05-08 Thread Stuart Howlette


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 * Stuart Howlette [EMAIL PROTECTED]  on Mon, 07 May 2001
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Re: MD: SCMS and Microphone Recording

2001-05-08 Thread Stuart Howlette


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Hmm, still not quite there mate, its that its on MiniDisc, so it cannot be
copied again, remember, it has an ADC, so it gets converted to digital, then
cannot be copied.
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 John Salomone wrote,

 | Ok gang, what's the deal here?  I've bootlegged several shows recently
using
 | my Aiwa AM-F70 and my Core Sound mics and battery box.  I use the
line-in
 | setting since I have the powered mics.  I guess this constitutes a
digital
 | input then?

 No, it's analog, unless you were using a digitizing microphone (which for
all
 I know doesn't exist) or had an in-line ADC between the microphone and the
 recorder.

 | I can only assume so since I can't make digital copies of the recordings
 | (SCMS prevent).

 Are you positive that SCMS is the reason?  Microphone input should be laid
 down as SCMS-penultimate just like any other analog source digitized by
the
 recorder's on-board ADC.  The F70 doesn't have digital output; what other
 unit are you playing the discs on to try to make a copy by digital
transfer?
 Maybe it's malfunctioning.  More likely your inability to copy has nothing
to
 do with SCMS.

 | So if I use the mic settings to record will it be a different story
(i.e.
 | it will be a SCMS-free recording)?

 It will be SCMS-penultimate.  Recordings on MD, DAT, CD, or DCC are never
 SCMS-free; the bits are always there and they have to be set to some
value
 or other, whether that setting is to allow one generation of further
copying
 (which I prefer to call SCMS-penultimate), unlimited generations
(SCMS-unlim-
 ited), or no further copying (SCMS-final).  Computer sound files and
analog
 storage don't have SCMS information; when they are copied to a digital
audio
 format that implements SCMS, the SCMS bits have to be set somehow, usually
to
 penultimate.

 |   I guess the next question is what are my best SCMS stripping options?
I
 | don't want to mess with building the elektor kit.  Must I wait until I
get
 | my new computer and do this on CD-R using the Sony PCS-1 link?  But
doesn't
 | this yield an anlog copy anyway, something I can already do with MD to
MD.

 If your computer has a soundcard with digital inputs, and you have an MD
unit
 with digital output, you could rip digitally to the computer.  Since
computer
 sound files do not support SCMS information, you'd avoid interference from
 SCMS without needing to go analog.

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Re: MD: problem with the sony md r900

2001-05-08 Thread Stuart Howlette


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I know this may be a presumption on my behalf that you haven't looked at the
obvious things (sorry if I have), but were u on record/pause without taking
the pause off? Probably not, but to find the the answer to a problem, the
best way is to start from the ground upwards.

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 Hi all

 I have a problem with my new Sony MD R900. When recording with a mike, I
 can hear what it's recording through the headphones and I can see that the
 counter is ticking off when I've begun recording. But I can't hear a thing
when I
 try to play back what I've recorded. I found another reference to this
problem on
 the web, but no solutions. Can anyone help?

 Thanks,
 Federico

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Re: MD: Fw: Vaio

2001-05-08 Thread Francisco J. Huerta



 Then maybe you should have not posted this? ;)

 Sorry, but I work with both systems, and I get tired of PC-centric people
 doing flawed comparisons. The entire evaluation you conducted was
 flawed, since you evaluated PowerBooks using PC users.

Then you missed the whole point of the evaluation.. I wanted to have a
hybrid network at my office. I wanted to give Macs to people at the web
design department; these people have used PCs all their lives. I really,
truly wanted to give Macs a chance; I figured, if Macs are as good as people
say they are, everyone will want to switch.

Not to mention, Macs were cheaper than the PCs. They were until we factored
in the cost of the software necessary to coexist with the PCs at work.

 Of course they
 are going to dislike the interface and have the problems you menioned,
 just as a company full of Mac users is going to dislike the Windows
 interface and have technical problems with Windows if you use them to
 evaluate Wintel laptops.

Maybe they'd like Windows better =) No, really! I attended a System X
seminar with a bunch of Windoze geeks, and the presentation guy almost
walked away, because he always said now, System X can do THIS! and we
always countered Just like Windows!.

Seriously, the techie guy at Apple that was assigned to us accepted that
Macs had fallen way behind in their GUI, and that just lately they begun
catching up with Windows. Don't blame me, they were the ones who accepted
it.

