MD: CompUSA deal on Sound Foundry Software
Hi all, I know this is not MD topic, but thought all of the MD to CDR fans would be interested in this. At the local (Beachwood, Oh.) CompUSA, they have a Sound Foundry bundle for an incredible price of $7.88. The bundle includes Sound Forge XP4.5b, along with Sound Foundry ACID loop maker. Sound Forge XP4.5b is a scaled down version of the Sound Forge Pro version that costs hundreds of dollars. For transferring MD to hard disk and ultimately CD audio, the program works great. Sound Forge XP has compression (called dynamics). It has has very detailed editing features. I highly recommend the program. The Sound Foundry ACID program enables you to make music loops using pieces parts. The musical styles are definately more rock and industrial styles. Not my personal favorites, but for the job, does an excellent job at making background musical loops for presentations or background for radio stations etc. FYI, Jerry -- Jerry Jelinek [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: md and pc question
"Joe Murdy" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm totally blind and looking for a good way to title minidiscs. I use a screen reader called Jaws for Windows with Windows 98. Any body know of any good titling programs out there. I use martin Danek's fine Winremote program.Once the program is setup, you can get titles from CDDB for CDs, and you can cut and past raw text from other sources, along with manually typing in titles via a keyboard. Martin also does a fine job of supporting his product. The only drawback is it only uses Sony decks via the IR input. Hope this helps, Jerry -------- Jerry Jelinek at work via OS/2[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://junior.apk.net/~centaurs - My Favorite Web Links This project is so important, we can't let things that are more important interfere with it. (Advertising/Marketing manager, United Parcel Service) - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: mz-r30 vs. sharp 702 ( long post)
Michael Hooker [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: i recorded my first concert with my new sharp 702. any experience or ideas in using the sharp effectively are appreciated. Mike, I'm writing this without reading about 4 or 5 MD digests, so the answer to your problem may have been resolved by now. I know that is a mortal sin in listserve communities, but heck I just blew off about 5 digests that had nothing to do with MD so I'll probably end up in purgatory instead of hell. Ok, I've used the 702 and Core Sound Mics for many concerts over the last 2 years. Have had nothing but great results with the setup. For louder jazz concerts (~90-110db) I use the mic input on the 702 and have the level set around 9 out of a possible 30. For softer jazz concerts, I'll be in the 12-15 range. For very small classical string ensembles I'm usually set at 15-20. Any only once did I have to get into the 20-25 range and that was a solo piano and solo violin recital I attended. As Martin had suggested, check the power of your battery. That is the most likely cause of the low volume. As far as clicks or pops in the recording, I've not noticed anything in mine. The Sharp 702 that I have has a known artifact that when your changing the recording level from above '18' down to or below '18', the machine will drop out of recording for about 1/10 of a second. You get a very nice blank space in the recording. :( That has been documented before. I'm just very careful when I have to record softer events. Hope this helps, Jerry Jerry Jelinek at work via OS/2[EMAIL PROTECTED] FOR SALE: Complete set of Encyclopedia Britannica. 45 volumes. Excellent condition. $1,000.00 or best offer. No longer needed. Got married last weekend. Wife knows everything. - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Name Full!!!
"Steven Brooks" [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Let's see... if you had songs like that (40 characters long, including apostrophes and spaces) on an MD, you would have to title 42.5 songs, a feat few Md-er's have achieved up until now... Well I regularily have 40-50 tracks per CD. In fact I fit 5 complete mono jazz LPs on 1 minidisc earlier this year. If I remember it had over 60 tracks on the disc. But the 40 limit is nothing new to me for the number of tracks on a disc. One of the biggest features on MD for me is mono recording for old mono jazz LPs. FYI, Jerry -------- Jerry Jelinek at work via OS/2[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://junior.apk.net/~centaurs - My Favorite Web Links "..I wasn't meant to be a bandleader. I don't have a personality and I'm not good looking and I don't have all the things that go to make a glamorous bandleader." - Stan Kenton around 1938. - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Looking for the right MD Deck.
