Chris,
does the mini disc unit you are using have a USB port?
By contrast does our mac have both line in and line out jacks, and the
mini disc have both ports?
I ask because I use mini disks regularly as a reporter and move content
back and forth for editing. I am not sure why your transfer would be
mono, forgive me if I am missing a step. Additionally, audacity might?
have a transfer option for you.
Again I am sorry if I am missing something critical here, but
personally
no technology that translates into income falls by the way side smiles.
Chuck our media organization might just take those units off your
hands...shame to waste perfectly functional equipment.
Karen
On Mon, 3 Oct 2016, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote:
> Chuck, you wrote this on list, therefore, I'm gonna keep it on list.
> With all due respect, I didn't ask if it was worth the time. I have
> certain reasons why I need to be able to use these recorders. I can't
> really go into much on nor off list due to company confidentiality,
> but regardless if they are worth time, I need it for a part time job
> which I'm now involved with. I didn't say I necessarily agree with
> the client's opinion, but this is the media they want their final mix
> on, so if I want the money, then I find a way to get it done, end of
> story. Plus, if someone was nice enough to donate this unit to me at
> no cost at all, then don't you think it's fair that I at least give a
> reasonable try to get it working, rather than just putting it in a
> drawer and never using it? That would be extremely rude!
> ---
> Christopher Gilland
> JAWS Certified, 2016.
> Training Instructor.
>
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> Phone: (704) 256-8010.
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "CHUCK REICHEL"
> <soundpicturerecord...@gmail.com>
> To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>
> Sent: Monday, October 03, 2016 3:38 PM
> Subject: Re: mini disk
>
>
> Hi
> I have 3 sony mini disc sitting in my rack in the studio collecting
> dust! :) I'll make this short.
> Its not worth the time because the quality is not there!
> We use to use them for live shows back in the day! but the technology
> has gone by the way side.
> Contact me off list if you want the full story.
> Talk soon
> Chuck
>
> On Oct 3, 2016, at 3:24 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote:
>
> > Gene,
> >
> > Thanks for the reply, but I think you misunderstood my question.
> >
> > I'm not trying to transfer minidisks to! my mac. I'm trying to go
> > the
> > other way. I'm trying to go from the mac to! minidisk. Might I
> > add, that
> > I'm totally familiar with monitorring levels and patching things
> > via line
> > in and such. I'm a professional audio producer for a
> > living/engineer, so
> > I work with very high end studio gear every day like a 64 channel
> > board,
> > ProTools, several different hardware pres, etc. Anyway, the
> > problem is
> > more in I want to be able to locate mp3's on my system, then via
> > USB
> > quickly in offline renderization, transfer/bounce them down to
> > minidisk
> > digitally over USB. Apparently, there used to be software to do
> > this task,
> > but I couldn't find it anywhere online.
> >
> > The problem is, I could transfer with a stereo patch cable, but
> > that would
> > only be an annalog signal, not digital, whereas USB would be a
> > direct
> > transfer. OK, if it was an mp3, then obviously some mp3 loss
> > artifacts
> > will be applied, but that's just the nature of the beast, seeing
> > mp3's are
> > already compressed, but the point is, I'd still like to be able to
> > get my
> > library transferred over to mini disk media digitally with this
> > unit.
> >
> > You're probably asking, why not just put it on your IPhone? I
> > have, and
> > there is absolutely no objection to me doing that. I just like
> > having the
> > stuff on minidisk kind a for the old school novelty of it. It's
> > more
> > just, I do it, why? Because I can. LOL!
> >
> > The other thing though is deleting tracks individually off of the
> > disks
> > when I'm ready to reuse them. Seeing I can't see the menus on the
> > device
> > itself, it makes it tough. This is why I was hoping if not to
> > find
> > something like Sonic Stage, or OpenMG Jukebox, I could find
> > something else
> > for the mac that would at least be accessible with Voiceover enough
> > to the
> > point I could erase certain tracks off the disks. If I can't
> > transfer via
> > USB, then OK, fine, I can live with that. I'll just use line in.
> > It
> > won't be ideal, but it'll still work, at the end of the day. What
> > I
> > can't! however deal with is not being able to erase things off the
> > media.
> > That's a bit of a dealbreaker.
> >
> > Anyway, hope this makes more sense, and explains more why I'm
> > really
> > seeking some software, even if 3rd party, that would be mac
> > cimpatible and
> > at least accessible enough to accomplish this.
> >
> > I should add for the more techies on here, this unit does use
> > NetMB so,
> > that makes it a little harder.
> > ---
> > Christopher Gilland
> > JAWS Certified, 2016.
> > Training Instructor.
> >
> > i...@gillandmarketing.com
> > Phone: (704) 256-8010.
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jean" <radiofore...@gmail.com>
> > To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>
> > Sent: Monday, October 03, 2016 3:00 PM
> > Subject: mini disk
> >
> > Hi Chris:
> >
> > The mini-disk machines sure do have a nice clean signal compared
> > with some
> > of the inexpensive digital recorders. If you want to use it as a
> > recorder
> > and can not figure out how to either use it as an external drive
> > or
> > transfer the files via USB to your computer, I would upload in
> > real time
> > by patching from the audio output of the recorder into either an
> > external
> > sound card or directly into the audio input of your computer and do
> > all of
> > the editing on the computer with your audio editor of choice. You
> > will
> > have to monitor your levels throughout the upload process to make
> > sure
> > nothing goes to hot. I had to do this when I digitized my
> > mini-disk
> > arkives several years ago and it is time-consuming.
> >
> > Jean
> >
> > Dr. Jean Parker, Ph.D.
> > Senior Research Fellow
> > Trans4m Center For Integral Development
> > Geneva, Switzerland
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