MD: . PC-based ATRAC3

2001-08-31 Thread Danny-K
Hello- Someone posted a link to the ATRAC3 codec the other day, so I downloaded and installed it. I've been converting using SoundForge5 and the save-as option. Saving as wav, while selecting the ATRAC3 option with 132 bitrate (105 for online stuff). Anyway. I don't know if it's better than

MD: SCMS question

2001-08-31 Thread Clinton, Martin
Last night I made a compilation CD on a Pioneer twin deck recorder for a mate of mine, using a number of Minidisc tracks. The first few were ANALOGUE copies of MD's as the MD's were digital copies of the original CD. The last few were digital copies (bringing my Sony MZ-1 out of retirement and

RE: MD: SCMS question

2001-08-31 Thread Simon Mackay
=BEGIN QUOTE= Last night I made a compilation CD on a Pioneer twin deck recorder for a mate of mine, using a number of Minidisc tracks. The first few were ANALOGUE copies of MD's as the MD's were digital copies of the original CD. The last few were digital

MD: MD in East Europe and carding

2001-08-31 Thread BurninSidy
As much as I know the MD is NOT dying here, in Europe. In fact I was pleased to see myself an improvement since the new MDLP series. London I heard to be the center of european MD universe, then comes Germany, then France. I live in East Europe, Romania, where one can find a lot of cheap korean

Re: MD: The dying MD format :-)

2001-08-31 Thread J. Coon
Here are some pictures of it. http://members.nbci.com/_XMCM/mercbenz1/maybach.htm It doesn't look anywhere near as bad as the Unimog http://members.nbci.com/_XMCM/mercbenz1/unimog1.htm Shawn Lin wrote: Oh man, I looked up this Mercedes and I have to say that it may be very luxurious, but

Re: MD: Rating Minidiscs

2001-08-31 Thread Eric Woudenberg, Minidisc.org Editor
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jinx) writes: Lets take a poll on favorite minidiscs. Can you all rate the following discs in order of quality? TDK I've always said buy the cheapest!, but I must admit to having a soft spot for the (old?) TDK blanks with the green rubber write-protect tabs. Does TDK

Re: MD: The dying MD format :-)

2001-08-31 Thread Ed Heckman
on 8/31/01 12:57 AM, Shawn Lin at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In my personal observations, MD is only a dying format in North America. Is it really any wonder? When was the last time you could find a decent selection of MD equipment? I currently have a Kenwood MD unit in my car. And I'd love

Re: MD: . PC-based ATRAC3

2001-08-31 Thread Steve Corey
=== = NB: Over 50% of this message is QUOTED, please = = be more selective when quoting text = === I don't know about soundforge's batch process

Re: MD: . PC-based ATRAC3

2001-08-31 Thread Deja Vu
Easy CD-DA Extractor (http://www.poikosoft.com/cdda/) seems to be able to do what you want theorically but in my experiences (i try to do the same) it makes Windows crash (i use W2K) Deja Vu __ Do You Yahoo!? Get email alerts NEW webcam

Re: MD: . PC-based ATRAC3

2001-08-31 Thread Matt Wall
i was the one that posted it, i personally use windac, has cddb support and can also rip entire cd's at a time. If you use an optical out with a good sound card on your computer to pretty descent system setup, the difference between mp3 and atrac becomes super big IMHO. however with most

MD: Yamaha MDX-793 MiniDisc Recorder

2001-08-31 Thread Chris Browne
You can see the internal layout and the manual (in text or html format) of the Yamaha MDX-793 MiniDisc Recorder at. http://www.geocities.com/groundnoiseindustries/index.html A similar copy is at MiniDisc.org. . . Thanks to them it is in HTML but I still perfer text only versions. . .

MD: No No No No No.. Instead, CD is the one going to die..

2001-08-31 Thread chaulsr
=== = NB: Over 50% of this message is QUOTED, please = = be more selective when quoting text = === There is nothing wrong with MD, nor MP3, IMO.

Re: MD: No No No No No.. Instead, CD is the one going to die..

2001-08-31 Thread las
chaulsr wrote: There is nothing wrong with MD, nor MP3, IMO. What's gonna change is the good old CD. Take a look at the market, we now have MD recorder, MP3 recorder, and even CD recorder, I'm not aware of any portable MP3 or CD records. There are internal and external CD

RE: MD: Rating Minidiscs

2001-08-31 Thread Rich
Heh... combining this thread with the one about US availability. If I go into Woolworths, Tower Records, Virgin, or many other places there are zip up MD wallets right next to the CD ones, bookshelf storage units, boxes, MD player pouches, and stuff like that. I can see why a lot of US