brent harding [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Any decks with multiple analog inputs?... I'm not aware of any with multiple analog inputs. For switching of multiple analog sources, I'd go to Radio Shack and get an analog A-B switcher for stereo switching. If you want multiple digital inputs, Sony has them. My JB920 has 2 coax digital and 1 optical digital inputs. It also has optical and coax digital outputs. Hope this helps, Jerry Jerry Jelinek at work via OS/2[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://junior.apk.net/~centaurs - My Favorite Web Links "Our next song is "Angels We Have Heard Get High"." "Don't let worry kill you--let the church help." - from actual church bulletins - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: Family Archives on Minidisc
Someone last week had mentioned using the MD format for recording family members talking. I want to thank that person. About 12 years ago, I had recorded my grandmother talking about your childhood etc. on betamax video tape, then transferred that to cassette tape. A quality result was generated in that. But this year at the US celbrated Thanksgiving, I brought my trusty Sharp 702 along with my Core Sound Binaurual Mics over to my parents. While my father and aunt leafed over pictures, lots of family stories came up and of course all of this dialog is now archived on MD!! I strongly encourage EVERYONE to do something similar over the holiday season. If you're like me, hearing your family members discuss family history is really informative and fun. As always, MD continues to amaze me in all of its functionality. Jerry Jerry Jelinek at work via OS/2[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://junior.apk.net/~centaurs - My Favorite Web Links "Our next song is "Angels We Have Heard Get High"." "Don't let worry kill you--let the church help." - from actual church bulletins - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Transferring MD to CD
"Martin Schiff" [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Is there any software out there that makes it easier to transfer a MD to a CD including splitting the tracks on the CD to match the MD?. Martin, I have a similar setup to yours. A Sony JB920, Sharp 702, Sound Blaster Live with Hoontech Dig I/O board. I agree it is a tedious process to take a MD and burn a CD from it. I'm not aware of any software that would automatically create seperate wav files for each track on the MD. Ideally, if the computer could read in the MD while it is playing and create seperate wav files automatically for each track, that would be great. From previous discussions on the MD Listserve, I seem to recall a conversation that the DIG I/O boards on the market, somehow strip the bit which sends a track mark. Even if the track mark were sent, the software reading the digital data would have to create seperate wav files after each track mark. I also recall hearing from an add for the DAT Store about a Marantz Pro CD burner that would accept track marks from a digital source (MD or CD) and place the track marks accordingly. I can neither confirm or deny this product. Hope this helps, Jerry -------- Jerry Jelinek at work via OS/2[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://junior.apk.net/~centaurs - My Favorite Web Links "Our next song is "Angels We Have Heard Get High"." "Don't let worry kill you--let the church help." - from actual church bulletins - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: concert recording
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: i recorded a concert tonight on my 722, and 95% of the songs, the ones that had heavy base were not recorded satisfactorily. ATRAC could not handle heavy base: all parts with base sound like digital noise, which completely drowned out all other frequency bands. That sounds more like a problem with the mics you were using. I do a lot of concert archiving in classical and jazz events and have been extremely satisfied with the recordings I've made. I'm not into heavy bass oriented rock concerts, so I can't offer direct help. But both Core Sound and Sound Professionals offer mics with bass roll off. That might help you out, Jerry Jerry Jelinek at work via OS/2[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://junior.apk.net/~centaurs - My Favorite Web Links "During the absence of our pastor, we enjoyed the rare privilege of hearing a good sermon when A. B. Doe supplied our pulpit." - from an actual church bulletin - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: Trouble with MD Digests???
Hi all, I subscribe to the MD-L in digest form. Today something rather wierd happened. I received about 6 or 7 old digests with dates from July and August. Did anyone else get these old digests? Is the digest version a bit messed up? Jerry Jerry Jelinek at work via OS/2[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://junior.apk.net/~centaurs - My Favorite Web Links "..both IBM and Microsoft insist that the 'desktop platform of the nineties' will be a 386 or 486 PC with at least 4MB of memory and a 60MB hard drive, running the 32-bit OS/2 version..."-PC World Jan. 90 - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Streaming audio?
"Colin Burchall" [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Remember when we used to be able to run useful programs within the 5KBs of a VIC-20, or the 32KBs of a ZX Spectrum? Hopefully, those days and the programming philosophy that went with them are coming back! That is not part of the philosophy that so many programmers have grown up in. See me sig. Sorry for the serious OT post. Jerry -------- Jerry Jelinek at work via OS/2[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.afn.org/~afn25841/ipl/iplsum.html - IPL Web Page http://junior.apk.net/~centaurs - My Favorite Web Links "The total job will be in the software, and we'll be able to write big, fat programs. We can let them run somewhat inefficiently because there will be so much more horsepower that just _sits_ there." Bill Gates in 1981; first issue of PC Magazine. - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Re: A couple of questions from a new 702 user...
Regarding mono recording on the 702: On last thing: I noticed (again in the manual) that it states that mono recordings made on the unit won't play in other units. This statement is incorrect. I regularily record in mono on my 702, both from digital and analog inputs. I have not had one problem in playing a 702 mono recorded disc on a Sony 510, Sony JB920, Sony MZ-E40 or another Sharp 702. This is both contrary to what I've heard about the MD standard and what I've witnessed playing mono (and mono/stereo mix) discs in my two Sony units... Are there any MD units out there that *won't* play mono discs? I'm not aware of any units that will not play mono discs. From memory, the mono playing is part of the MD standard going back to the begining. FYI, Jerry Jerry Jelinek at work via OS/2[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.afn.org/~afn25841/ipl/iplsum.html - IPL Web Page http://junior.apk.net/~centaurs - My Favorite Web Links "Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein." - Joe Theismann 1996 - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Are there any other titling options?
"Mitch P." [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Anyone know of other easier ways to title a minidisc? I love my minidisc player, but titling letter by letter by letter gets old real quick. The MDS-PC2 may be too expensive for me to buy. Any other options? Thanks, Mitch Mitch, I have a Sony deck and Martin Danek's Winremote program works great in Windoze 95 land. I highly recommend the product and Martin's fine support. From memory the total cost is around $60 with shipping from Europe to USA. I don't have the URL for Martins page handy, but check the MDCP. It is referenced on that. Jerry -------- Jerry Jelinek at work via OS/2[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://junior.apk.net/~centaurs - My Favorite Web Links "Our next song is "Angels We Have Heard Get High"." "Don't let worry kill you--let the church help." - from actual church bulletins - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
