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KarenSews2
03-13-2011, 02:12 PM
Today (mark you calendar!) I learned how to load my cute new pink ipod Nano that I got for my birthday!

Many CDs to go...

Hold the applause!
Mary6906
03-13-2011, 02:55 PM
YAY... Karen!

http://www.corvetteconti.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/smiley-applause.gif
DaveM
03-13-2011, 03:48 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUxCCFfFIEw&NR=1
KarenSews2
03-13-2011, 04:03 PM
You guys crack me up!
Elliott
03-13-2011, 07:08 PM
Not just another pretty faze.... she be real smart two. Oh look, the missing "e'.
Sara
03-17-2011, 07:03 PM
Bravo! Bravo! Quick, someone get onto the stage and bring Karen her flowers!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVrkgOw8TEU&feature=related
lucille
03-17-2011, 11:23 PM
Today (mark you calendar!) I learned how to load my cute new pink ipod Nano that I got for my birthday!

Many CDs to go...




Hold the applause!

(mark YOU calendar)

Merkin speak??
richthelandlord
03-18-2011, 04:59 AM
Somebody elsewhere just posted this, which looks like a great way to protect your toy now you've finally got your head around it?

http://www.shophex.com/
DaveM
03-18-2011, 01:28 PM
So....um, does anyone know how to get files OFF a Minidisc and onto a computer? You can run a patch cord from the earphone jack to the mic jack on the computer, but there's a lot of loss and it takes forever. Sony's paranoia about pirating copyrighted files apparently extends to protecting them against you copying material you recorded yourself!
richthelandlord
03-18-2011, 04:01 PM
So....um, does anyone know how to get files OFF a Minidisc and onto a computer? You can run a patch cord from the earphone jack to the mic jack on the computer, but there's a lot of loss and it takes forever. Sony's paranoia about pirating copyrighted files apparently extends to protecting them against you copying material you recorded yourself!

I never had a problem doing that using the software they supply - the daft part for me is that once I've dragged my own audio onto the computer they won't let me play the original disk any more. :rolleyes:

All this palaver with digital simply isn't worth it a lot of the time... I get better sound-quality with an analogue Walkman Pro that I'd get with any consumer-grade digital recorder anyway - with a simple coincident-pair mike like an ecm909 the results can be so good it's spooky.
Mary6906
03-18-2011, 08:50 PM
I have a Sony Mini-disc recorder but I never had good luck with the software, and now since I use a Mac, the software that came with the disc doesn't work on a Mac, so I end up plugging it in through a mini-jack into the computer and let it run in real time into GarageBand, and then I edit it down and save out the tracks. It's a pain having to let it run in real time, but that's what I have to do until I get myself a new digital recorder.

Matter of fact, I just now finished copying some audiocassette tracks into GarageBand, edited and then converted them to Mp3s. Works for me.
richthelandlord
03-19-2011, 02:46 AM
Quite a few more modern recorders record .wav any computer can read, direct to an SD card you can lift out and place directly into your card-reader... much less hassle.
DaveM
03-19-2011, 01:58 PM
I am in the process of getting a new recorder. Meanwhile, I unearthed several minidiscs recorded during Janismania and would love to be able to convert them to something I can actually listen to without headphones.

My guess is that I'll simply have to "do it the hard way", though it will take a lot of time and supposedly the quality degrades somewhat.

Makes me wish I'd taken my 8-track recorder instead.
richthelandlord
03-19-2011, 02:40 PM
My guess is that I'll simply have to "do it the hard way", though it will take a lot of time and supposedly the quality degrades somewhat.



The compression inherent in the MD format has already compromised the quality more than 'doing it the hard way' will... if you've got a decent sound card your results should still be pretty good.
The weak link will still be the PA - however good it is - rather than anything at your end, unless you managed to blag a feed straight out of the soundboard...
richthelandlord
03-19-2011, 02:43 PM
Matter of fact, I just now finished copying some audiocassette tracks into GarageBand, edited and then converted them to Mp3s. Works for me.



Few people realise how good audio cassettes can be... considering the limitations of their tape speed good ones can achieve some quite remarkable results.
DaveM
03-20-2011, 02:14 PM
That's true, Rich--the MD clips the highs terribly, which I didn't realize until after I had bought a recorder and used it several times. In 2004 it was more or less state of the art, and digital recorders were far beyond my budget. Now....one can buy a recorder capable of CD-quality Linear PCM recording for less than $100.

And yes, the limitation of any live recording is the quality of the PA. Interesting, though, to listen to those ambient recordings and hear the audience. As it was Janismania, there was a lot of "audience participation".
richthelandlord
03-20-2011, 05:32 PM
Interesting, though, to listen to those ambient recordings and hear the audience. As it was Janismania, there was a lot of "audience participation".

This is where the whole 'unplugged' concept scores highly... if there's any reinforcement at all it tends to be of a significantly higher quality than normal PA rather than relying on brute force... but yes, the audience are an integral part of the experience in all my favourite concerts and if you can capture that well it's a great way to relive the moment.