MD: Question answered, and many thanks

2001-08-29 Thread Denise Christiansen
Thank you to all that responded to my question regarding mic levels. Especially the explanation of the "gear change". I had experienced some blanks spots in the early seconds of recordings, and didn't know why. I DO have the manual for my MD, but find it totally inadequate in explaing the wh

Re: MD: question

2001-07-21 Thread Jen Abildsoe
Hi, I have the mt77 and as far as I can tell the AD-PCR2 is an accessory kit that was released in Japan that allows you to transfer sound and title information from your computer to the minidisc player. The only place that I have seen selling it is Hyp

MD: question

2001-07-21 Thread Jenny Stenberg
Hello, I have a couple of questions that seem to be hard to be answered by electronic shops in Sweden. I hope you can help me!! At Sharp MD-MT77 is written "can interface with a computer via USB connection kit (AD-PCR2), allowing track and title management and automatic label printing of a MiniD

MD: Question about CD and md

2001-04-06 Thread Brent Harding
Are there any good CD changers that will crossfade two songs between disks? I heard of some setup that two CD changers were hooked to a computer some how with a box connecting to their remote in jacks, wherever the stuff came from, that did it, but I believe the software was DOS based. Is there a

RE: MD: Md question, Uk residents

2001-03-14 Thread Gerard Naude
The sharp mt-77 has an usb link, that the Sony models lack (correct me if I'm wrong)...Which is useful for me, cause I need to do some recordings from different pc's sometimes, and the sound cards on those are not always reliable. Thanks Gerard Naude E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > I live in

MD: Md question, Uk residents

2001-03-13 Thread Gerard Naude
Hiya all.. I'm going over to the UK for a holiday pretty soon. My question is: Is the sharp mt-77 available in the shops in London? I know it is a strange question, but I want to know if I should hold out until my holiday before I buy a new MD recorder. If you have seen one, did you see a price?

Re: MD: Question for Don

2001-02-16 Thread Don Capps
From: "James Jarvie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I have three questions for you Don, and please don't take this as any sort of criticism or sarcasm, because it's not meant that way (though it may sound it). No problem James. But thanks for the qualifiers. > 1. It's apparent that you are very fond of

MD: Question for Don

2001-02-16 Thread James Jarvie
> Here's where we part company. You would never now > the difference between my > Expanium playing MP3 files and my Expanium playing > the original CD. I > guarantee it. Inferior sound quality? Nope. Not at > all. But then, don't > believe me. Just burn a CD full of MP3s and borrow > an Expanium.

Re: MD: Question for Don

2001-02-16 Thread Mike Burger
James Jarvie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Also, just to weigh in on the previous debate. Yes, I > have a computer. No, I cannot burn CDs (older > computer not fast enough - can't afford / justify the > cost to get a new one). Still, I think if we are > going to debate this issue, that it must

Re: MD: Question for Don

2001-02-16 Thread Michael Burger
=== = NB: Over 50% of this message is QUOTED, please = = be more selective when quoting text = === I considered that, but chose to challenge it, i

Re: MD: Question for Don

2001-02-16 Thread Michael Burger
Why is that? You don't feel that a person who took the cost factor into account in his own deliberation should not allow that same cost factor for others? On Wed, 14 Feb 2001 20:54:28 -0500, las wrote: > >Mike Burger wrote: > >> In other words, you really can't take the cost factor into consid

Re: MD: Question for Don

2001-02-16 Thread Don Capps
From: "Mike Burger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > In other words, you really can't take the cost factor into consideration for your personal debate, and then decry the same factor in the overall debate. Mike...I think the use of the word "doesn't" was a typo and he meant to say that such extra costs sh

Re: MD: Question for Don

2001-02-16 Thread las
Mike Burger wrote: > In other words, you really can't take the cost factor into consideration for > your personal debate, and then decry the same factor in the overall debate. > What Surely the above statement has no meaning in reality.

