Re: MD: Sharp MD-MS702 AC adapter

2001-07-16 Thread Peter Jaques
On 14 Jul 01, %l:51AM, Shawn Lin wrote: I bought a Radio Shack 4.5V 700mA adapter today. They didn't have 5V anymore. Even the adjustable ones skip from 4.5V to 6V. The problem with the one that I got is that it's fully regulated. The output is a perfect 4.5V at all times. Apparently

Re: MD: Minidisc.org manuals: GIF or PDF?

2001-06-21 Thread Peter Jaques
like to save some space). Rick - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Peter Jaques [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cs.oberlin.edu/~pjaques/ stop

Re: MD: recording at festival with MZ-R500

2001-06-18 Thread Peter Jaques
you'll need a microphone preamp for your 500. peter * Thus spake Jeffrey C Gunderman [2001-06-15]: I'm going to a large five day outdoor concert festival in July. I would like to record some or most of the shows I go to. I have a Sony MZ-500. Would I just plug the mic into the Line

Re: MD: DCC?

2001-06-07 Thread Peter Jaques
On 6 Jun 01, %l:28PM, Stainless Steel Rat wrote: You are mistaken if you believe that there is a 1,411,200Hz square wave stored on a DAT. All that is there is ones and zeros, which do form a square wave if you treated it as something audible (which it isn't) with an effective frequency

Re: MD: DCC?

2001-06-06 Thread Peter Jaques
wrote: Peter, you have some misinformation yourself, here. * Peter Jaques [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Tue, 05 Jun 2001 | for uncompressed 16 bit stereo pcm, you're essentially dealing with a | square wave of 16 bits/channel * 2 channels * 44100 Hz = 1411200 Hz. | that's extremely high to just spit

Re: MD: audition channel on sound cards?

2001-04-30 Thread Peter Jaques
I'm assuming you have a windows pc. if you have two sound cards, you can have different applications use different cards, thus keeping the websites' noise separate from the streaming you're doing. the streaming app should have a setting for which soundcard to use. it shouldn't matter what

Re: MD: . is MDLP worth the wait?

2001-04-16 Thread Peter Jaques
=== = NB: Over 50% of this message is QUOTED, please = = be more selective when quoting text = === depends on your use. if you want a portable

Re: MD: Shuffle on G750

2001-03-27 Thread Peter Jaques
well, 1,3,7,15,31 is (2^n)-1, though the rest of the pattern seems irregular. any ideas? peter On 27 Mar 01, 1:30PM, Peter Ravn wrote: I have tried with a disc with 58 tracks the order was always 1, 3, 7, 15, 31, 42, 41, 38, 25... and even if I first hear track 3 then the order will be the

Re: MD: recording to CD

2001-03-12 Thread Peter Jaques
in addition to the other suggestions, i find it helps to do NOTHING at all on my computer while transferring to HD. if i move the mouse too much, i can get little blips in the sound. and this is on a pretty quick machine (k6-2/500)... peter On 11 Mar 01, 6:32PM, Charles Redell wrote: it to

MD: mdlp for live recording

2001-03-10 Thread Peter Jaques
howdy, i'm thinking of picking up an mdlp portable recorder. i was wondering what experiences y'all have had using these for live recording. i'd do this kind of recording in sp mostly, but i'd like to have the option of lp2 in case i need to squeeze a little more onto the disc, or for things

Re: MD: Digital Conversion

2001-03-03 Thread Peter Jaques
My question, again, is this: isn't resampling equivalent, except for there being no analog travel in the middle, to DAC+ADC? no. resampling to a higher sampling rate (eg 32kHz-44.1, or 44.1-48) can be done with almost no degradation of quality. assuming a sound with no sound components above

Re: MD: Digital Conversion

2001-03-03 Thread Peter Jaques
On 3 Mar 01, 6:28PM, David W. Tamkin wrote: Maybe I understand part of it now: in an actual DAC+ADC passage, analog out- put has to come out of the DAC within the limits of its ability to generate the detail in the voltage changes, and the ADC has to read it within the lim- itations of its

Re: MD: Copying MD to CD - Hiss Between Tracks

2001-03-01 Thread Peter Jaques
sounds like you're recording from md to computer with an analog connection, and the hiss is coming in there. if you used a home md deck with digital output, went into the computer on a digital input (which probably means you'd need a new soundcard) i suspect this wouldn't happen. a simpler

