[cr-india] Minidisc recorder query & reply

[N.Ramakrishnan]

Dear Peter:
Well, I'd say MiniDisc recorders aren't any deader than DATs in this era 
of solid state and flash recorders. Is the technology obsolete? Sure it 
is. But then so are cassettes.
The MD recorders available now are actually Hi MD recorders, the updated 
versions that feature USB transfer and PCM WAV recording, and can take 
the newer (1 GB) Hi MD discs along with the older 300 MB MD discs. I'm 
afraid all of them are going to be somewhat expensive -  anywhere 
between USD 180 and 280 per unit. The models you should look for are 
Sony's MZ NH 900, MZ NH 700 and the MZ RH 910.
Audio editing software for the Mac? DigiDesign's Pro Tools, Peak DV, 
Apple's own new Logic Express and Logic Pro, and Soundforge's Audacity. 
Most of these are really overkills for simple usage, though - suggest 
you use Soundforge's Audacity, though I've never used it on a Mac (I 
have used the first two though). Go to 
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/mac
Hope this helps!
Ram

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Frederick Noronha wrote:
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> From: George Lessard <media at web.net>
> Date: 11-Mar-2007 21:48
> Subject: [MediaMentor] Minidisc recorder query & reply
> To: creative-radio at yahoogroups.com, mediamentor at yahoogroups.com
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> Minidisc recorder query & reply
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> <peter_evans99 at hotmail.com> wrote:
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>>  Alright you techno-wizards,
>>     
> [snipped]
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>>  I'd like to buy a minidisc recorder and was wondering if someone could
>>  recommend a Sony model, bearing in mind that I have no money. Its primary
>>  function will be ethnographic field recording (anthropology's version of
>>  interviewing), and its secondary function will be interviewing for print
>>  journalism. However, I'm wondering if there's a minidisc i can get that
>>  might also allow me to attempt to do some radio freelancing. Can anyone
>>  recommend a model?
>>
>>  A CBC friend of mine told me not to bother, that minidiscs were
>>     
> obsolete and
>   
>>  he only used DAT. What's the story folks?
>>
>>  And the editing software for a Mac?
>>
>>  I would be forever in your debt.
>>
>>  peter evans
>>     
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