Re: MD: playback only in left ear (was "MD question")

2000-12-29 Thread Sh0rTy515
i figured it out guys.. thanks for all the help... i got a streo cable! -WiLL HuLL - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: MD: playback only in left ear (was "MD question")

2000-12-29 Thread Michael Burger
I don't believe you can. Can you rerecord the recording, using a stereo cable instead of a mono cable? On Fri, 29 Dec 2000 11:03:59 EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >hey, thanks for your help, > it seems that the cable i am recording with only has one of those black >bands. my next question

Re: MD: playback only in left ear (was "MD question")

2000-12-29 Thread Sh0rTy515
hey, thanks for your help, it seems that the cable i am recording with only has one of those black bands. my next question is... how do i get the music from the left ear phone to play in both earphones. thanks, WiLL

Re: MD: MD question

2000-12-28 Thread J. Coon
record in stereo with a stereo mike. http://www.tir.com/~liteways/Mandolin.html#Microphone [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hey all, > it seems when i record a mini disc, the music only plays out of one of > the ear phones, the left one. is there a way to make play out of both? > >th

MD: playback only in left ear (was "MD question")

2000-12-28 Thread David W. Tamkin
Will asked, | it seems when i record a mini disc, the music only plays out of one of | the ear phones, the left one. is there a way to make play out of both? First check the earphones in another piece of equipment and make sure that the right side is working. For the rest of this post, l

MD: MD question

2000-12-28 Thread Sh0rTy515
Hey all, it seems when i record a mini disc, the music only plays out of one of the ear phones, the left one. is there a way to make play out of both? thanks, WiLL HuLL - To stop getting this list send a mess

Re: MD: question..

2000-10-22 Thread Michael Burger
=== = NB: Over 50% of this message is QUOTED, please = = be more selective when quoting text = === Nope...the only way I've seen is to play the mu

MD: question..

2000-10-21 Thread bios
I am new to the minidisc scene.. I was wondering if there is a way to "dump" files from a computer to a minidisc w/out having to play the entire track.. like for example from mp3, aif or wav to md.. thanks!! also.. I just got a sony mz-r70 .. I was wondering if that is a good player/recorder...

Re: MD: Car MD Question

2000-08-28 Thread Raymond West
Hi Chris, > that those wireless things that broadcast a signal to the car radio are > terrible; I don't want to use one of those. > Why not just change the radio /cd player to a cheapo radio/cassette player. Some now have a 3.5mm jack socket for a cd or md input and you could dispense with

MD: Question for Hi-Space and MPO media.

2000-08-28 Thread Peter Forest
Hi everyone, I have an opportunity to have a special interview with David Marchal Marketing Manager for MPO Media. So, you are free to ask me any question that you want me to ask him about MPO, Hi Space Minidisc... I will publish this interview with all your questions (and mine) on my website a

MD: Car MD Question

2000-08-26 Thread DoctorWu51
I currently listen to MD in my car with a Walkman-type player hooked up with one of those adapters for the cassette that looks like a cassette tape with a wire on it. My wife's car has a CD player only, no cassette. At our house, we buy a new car every five years or so; my wife, naturally, g

Re: MD: Question about Minidisc Noise and Microphones

2000-08-03 Thread J. Coon
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The buzzing noise is > perfectly in tune with the acceleration of the car. Is this normal > interference or what? I do not hear the noise while using the radio alone. > Is there anything I can do to prevent it or lessen it? I did not hear the > noise at all while usi

MD: Question about PC Link with Minidisc

2000-08-03 Thread MarkPregen
Hello, I have been trying to use my Sony MZ-R70 with the PC Link. Everything appears to have been setup just fine according to the instructions (USB drivers installed, etc). However, when I finally push record on my minidisc and try to push play on my media player (winamp or napster), the p

MD: Question about Minidisc Noise and Microphones

2000-08-03 Thread MarkPregen
Hello, I just bought a Sony MZ-R70 minidisc recorder. It seemed that everything was going fine, but when I tried playing a minidisc in my car using the Sony DCC-E34CP car battery cord with car cassette adapter, I noticed that while driving, everytime I pushed on the gas to accelerate, I woul

Re: MD: question on end search

2000-05-13 Thread J. Coon
Richard Huggins wrote: > > Nevertheless, I think it *can* become 2nd-nature to owners to press the h%$@ > out of End Search---after recording, before recording, after playback in > fact, it MUST become 2nd-nature, it seems. Not if you also have a Sony deck that has automatic END SEARCH.