Re: MD: Copying MD to CD - Hiss Between Tracks

2001-03-01 Thread Peter Jaques
On 1 Mar 01, 6:25PM, Edward wrote: Adaptec CD creator = 100 % SHITE Use something decent such as Nero. that's not a useful response to his question. the problem isn't the cd-burning software. - To stop getting this list send

Re: MD: Sharp MS702 Battery charging

2001-03-01 Thread Peter Jaques
i also had a hard time getting a battery to charge on my 702. i had a universal adapter tried both 4.5V 6V, but neither would work (6V would charge a little, 4.5V not at all). my 702 never complained about the voltage; it just didn't charge. then i added the 5V simple regulator circuit (see

Re: MD: mp3's on MD (was confused about something)

2001-02-28 Thread Peter Jaques
On 28 Feb 01, 8:15AM, Chad Gombosi wrote: If you for some reason, *must* use a digital conection, and the CD player won't jive with the digital out on the soundcard, then converting the tracks to .wav would give you far superior quality, and should bypass the problem. that is misleading.

Re: MD: recording direct from a phone

2001-02-28 Thread Peter Jaques
you can buy a device like this at radio shack (in the US). i don't know how well it would work with an ip phone, as i've never used one. peter On 28 Feb 01, 6:32PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have seen a mini disc used to record directly from a telephone and am trying to figure out what

Re: MD: timer juggling (was best portable player)

2001-02-20 Thread Peter Jaques
On 20 Feb 01, 11:16AM, John Small wrote: Yes, that's an interesting suggestion. I could purchase another Radio Shack timer and put the R50 on this ... ah, but nothing I see in the manual about time recording for the R50. Rats, if only the 510 sitting on my self was working (but if it was I

Re: MD: ATRAC Codec

2001-02-20 Thread Peter Jaques
On 19 Feb 01, 11:25PM, Matt Wall wrote: First off whoever wrote this codec, bravo to you. I love it and so far = sony wrote it. in this version, at least, there's no way to go above 132kbps. peter - To stop getting this list

Re: MD: timer juggling (was best portable player)

2001-02-20 Thread Peter Jaques
On 20 Feb 01, 8:24PM, John Small wrote: Thanks for the suggestion. The timer will only do 24 hours and not by day. I need to record two hours one day and two the next and I will have to turn both on at the same time as I'll be away during that time period from time to time. actually, i

Re: MD: ATRAC Codec

2001-02-20 Thread Peter Jaques
On 20 Feb 01, 9:24PM, Matt Wall wrote: OK so sony wrote this, does this mean according to this url http://www.minidisc.org/mdlpfaq.html#listen that they have now written 2, one for atrac3, an older version which for some reason they abandoned, and another newer one, from which they pretty

Re: MD: THIS is Going to be the BOMB

2001-02-19 Thread Peter Jaques
On 19 Feb 01, 8:03AM, J. Coon wrote: What company is that? WHen will it be produced? How can you put put 650 MB of data on a device that holds 140 MB and have it backward compatible? i don't know the answers to the first 2 questions. you can put 650mb on an MD2, which is a higher-density

Re: MD: best portable player

2001-02-19 Thread Peter Jaques
there are no mdlp portables for that cheap. it's a brand new product. peter On 19 Feb 01, 11:41AM, John Small wrote: I'm looking for a portable MD player that will do LP mode. The products I see are few and the price is high ... Frankly I think anything over $200 I consider too high for a

Re: MD: best portable player

2001-02-19 Thread Peter Jaques
On 19 Feb 01, 5:23PM, Mike Burger wrote: For a player? I think you're confusing the question with price of a recorder/player. The original question specifically noted player. he specifically asked for a player with mdlp capability.

Re: MD: More on CD vs. MD Sound Quality

2001-02-13 Thread Peter Jaques
i've had similar experiences with fairly simple music. on a recording of solo turkish ney (flute), there are a few moments where there is a very noticeable squeaky noise high above the instrument. i was surprised, since flute is an extremely pure sound, very close to a sine wave. on a recording

Re: MD: OT: DVD Resolution

2001-01-23 Thread Peter Jaques
On 23 Jan 01, 7:35AM, Steve Corey wrote: seems to behave the same way. Perhaps there is some sort of analog visual distortion that just looks good, in the same way that analog audible distortion sounds good. actually, the two biggest reasons film looks better both have to do with "analog"