Re: MD: MP3?

2000-01-27 Thread J. Coon
that works with explorrer, but the netscape plugins take over before the expplorrer ones do. :( [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Does anyone know how to get Winamp to play MP3 with Netscape 4.7? > everytime > > I try > > it, cressendo starts up instead. > > It depends what OS you're using, but wi

Re: MD: Using a Timer with Sony MDSJE530

2000-01-27 Thread J. Coon
Brent Harding wrote: > Because there are no physical switches to put it on record before it does > it, so when the timer turns power on, there is no way I know of to do it, > unless you use expensive equipment that I don't know about or use that > would send some kind of tone to make a recorder

Re: MD: Using a Timer with Sony MDSJE530

2000-01-27 Thread J. Coon
Brent Harding wrote: > do you just plug the power cord into the timer, and plug that in to > the > wall? yep -- Jim Coon mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] If Gibson made cars, would they sound so sweet? My first web page http://www.tir.com/~liteways

Re: MD: Mics

2000-01-27 Thread Chris Carfagno
Hello: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In a message dated 1/26/00 7:51:43 PM Central Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > /|\/|\ Right. It could also be caused by "brick walling" the mic input, where > the signal coming into the mic input is so high that it is completely > distorted. No ad

Re: MD: Sharp 702 battery won't charge

2000-01-27 Thread Stainless Steel Rat
* Ken Cotton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Thu, 27 Jan 2000 | Please don't tell me I should have bought a Sony :-) Nope. Buy a new battery. -- Rat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>\ Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball. Minion of Nathan - Nathan says Hi! \ PGP Key: at a key server near you! \ --

Re: MD: Recording lectures????? Neec cheap mono microphone...

2000-01-27 Thread J. Coon
Magic wrote: > From: Peter Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > I was woundering if anyone could > >recommend a microphone for recording speech, remembering how far away > >you can be from the speaker. > > Make 'em yourself! :o) > I've just built a set of stereo mics from part in a Maplin catalogue, a

Re: MD: MP3?

2000-01-27 Thread Akaray84
> Does anyone know how to get Winamp to play MP3 with Netscape 4.7? everytime > I try > it, cressendo starts up instead. It depends what OS you're using, but with Windows 9x you have to open up a folder in Explorer (C:\ will work) and click View --> Folder Options, then select the File Typ

Re: MD: Mics

2000-01-27 Thread Brent Harding
They don't likely want you pluggin in because they need all the channels on the board they use, and an extra minidisc, if someone else doesn't know that's in charge, would likely be a pain. Just one more thing the sound guy would have to worry about, that's all. At 10:08 AM 1/27/00 +1100, you wro

Re: MD: Using a Timer with Sony MDSJE530

2000-01-27 Thread Brent Harding
=== = NB: Over 50% of this message is QUOTED, please = = be more selective when quoting text = === Because there are no physical switches to put i

MD: Sharp 702 battery won't charge

2000-01-27 Thread Ken Cotton
Delurking to ask for help... My 702 will not charge it's dead battery. Unit is probably 2 years old. At least 90% of the time I run the battery down completely before recharging. I have the add on disposable battery pack and the unit works fine with it. Could it be the charger or an internal gli

Re: MD: Using a Timer with Sony MDSJE530

2000-01-27 Thread Brent Harding
=== = NB: Over 50% of this message is QUOTED, please = = be more selective when quoting text = === do you just plug the power cord into the timer,

Re: MD: DIY Microphones

2000-01-27 Thread J. Coon
These will work too https://catalogue.maplin.co.uk/products/browse/drillframe.tpl?cart=949024897728402 I am a little surprised that the frequency response isn't a little better though. I would expect them to go up to 16 kHz or 20 kHz before cut off. They still get the sound but it is at least

RE: MD: Will MD Survive? / CD copy protection

2000-01-27 Thread Rick Pali
From: Alexander Dietrich > What's interesting is that the article says ALL CD > players display a runtime of 28 seconds. So > apparently you not only lose the ability to play > the CD from your PC, your Hi-Fi CD player looks > pretty dumb as well. And the site says the protection is completely

MD: MP3?

2000-01-27 Thread J. Coon
Does anyone know how to get Winamp to play MP3 with Netscape 4.7? everytime I try it, cressendo starts up instead. -- Jim Coon mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] If Gibson made cars, would they sound so sweet? My first web page http://www.tir.com/~liteways ---

Re: MD: mini disc advertising (was hating mp3)

2000-01-27 Thread Robert Torres
>At 14:37 +1000 27/1/00, Doug, Judy & Jeremy Watt wrote: >belive it or not, Sony does actually advertise the Mini Disc over here in >Oz. I gota admit though that the ads are really strange and very obscure, >I'm not sure it's really what they need. No explanation of the general >capabilities, t

Re: MD: Recording lectures????? Neec cheap mono microphone...