Re: MD: question on end search

2000-05-13 Thread David W. Tamkin
Graham Baker asked, | Almost always, the outcome is that no-one can come up with any valid reason | for the ES button... | I wonder when Sony are finally going to admit to this ridiculously bad | design error and produce a portable with automatic end search, to match all | their MD decks? When

Re: MD: question on end search

2000-05-13 Thread Richard Huggins
Having seen now how end search "works," I am prompted to agree with what many of you feel...End Search may be one of the worst-implemented ideas Sony ever has had, at least in the incomplete and non-logical way it functions. Geezhow much harder would it have been to have added some measure of

Re: MD: question on end search

2000-05-13 Thread Graham Baker
G'day David, As a long time MD-L contributor you would know how often this thread crops up... Almost always, the outcome is that no-one can come up with any valid reason for the ES button... I wonder when Sony are finally going to admit to this ridiculously bad design error and produce a portable

Re: MD: question on end search

2000-05-12 Thread David W. Tamkin
Richard Huggins asked, | I don't understand, I guess. I have two desktop MD components and one | player-only. So I'm in the dark about end search. But...are you all saying | that if your recording portable is in the STOPPED position, it STILL will | overwrite material if RECORD is pressed? Yes,

Re: MD: question on end search

2000-05-12 Thread Richard Huggins
I don't understand, I guess. I have two desktop MD components and one player-only. So I'm in the dark about end search. But...are you all saying that if your recording portable is in the STOPPED position, it STILL will overwrite material if RECORD is pressed? As was mentioned, the desktops have a

Re: MD: question on end search

2000-05-12 Thread Dan Frakes
I love it when Gaz starts his crazy Sony proselytizing ;-) "PrinceGaz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >There is nothing fundamentally wrong with the End Search feature which >is provided on Sony MD portables. The problem is that some people >forget how their MD unit records and as a result overwrit

Re: MD: question on end search

2000-05-12 Thread Neil
On Fri, 12 May 2000 04:32:42 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi guys, [warning: inflamatory content] > > There is nothing fundamentally wrong with the End Search feature which > is provided on Sony MD portables. The problem is that some people > forget how their MD unit records and as a

Re: MD: question on end search

2000-05-11 Thread J. Coon
PrinceGaz wrote: > > I could not agree more! And we all > agree it's much more durable right? Well with it's plastic casing it > has to at least out-survive a CD. Whoa, boy, what about when you decide to name a track and the battery goes dead? Poof... gone. maybe not for good, but it is fo

Re: MD: question on end search

2000-05-11 Thread PrinceGaz
Hi guys, [warning: inflamatory content] There is nothing fundamentally wrong with the End Search feature which is provided on Sony MD portables. The problem is that some people forget how their MD unit records and as a result overwrite existing material. These people always try to blame their

Re: MD: question on end search

2000-05-11 Thread J. Coon
agusus wrot > What's wrong with the end search button? I hear everyone saying it messes up > something. I have the R70 and haven't had any probs with end search but I > don't use it much anyway.' That, my friend, IS the problem. To avoid losing some or all of your previously recorded material

Re: MD: question on end search

2000-05-11 Thread agusus
=== = NB: Over 50% of this message is QUOTED, please = = be more selective when quoting text = === What's wrong with the end search button? I hear

Re: MD: Question: PC to MD Titling.

2000-04-26 Thread Peter Wood
Heya, >http://my.nichols.de/meierth/MD70X.HTML >Which has schematics (about as difficult as the Sony one), but doesn't offer >trackmarking, Winamp plugin, etc (it's limited by what you can do from the >remote after all). Ahhh, on the 7XX the track split was done by the bass key on the remote. I

RE: MD: Question: PC to MD Titling.

2000-04-26 Thread Simon Gardner
> Thankyou! > > One more Question, mainly to simon as he seems to be clued in, > but do u have > any idea where I can find the 4 pin plug to attach to the end of > my Bazginge > Device?? > > Thanx in advance. > ~J~ I'm afraid not - I'll be using a plug/wire from my brother's E25 (unit was stolen

Re: MD: Question: PC to MD Titling.

