Re: Minidisk to Mac

2004-06-01 Thread Kristin Dewey
I do that with SoundStudio, which seems to be working fine with X, by the way. I run my MiniDisc into the PB, record and convert with Soundstudio, and burn onto CD. I'm just thinking there might be a faster (Digital) way to transfer the analog minidisc onto my Mac, without having to record it i

Re: Minidisk to Mac

2004-06-01 Thread Thomas Ethen
Why can't you use the headphone jack on the Minidisk and run the sound into your Mac through a program like Coaster, which will convert it back to digital, which can then be saved to CD? Tom on 6/1/04 0:40, Kristin Dewey at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > With regard to a "cheap pc" for misc. non-mac

Re: Minidisk to Mac

2004-05-31 Thread Brian Scott Oplinger
With regard to a "cheap pc" for misc. non-mac stuff... What would be the minimum system requirements and software to look for, so one wouldn't be buying something too outdated to be useful? What would be the decent inexpensive used pc laptops to watch for? Or desktops for that matter? I have a good

Re: Minidisk to Mac

2004-05-31 Thread Kristin Dewey
With regard to a "cheap pc" for misc. non-mac stuff... What would be the minimum system requirements and software to look for, so one wouldn't be buying something too outdated to be useful? What would be the decent inexpensive used pc laptops to watch for? Or desktops for that matter? I have a go

Re: Minidisk to Mac

2004-05-31 Thread Brian Scott Oplinger
I have the newer USB NetMD recorder, and that too will not work with a Mac. I've even tried hooking it up using VPC 6.1 and Windows 2000 without any luck. My solution to get a $100 latop PC on eBay (Toshiba 266MHz Tecra 550) and use that for loading music onto my minidiscs. The icing here is

Re: Minidisk to Mac

2004-05-31 Thread Andrew
I have the newer USB NetMD recorder, and that too will not work with a Mac. I've even tried hooking it up using VPC 6.1 and Windows 2000 without any luck. My solution to get a $100 latop PC on eBay (Toshiba 266MHz Tecra 550) and use that for loading music onto my minidiscs. The icing here is

Minidisk to Mac

2004-05-31 Thread VicNaz1
Yes, if someone figures this out, either with some USB or Firewire option or using Optical cable, I'd love to know. I have a pre-USB Sony Minidisk unit that has an interface and also an Optical cable input but so far as I know I've never found a way to directly interface it with the Mac. That's