Re: MD - MD dubbing, my experience has actually been with burning onto MD a
copy of another MD which was digitally (optically) burned from a CD. I've
done this a couple of times (original CD unavailable).
Obviously SCMS did it's job well (curse it!) and prevented digital recording
with a nice "impossible" message. So we burned the copy by a reasonable
quality analog connection, my friends portable (MZR 30 I think) recording,
my JE 520 deck playing (from memory). You'd think the result would be
awful. But it wasn't/isn't. it was a bit quieter than the original MD
copy, but sound quality wise I couldn't tell a difference when played back
on the same deck. i still listent o those MDs. One was mono, so sound
quality isn't such a big deal anyhow.
By contrast another time I experimented recording from my portable E 25 to
the JE 520. The result wasn't awful, but it wasn't great either - I've
concluded this is because of the lack of a line out on the E25.
Now while we're on the subject of MD to MD dubbing, if you have two decks
with difference ATRAC, say one with ATRAC 4.5 and one with ATRAC R (or ATRAC
3 vs ATRAC 4.5), is there any consenus as to which should be recording and
which should be playing?
My understanding is that even with digital connections, the music still gets
compressed on it's way "out" of the playing deck and compressed on it's way
"in" to the recording deck. With analogue you are also dealing with A D/A
converter and an A/D converter.
My rule of thumb is that when dubbing betweem different machines, the best
machine should be playing, because that creates the best source for
recording. Anyone? - Is this right? Or doesn't it matter?
richard
Richard Lang
Duncan Cotterill
Christchurch, New Zealand
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I've noticed HMV.com selling some of their selection MiniDisc format,
which leads to an interesting question (either that or it just shows that
I don't RTFM enough). If I have an MD deck with a digital out and try
record to my MZ-R50, I know I can't record digitally from an MD that is a
copy of a CD. Can I record from a store-bought MD to a blank MD without
SCMS getting in my way?
Yes you can. SCMS lets you make a digital copy of an original, but not a
copy of that copy. Your original in this case is the MD you bought in HMV,
so it will be quite happy with you copying it.
Will there be a significant amount of
degradation?
Define significant. There will be degredation, but how much and how
noticeable depends how sensitive your ears are and on what is in the music!
Some types of sound degrade more quickly than others but I would be
surprised if you notice it. It may even be less degradation than when you
record CDs.
I know
that this would cause degradation, but does anyone know if this would
cause unacceptable degradation in the sound quality?
Again, define unacceptable. I think it's fine, some people wont even notice,
others will treat it like a criminal act if they can't hear an ant fart 200
miles away over the top of a heavy metal band.
Is it something that
someone would even notice?
Possibly, it depends on the music. Having noticed it, would it really bother
you? I've noticed very small differences between original CDs and copies
done digitally on the JB930, but it doesn't bother me because unless I
really listen for it I wouldn't have even noticed.
Magic
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