2000-04-25 Thread Zr0e
Thankyou! One more Question, mainly to simon as he seems to be clued in, but do u have any idea where I can find the 4 pin plug to attach to the end of my Bazginge Device?? Thanx in advance. ~J~ - To stop getting this list send

Re: MD: Question: PC to MD Titling.

2000-04-25 Thread James Caran
Do you (or anyone else for that matter) know where to find the Sony or any other MD data drives? I haven't had any luck and Sony apparently discontinued them. Any advice would be appreciated as I need to find a way of ripping and making MD's at faster than realtime. Thanks in advance!

RE: MD: Question: PC to MD Titling.

2000-04-25 Thread Simon Gardner
> Are there inexpensive ways of achieving the capabilities to title > MD tracks > from your Personal Computer? > > I currently have an MD-R91 (sony)(current) and an old Sharp (701/2 i dont > even recall) Being able to do it for either would be great. Inexpensive > implies nothing over 150ish. Tha

MD: Question: PC to MD Titling.

2000-04-24 Thread Zr0e
Are there inexpensive ways of achieving the capabilities to title MD tracks from your Personal Computer? I currently have an MD-R91 (sony)(current) and an old Sharp (701/2 i dont even recall) Being able to do it for either would be great. Inexpensive implies nothing over 150ish. Thanx in adva

Re: MD: Question Re: Optical Cables

2000-02-24 Thread David W. Tamkin
James Jarvie asked, | My question: Would it hurt anything to leave the | optical cable connected permanently between the CD | deck and the MD deck? It would be a real pain to have | to connect them up every time I wanted to record. As Ralph Smeets and Simon Barnes have already answered, it's n

Re: MD: Question Re: Optical Cables

2000-02-24 Thread J Coon
=== = NB: Over 50% of this message is QUOTED, please = = be more selective when quoting text = === I leave mine connected all the time and the opt

RE: MD: Question Re: Optical Cables

2000-02-24 Thread Simon Barnes
James Jarvie wrote: > My question: Would it hurt anything to leave the > optical cable connected permanently between the CD > deck and the MD deck? It would be a real pain to have > to connect them up every time I wanted to record I'm not sure what you are expecting to hurt, bu

Re: MD: Question Re: Optical Cables

2000-02-24 Thread Ralph Smeets
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > OK. Here's a question for you. I am trying to decide > between buying the Sony MXD-D3 or the JE-530 and a CD > player with an optical output (my current CD deck was > purchased before optical outputs were included on > decks). > > My question: Would it hurt anythi

MD: Question Re: Optical Cables

2000-02-24 Thread James Jarvie
OK. Here's a question for you. I am trying to decide between buying the Sony MXD-D3 or the JE-530 and a CD player with an optical output (my current CD deck was purchased before optical outputs were included on decks). My question: Would it hurt anything to leave the optical cable connected p

MD: question about an md recorder I found

2000-02-19 Thread Brent Harding
I found an md recorder at circuit city that has an md, and 3 cd players in one unit. First, is this actually 3 players that you can put CD's in and as one's ending, put on the next one, or is it a changer? Also, it has a mike in on it, can I use a mike as I'm recording music, so I can do

MD: Quick 80-min MD question

2000-02-04 Thread J. C. R. Davis
Is it true that some units have problems playing 80-minute MDs. If so, what happens? Thanks, guys & gals. J. C. R. Davis ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL

MD: Question: Sharp 832 Kanji and home decks

2000-01-28 Thread Edmund Wong
All right, I have a rather unusual question here... I currently own a Sharp 821 portable. It works fine. I am, however, really interested in Kanji titling. Now, a) An 832 remote (which displays Kanji) would definately fit into an 821, but would it display Kanji assuming that it had such track

MD: question on JVC new unit

1999-10-11 Thread william coleman
Hi Guys . Has anyone purchased the new JVC recorder that came out a couple of months ago ? Im looking into possibly purchasing soon and I would like to hear from anyone who has this unit . Thanks Billy - To stop getting this list se

MD: question for all you DJ's on the list

1999-10-06 Thread Jeffrey Lan
Hey. I know there are a bunch of you DJ's on the listany of you intrested in remixing some of my favorite songs? REply Privately. Jeffrey Lan [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com --

MD: Question about foreign voltage (Japanese).

