Re: Minidisk fun....

2004-06-06 Thread lily
that's good to know. I looked at one today and couldn't figure out why one would use it since it has mini plugs like the pismo. An Apple rep said it the new powerbooks didn't have mini plugs. So it does the plugs are better. AND it converts analogue to digital. And it works as an amp for stereo

Re: Minidisk fun....

2004-06-05 Thread lily
Setting aside the type of recording device, I'm trying to understand these interfaces - iMic and Hi-Fi Link. Apparently they allow you to translate from analogue to digital; upload from a recording device to a Mac through a USB plug without drivers. In addition, they process sound better than the

Re: Minidisk fun....

2004-06-05 Thread Tom Ethen
My iMic provides much better sound than the built in mini plugs in my Pismo and it also allows me to play directly from a turntable into the Pismo without a pre amp when I convert records to digital. Tom on 6/5/04 13:32, lily at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Setting aside the type of recording

Minidisk fun....

2004-06-03 Thread Run Vzel
If you were concerned with quality you wouldn't be using a minidisk in the first place. I have done this type of transfer with my Sony minidisk and the difference in quality is minimal from the original minidisk. I'm sorry. I believe you have made several incorrect assumptions. Oh, and :P. I

Re: Minidisk fun....

2004-06-03 Thread Tom Ethen
The quality of a Minidisk is less than the original CD and that difference is easy for me to hear, which is why I mentioned the quality issue. Tom on 6/3/04 1:04, Run Vzel at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you were concerned with quality you wouldn't be using a minidisk in the first place. I

Re: Minidisk fun....

2004-06-03 Thread lily
so what would you use for inexpensive sound recording in the field. Lily on 6/3/04 6:45 AM, Tom Ethen at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The quality of a Minidisk is less than the original CD and that difference is easy for me to hear, which is why I mentioned the quality issue. Tom on 6/3/04

Re: Minidisk fun....

2004-06-03 Thread Kristin Dewey
so what would you use for inexpensive sound recording in the field. I'd use a minidisc recorder hands down. I don't know about copying CDs onto minidisc, but recording live music on my Aiwa minidisc, either by microphone or plugged into a soundboard, is good enough quality for me. I'm not an