 The simple truth is that people are
 comfortable with what they learned, and a change will almost always be
 met with resistance, especially in the beginning.

True. That's one of the reasons we didn't buy the Macs after all; people
wanted to work, not to learn a new system. The other major reason was that
we have been let down way too many times by Apple in the past. We still have
28 Macs lying around that Apple couldn't and wouldn't fix (Apple Mexico,
that is). Just the facts.


 BTW, the death blow being end users complaining because they couldn't
 open exe files received through email? ROFL... about the only executable
 files people receive through email are virii and joke programs. Hmmm...

Ahem... ever heard of C++ files? We use those all the times as macros. True,
people could always learn whatever scripting language Apple offers, or
re-compile their apps in System X. Not worth it.

 Sorry, but that is just incorrect. If you mean incompatible with a few
 PC-only applications, yes.

With a few PC apps? Sorry, but I could only find Macromedia and some Office
stuff. Our database won't run on Apple (Progress). Our ASP won't run on a
Mac (Citrix). Nor the clients for those apps. Sun and Windows NT will. This
is enterprise stuff, not the apps you would run on your home-home office.

 You want to use PCs, or Macs, that's great. But let's drop these flawed
 well, I did an evaluation arguments --

Because if we continue with them, people will notice the computer is not the
goal... it's the tool to get there. Had I started a network from scratch,
probably Apple would have prevailed (I'd still need some Sun servers, but
then again, who doesn't? =)

Sadly, someone mentioned wanting to replace a PC laptop with a PowerBook...
i just explained how I tried to do the same, and the reasons why I failed.
Nothing else, nothing more.

Take care!

Francisco.

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Re: MD: SCMS and Microphone Recording

2001-05-08 Thread dattier


| Hmm, still not quite there mate,

Howlette, your condescension is inappropriate.  Even if you were right and I
wrong, it would still be rude.  Talking down at someone when you're wrong and
the other person is right -- as is the case here -- is even worse.

| its that its on MiniDisc, so it cannot be copied again, remember, it has an
| ADC, so it gets converted to digital, then cannot be copied.

You are 100% wrong about that.  If that were true, it would be impossible
ever to make a digital copy from a MiniDisc under SCMS.  Perhaps you believe
that it is, but in actual reality it isn't.  I've done it many, many times.

The facts are that analog input digitized by the recorder's on-board ADC is
laid down as SCMS-penultimate, and one generation of digital recopying is
allowed under SCMS.  If one were foolish enough to route the analog signal
through an outboard ADC, the ADC's digital output would probably be SCMS-pen-
ultimate; then the recording would be SCMS-final and one really couldn't make
a further copy of it digitally, but that isn't the case here.

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MD: Nashua MiniDiscs

2001-05-08 Thread KVE


Has anyone tried Nashua MDs? I just found this place:
http://store.yahoo.com/soundtract/minidiscs.html. Anyone bought from
them? How are the discs? Bad, good, worth buying, etc?

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Re: MD: SCMS and Microphone Recording

2001-05-08 Thread Stuart Howlette


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What the hell has crawled up everyones ass and died recently, the term not
quite there mate was meant to be an addition, not talking down at someone,
and sorry for being wrong, maybe ure not human, maybe ure some artificial
intellifence that never makes a mistake. Dont be so patronising and
condescental yourself, I admit I am wrong, but there is no need to rip my
head off for it, admit it, ure human, u've made mistakes, or are so
infallible that a mistake would override your system in make it crash and
bring you down?

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 | Hmm, still not quite there mate,

 Howlette, your condescension is inappropriate.  Even if you were right and
I
 wrong, it would still be rude.  Talking down at someone when you're wrong
and
 the other person is right -- as is the case here -- is even worse.

 | its that its on MiniDisc, so it cannot be copied again, remember, it has
an
 | ADC, so it gets converted to digital, then cannot be copied.

 You are 100% wrong about that.  If that were true, it would be impossible
 ever to make a digital copy from a MiniDisc under SCMS.  Perhaps you
believe
 that it is, but in actual reality it isn't.  I've done it many, many
times.

 The facts are that analog input digitized by the recorder's on-board ADC
is
 laid down as SCMS-penultimate, and one generation of digital recopying is
 allowed under SCMS.  If one were foolish enough to route the analog signal
 through an outboard ADC, the ADC's digital output would probably be
SCMS-pen-
 ultimate; then the recording would be SCMS-final and one really couldn't
make
 a further copy of it digitally, but that isn't the case here.