1999-09-21 Thread Laureano
I just purchased a Sharp MT831 and have read that I can use the supplied 100 volt japanese plug even though we use 120 volts. Is this true? Can it damage my player or the battery? Thanks, Laureano - To stop getting this list send a

Re: MD: Question on MZ-EZ40 (regular clicks)

1999-08-21 Thread md_it
On Fri, 20 Aug 1999 19:36:03 +0100 "PrinceGaz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > A sort of "quiet click every 2 seconds or so, with very quiet > whirring / disk spinning between alternate clicks" which when I monitored the > current consumption corresponded with the motor running then stopping. O

RE: MD: Question on MZ-EZ40

1999-08-21 Thread Simon Mackay
===BEGIN QUOTE= I think the motor just runs to fill the buffer. It is a way to conserve the battery. My R30 does the same thing. ===END QUOTE== This is also how the portables can achi

Re: MD: Question on MZ-E40

1999-08-20 Thread PrinceGaz
Hi Dave, as a SWL myself I paid a quick visit to your page. I used to own a Lowe HF-225 gen coverage rx but needed to sell it when short for cash and spending much more time on the net. I still have my Sony ICF SW-77 though which works fine. Being in Britain there are no freq restrictions (150K

Re: MD: Question on MZ-EZ40 (regular clicks)

1999-08-20 Thread PrinceGaz
Replying via md-l in case anyone else has similar worries (or because I just like to gab). I could reply direct, but... My MZ-R3 does that too and always has since buying it over 3 years ago. According to the manual (which I have temporarily misplaced) mechanical noise from the unit is normal a

Re: MD: Question on MZ-EZ40

1999-08-20 Thread J. Coon
Davez wrote: > > Just purchased a Sony MZ-E40 portable player, and have a question. Not sure > if this is a problem or not ? It seems to play just fine, however I notice > that the player itself (as it's playing a MD), about every 3 seconds that > smooth running sound that a MD usually gives (Im

Re: MD: Question on MZ-E40

1999-08-20 Thread Davez
ntil now. > > Ron LaPedis > Compaq Professional Services > NonStop Integration Services > Cupertino, California USA > > > -Original Message----- > From: Davez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: August 20, 1999 08:12 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: MD: Questi

RE: MD: Question on MZ-EZ40

1999-08-20 Thread LaPedis, Ron
ginal Message- From: Davez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: August 20, 1999 08:12 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MD: Question on MZ-EZ40 Just purchased a Sony MZ-E40 portable player, and have a question. Not sure if this is a problem or not ? It seems to play just fine, however I notice tha

MD: Question on MZ-EZ40

1999-08-20 Thread Davez
Just purchased a Sony MZ-E40 portable player, and have a question. Not sure if this is a problem or not ? It seems to play just fine, however I notice that the player itself (as it's playing a MD), about every 3 seconds that smooth running sound that a MD usually gives (Im used to decks.. this is

RE: MD: MP3 -> MD question

1999-08-06 Thread Emmanuel Thiry
> No MP3 player will pass on track marks. But what you can do is use a plug-in > in Winamp which actually places timed gaps between songs. That way, the > track marks can be split on a sound basis rather than a digital info basis. > > Adios, > LarZ > What's the name of this dreamed of plug-in

RE: MD: MP3 -> MD question

1999-08-05 Thread Tony Antoniou
--- -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Matt Dramowicz Sent: Thursday, 5 August 1999 13:33 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:MD: MP3 -> MD question Hi guys, I just bought a Xitel Storm Platinum Sound card so that i

Re: MD: MP3 -> MD question

1999-08-04 Thread Wallace Choi
Hey, i'm transfering from WINAMP to MD digitally too . for some reason it doesn't transfer trackmarks... but when i did it in analog. it did transfer trackmarks weird.but i guess the only way to do it is play one song first then wait for it to end and play another keeping the

MD: MP3 -> MD question

1999-08-04 Thread Matt Dramowicz
Hi guys, I just bought a Xitel Storm Platinum Sound card so that i can transfer mp3's digitally to my MZ-R50.. The problem i'm having is that Winamp doesn't seem to transfer trackmarks. Is there any way around this or is there an mp3 player that will allow me to do this? Thanks in advance