2000-01-27 Thread Magic
From: Peter Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: MiniDisc List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2000 9:26 PM Subject: MD: Recording lectures? Neec cheap mono microphone... >Hya All, > >You may remember me from such posts as. Anyway... ;) I'm going to >Staffordshire university (in

Re: MD: DIY Microphones

2000-01-27 Thread Magic
From: J. Coon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2000 1:13 AM Subject: Re: MD: DIY Microphones > Do they show a frequency responce curve? I've managed to find these specifications from the Maplin website which are the same capsules I have. Type EM-60B is

Re: MD: DIY Microphones

2000-01-27 Thread Magic
- Original Message - From: J. Coon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2000 1:13 AM Subject: Re: MD: DIY Microphones > > I know that by increasing the value of the capacitor I can reduce the bass, > > but is there a way to boost the treble slightly? >

Re: MD: mini disc advertising (was hating mp3)

2000-01-27 Thread PrinceGaz
Hi Robert, If thats the same ad we saw in Britain with the guy with a pigeon on his head I certainly think the genius behind it deserves reasonable payment for his workj -- a bullet in the brain!!! I can say I am staggered by how many guys in their late teens, or twenties here in Britain are aw

RE: MD: Help required / souncard issue

2000-01-27 Thread Martin Schiff
Thibault, Your thoughts are correct. Transferring data from a minidisc deck with optical out to a soundcard with optical in is as good as any other way, and better than some. Someone on this list just advertised a Sharp MD-R2 for $120 which is a great deal and it has optical in and out. Then jus

MD: MP3 -- Am I the only one who hates it so?

2000-01-27 Thread J. C. R. Davis
Says Craig Bernard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: // begin quote: First off, I'd like to apologize to Mr. Davis for the "he (or she)" remark. With the initials, I wasn't sure and I thought it would be better to be safe than sorry. // end quote: Bah! There is no need to apologize for that. How could you

MD: Sony/Palm Deal?

2000-01-27 Thread J. C. R. Davis
This notice came from the e-mail newsletter Palm Weekly, for Palm organizers: 4- Sony and Palm Deal What do you think of the new Sony and Palm deal? Was it smart of Palm to sign a deal to incorporate the Sony Memory Stick technology into future Palms? Let u

MD: Labels

2000-01-27 Thread J. C. R. Davis
Says Matt Wall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: // begin quote: . . . i was wondering if anyone has found a way to get the labels off the md, i dont wanna have 5 labels on top of each other or wreck a md by using a razor blade or something like that on it. // end quote: I'm not sure what sort of MDs and la

RE: MD: labels

2000-01-27 Thread Craig Goligowski
I use the removeable 3.5 disk labels sold at most office supply stores. I use a template in MS publisher spliting the lable in half. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Matt Wall Hopefully this will be a simple question for someone to answer

RE: MD: Using a Timer with Sony MDSJE530

2000-01-27 Thread Wilhelm Hummer
> I guess it's obvious that a cassette would work in this way but I am not > clear that an MD necessarily would. The 530 is designed to work in > conjunction with a timer but does anyone know if it works in the same way? > It seems logical that it should but I suppose it could do something less >

MD: Help required / souncard issue

2000-01-27 Thread Lescuyer, Thibault
Hello, as nobody answered my question I could either assume it's a stupid question, or it does not fit your concerns at all. I will anyway follow advise of old friend Confucius, the silly guy is the one who does not ask... The question was (I've not solved it for monthes, but now I want to invest

MD: HI-SPACE Minidiscs

2000-01-27 Thread Cassette House
Hi Folks, We have just gotten in HI-SPACE minidiscs. Here are the prices: Prod.Code Description Price 5+ - --- - -- MD74HS01 5 Pack, HI-SPACE MD74 Minidisc$8.25 $7.95 MD80HS01 5 Pack, HI-SPACE MD80 Minidisc

MD: Recording lectures????? Neec cheap mono microphone...