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Re: MD: Fw: Vaio

2001-05-08 Thread Chad Gombosi


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Date: Tue, 08 May 2001 08:44:10 -0700


Francisco J. Huerta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 This is not an argument to start a fight.

Then maybe you should have not posted this? ;)

Sorry, but I work with both systems, and I get tired of PC-centric people
doing flawed comparisons.

I too work with both systems (I was the one who started this Vaios are crap 
thread btw). I have a Win 98 PC at home, and work with top of the line Macs 
at work every day.

The real reason I started this crap though wasn't to compare the OS, but 
rather the *hardware* itself. I was mearly stating that Vaios, and Sony 
things in general are much more remarkable in terms of design, and inovation 
that reliability.

For example, late yesterday at work we got our newest Mac. A 766 mhz G4 with 
1 GB of RAM, and a DVD-R. Yes, it rocks in a box as you might have guessed. 
The suck thing is that we bought a nice new Sony 21 monitor to go with it 
and guess what? It's defective. Every once in a while you get a shakiness 
that looks like a monitor just after it de-gauses. If you hit the POS, the 
problem goes away.

This reminds me of back when I worked selling computers, and we had this one 
guy return 3 Trinitrons before he got one that worked to his satisfaction. 
Some may say he was picky, but I would be too if I was dropping $1000 on a 
monitor and I got it home and it was blury, or it was impossible to get a 
square image.

A Trinitron in working order is one of the best monitors around, but they 
also have a hidious falure rate. My friend bought a Dell a while back (also 
much better made than Sony most of the time, regardless of OS) and the 
thinly disguised Sony monitor it came with died after about 9 months. No 
picture at all.


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Let me explain a couple of things. Time is short. That's the
first thing. For the weasel, Time is a weasel. For the hero,
Time is heroic. For the whore, Time is just another trick.
If you're gentle, your Time is gentle. If you're in a hurry,
Time flies. Time is a servant, if you are its master. Time
is your god, if you are its dog. We are the creators of Time,
the victims of Time, and the killers of Time. Time is timeless.
That's the second thing. You are the clock, Cassiel.

Emit - Far Away So Close

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Re: MD: Fw: Vaio

2001-05-08 Thread Chad Gombosi


Not to mention, Macs were cheaper than the PCs. They were until we factored
in the cost of the software necessary to coexist with the PCs at work.

 

What? Macs cheaper than PCs? What *are* you talking about? Macs have never 
been cheaper than PCs, and they sure aren't now. I wish they were or a 
wouldn't be using a home built AMD machine at home.

Chad Gombosi
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Chad's Game Music Page www.chadsgamemusic.com
MP3.com page: www.mp3.com/signofzeta

Let me explain a couple of things. Time is short. That's the
first thing. For the weasel, Time is a weasel. For the hero,
Time is heroic. For the whore, Time is just another trick.
If you're gentle, your Time is gentle. If you're in a hurry,
Time flies. Time is a servant, if you are its master. Time
is your god, if you are its dog. We are the creators of Time,
the victims of Time, and the killers of Time. Time is timeless.
That's the second thing. You are the clock, Cassiel.

Emit - Far Away So Close
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Re: MD: Fw: Vaio

2001-05-08 Thread Francisco J. Huerta



 Not to mention, Macs were cheaper than the PCs. They were until we
factored
 in the cost of the software necessary to coexist with the PCs at work.
 
  

 What? Macs cheaper than PCs? What *are* you talking about? Macs have never
 been cheaper than PCs, and they sure aren't now. I wish they were or a
 wouldn't be using a home built AMD machine at home.

800 MHz PIII, 64 MB RAM, 10 GB HD, 15 in. monitor: 1,200 USD.
400 MHz Ruby G3, 64 MB RAM, 10 GB HD,  built in monitor: 900 USD.

Those were the list prices our distributors (HP and Apple) gave us
(remember, in Mexico). I know, I know. There are cheaper PCs. But we cannot
switch brands or use clones, at least until next year (sigh).

Francisco.

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Re: MD: LP to MD

2001-05-08 Thread JT


On 4 May 2001, at 7:00, Jim Coon wrote:

 
 What are some of the ways to copy LP to MD and flter scratches and
 clicks?  

This is a guide to LP-CDR, so you need a computer, but if your 
soundcard has a digital out, I'd assume you could easily do the 
same with MD.

http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~abcomp/lp-cdr.htm

HTH.
Josh
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