I know I can adjust the record level on the fly with my Sharp 831, but I'm
not sure what kind of lighting I'll have at the Red Hot Chili Peppers / Foo
Fighters concert I will be attending.
Bring a small red light source (a good LED keychain light works great), and
get a decent level during
OK, so I do some research and find out that this is a common problem with
the MD-MS702, which leads me to my questioncan anything be done about
this problem? Obviously I'm beyond the warranty period. Am I screwed?
Well, FWIW, if it's the standard optical-block failure on the 702, then
Can anyone on the list tell me where I can purchase Sharp spares ( i.e.
spare li-Ion battery for 701/702). Sharp-UK directed me to their
Minidisco.com sells high capacity Li-ion batteries for the 701/702/722 for
decent prices.
Not affiliated, just a satisfied customer.
/Andrew
1) I don't know of any device that can 'see how a chip worked'.
There are devices that allow you to reverse-engineer a chip through
physical means. You can literally shave off one thin layer at a time,
and use a high power microscope, and then apply image-analysis algorithms
to build masks
Which brings me back around to the original point that implementing real
time ATRAC in software on today's desktop is not going to happen.
Well, I think that there's a small qualifier here. I've been watching this
thread for a long time now, keeping my trap shut. What it comes down to is
Is this from experience or some other reason? I have a couple of flights
this week, both by Airbusses (A320/319) and would like to listen to my
MDs or at least take the opportunity to title my tracks.
I've listened to my MD on Northwest Airlines A319 flights with no problems.
They're just
Even if a high-speed ATRAC chip is used as opposed to software ATRAC, I
think the encoder would be better off at the PC end as this allows more
utilisation of the limited bandwidth USB ports.
Well, I'll just give my standard response to this sort of argument -- USB
is designed for
I stand corrected - it is not a laser. But the optical
networks are, right? Just a bit confused, that's all,
after talking to Nortel people.
Yes. Optical networks are usually either visible-red or infrared lasers
on specially formed fibers (multimode, graded-index, etc. to minimize loss
far
If that were the case, then you would be able to encode MP3 streams that
sound as good as ATRAC 4 (which they do not) in real time on your desktop
(which you cannot at this time). As I mentioned previously, a Pentium II
running at 400MHz is capable of turning SPDIF into 128Kbps MP3 in real
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Tape cassettes are virtually dead any more. Most of my younger friends
don't have a single tape playing device. The market is very narrow if
Ever look at a car? Most cars (in the US, anyway) have tape decks, and
*only* tape decks. Car CD players are
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an audiophile to appreciate a good sound. Probably a good reason why most of
them went about actually investing in MD's themselves 3#-)
After playing my '702 for a number of friends, at least 7 of them have since
gone out and purchased MD units (either 702,
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The subject says it all: am I the only person in the world -- or even
here -- that hates MP3? I mean, yes, it has definite advantages, such as
trying out music or getting it free by downloading; but I hate having to
depend on my computer so much. I think
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Could be the UTOC error, or maybe it needs a re-adjust...
Goto www.wood-soft.co.uk for that info ;) Follow link in bar to
MiniDisc's ;)
Wouldn't the UTOC error also manifest itself on playback as well? I've
already done the AUTO adjusts (AUTO1 and
I suspect this is nonsense. (sorry Andrew) You do have to sample the data to
get it into the digital domain, before you can process it. (Unless you are
going to do an ANALOG wavelet analysis - please supply diagrams)
IANAsignalengineer, but .. =) Yes, that might be total BS. I was under
Based on postings over the months to this list, and from my own experience,
it seems that most people experience a glitch with a disc from time to time,
but there isn't any consistency with the brand of disc that gives the
problem, be it cheap or expensive [with maybe the exception of
+ Disc
+ Track A (track on a one-artist album); or
+ Track B (track on a various artist album)
Elaborate... I've never seen/heard of a secondary track title that's
accessible on minidiscs... is this a shortcoming in my '702, or am I
misunderstanding your point? I only know of Disc
Syd -- just commending you... this is perhaps the most lucid e-mail I've
seen on this thread so far. =)
Also, this e-mail contains a lot of opinion and personal belief. If you're
prone to flaming replies, just delete this right now. Read only with an
open mind.
Sydtech said:
C'mon - if
In the U.S., we let wackos carry guns, we let hate groups babble on
incessantly, and we let home MD users record CDs they don't own. The
first two are obviously unethical, you think the third is unethical
and I don't. But all three are legal in the U.S. (unless the wacko
has a criminal
wrong + wrong right.
Someone is in a world of BASIC. =)
wrong + wrong != right.
*grin*
/Andrew
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C'mon guys, this is a MiniDisc list. We've all got minidisc stuff and I bet 99% of
you
have used it for unauthorised recordings. If we really want to enter the silly
season
Unauthorized doesn't mean copying borrowed material. When you purchase a CD
in the United States, you become the
i recorded a concert tonight on my 722, and 95% of the songs, the ones that
had heavy base were not recorded satisfactorily. ATRAC could not handle
heavy base: all parts with base sound like digital noise, which completely
drowned out all other frequency bands.
Very doubtful. I've
One more quick message. If you're interested, you've got 24 hours to
win a Sharp MD-MT831 from ESM. You can enter as many times as you like at
http://www.erzone.net
Does registering multiple times with the same information change our chances
of winning?
/Andrew
I just suddenly remembered something about digital sound data - the MSB is a sign
bit. If you imagine a sine wave being fed into a system that chopped the MSB, i
would turn into an 'm' shape. and it still wouldn't clip.
Are you sure? That format of the data depends entirely on the
| No, the LSB gets dropped and you still end up with a signal that will not
| overflow the register. All that happens is you lose the extra 1 bit
| resolution from the LSB end.
And this is significantly different from "clipping" in what way? Loss of
data is loss of data, no matter how
Its about double still, so NZ$60 for a 4mb stick that holds less than one
mp3 at a decent recording rate... yuck.
Easy solution --- *koff*koff* Don't use mp3's. =)
/Andrew -- oh god, getting into this arrow business, but a MiniDisc zealot who
greatly dislikes the audio quality
its test mode that I was hoping some of you could answere for me. First of
all is there anything even semi usefull or entertaining that you could use
Sure... I've used my '702 test mode to change the bass boost settings to higher
values. =)
/Andrew
This is interesting. Do you have any information regarding why this was
done? Did they do it specifically to get the "vinyl sound," or was the
original master tape lost or somehow destroyed?
Capitol Records never released the first 3 Kraftwerk albums on CD, just
because they were too
Finally, judging from my youngest daughter, prerecorded MDs are going to have to
have all of the "packaging" and art work that comes with a CD. I keep telling my
daughter not to buy so many CDs. Split them with her friends and I'll "burn"
copies for her.
Nice to know that the parents of
Your theoretical numbers kind for remind me of a sign I once saw. "If you can't
dazzle them with brilliance. Baffle them with Bull Shit".
What I showed you aren't bullshit numbers, but proven theories regarding
signal processing. If you can represent the full range, the "warmth" of the
I know that this is going to sound stupid to most of you. But I still question
using digital storage to store analog information. Sound is analog. At some
point in the process you are going to have to convert analog to digital.
Very true... the only issue is that as soon as you try to
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