2000-01-27 Thread Len Moskowitz
Peter Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You may remember me from such posts as. Anyway... ;) I'm going to > Staffordshire university (in England) next year (which means I'm gonna > have to give up IRC :~(), I was woundering if anyone could > recommend a microphone for recording speech, r

Re: MD: Mics

2000-01-27 Thread Len Moskowitz
~Zach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > /|\/|\ Right. It could also be caused by "brick walling" the mic input, where > the signal coming into the mic input is so high that it is completely > distorted. No adjustment of the recording level (automatically or manually) > will fix this problem. /|\/|

Re: MD: URL for md blanks

2000-01-27 Thread brynmore williams
regarding cheap blanks. I found this site; can't remember where i got the url from, and i have never used them but their prices seem low. http://www.tapeworld.com/products.htm#mini also http://www.minidisco.com has a wide range of blanks. Peace, brynmore _

MD: Timer recordings

2000-01-27 Thread Joost de Meij
Hi all! >On my 520, there is a switch for the timer position. If youhave it in that >position, and you connect a timer, it will record when you aren't there. I >haven't really experimented with it. THe instructions are a little vague. Just set the start and ending time on the timer, then

MD: FS: Sharp MD-R2 Player/Recorders

2000-01-27 Thread Michael Cheney
I have two brand new, never been opened, Sharp MD-R2 minidisc player/recorders. (We over bought.) You can have one for $125 plus shipping, you can have both for $240 plus shipping. E-mail me privately for more information. Michael --

Re: MD: Recording lectures????? Neec cheap mono microphone...

2000-01-27 Thread J. Coon
Peter Wood wrote: > , I was woundering if anyone could > recommend a microphone for recording speech, remembering how far away > you can be from the speaker. Get a stereo mike and you can record in either stereo or mono with it. Stereo will be better because you will be able to hear the speaker

Re: MD: opinion wanted

2000-01-27 Thread Neil
On Wed, 26 Jan 2000 12:38:41 EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I would like to know if anyone "out there" can give an opinion on whether an > MD recorder/player (preferably a portable one) is available ("for sale") that > will allow the user to "punch in" or "input" a track number (or son

Re: MD: Using a Timer with Sony MDSJE530

2000-01-27 Thread Ian Horsey
Hi Ian I have a Sony JE520, and I use it in the way you describe. I have an industrial digital controller / timer, and I can use this to set loads of on/off timings. When the 520 is switched to Record Timer mode, it will automatically find the last track on the MD and start recording after tha

Re: MD: Recording lectures????? Neec cheap mono microphone...

2000-01-27 Thread Ian Horsey
Peter Wood wrote : > Qulity isn't really that important, as I plan to MD them (in Mono) and > then MP3 them. I don't want to spend an arm and a leg, so under £20 > (yeah cheap scate I know, but I'm gonna be a student). Sensitive mono > microphone plugged into Sharp 722. I think you've got the w

Re: MD: portable with direct track selection (was opinion wanted)

2000-01-27 Thread Alexander Dietrich
David W. Tamkin wrote: > The Aiwa AM-F70 comes close: while one track is playing, you can use its > Search function to go through the titles and numbers of all tracks with the > jog dial, and when you see the one you want displayed, press Enter to skip > to that track. That's what the R30's jog

Re: MD: Linux S/PDIF soundcard

2000-01-27 Thread Bert Konstantin
Have a look at http://www.rme-audio.com/english/digi32/digi32.htm The RME Digi32 is discontinued, so maybe you can get it very cheap. I have no idea if it can copy bit by bit. Bert - To stop getting this list send a message contain

Re: MD: Linux S/PDIF soundcard

2000-01-27 Thread Ralph Smeets
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > What the heck does "bit by bit copy" mean? > > Check de.comp.audio for details. > > With MD bit to bit copy is not possible, when you are recording, since MD > compresses music, but if you use your MD-recorder as A/D-converter, it could > be important. > > Let's

Re: MD: bit-for-bit copy via S/PDIF (was Linux S/PDIF soundcard)

2000-01-27 Thread Bert Konstantin
Hi Timothy, that is very interesting what you wrote. So you work with the DIO 2448? > 2) Hardware/software resolution. From what I see on the 'scope, the MDS-PC2 > always puts out 20 bit resolution. The motherboard S/PDIF always outputs 16 > bit. The DIO 2448 can output/input16 or 24 bits.

Re: MD: MD - PC integration

2000-01-27 Thread John Graham
=== = NB: Over 50% of this message is QUOTED, please = = be more selective when quoting text = === >From: "Timothy P. Stockman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: MD: Labels

2000-01-27 Thread Keith Wilson
If you remove a label, it is possible to remove all the crap and glue from the MD using any household polish. I know this sounds weird, but all the glue and paper soak up the polish and using a cloth or tissue will wipe the stuff off. It takes a while, but if you can be bothered, then you can