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Thanks very much, that makes sense.
Pete
----- Original Message -----
From: Ze'ev Maor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, October 08, 1999 11:01 PM
Subject: Re: MD: Newbie question recording from Minidisc to CDR
>
> > Is it possible to do digital to digital minidisc to CDR recordings? I
> > assume to do this u need a line out on the Sony minidisc that is a TOS
> > connection? Is this the case and is there a TOS line out on the Sony
> > minidisc recorder. Where does SPIDIF fall into this and what exactly
are
> > SPDIF and TOS, are they different? Secondly you need a TOS/SPDIF
> connection
> > on the PCs soundcard (for the CDR). As long as that is the case I
presume
> > these recordings can be made. Or am I wrong and is the only output on a
> > minidisc recorder analogue .... As you can see I am confused any any
> advice
> > would be appreciated.
>
> A. S/PDIF is the format of the audio data being transmitted (Sony/Philips
> Digital Interface Format).
>
> B. TOSlink (Toshiba Link) is a connection type for a physical medium
> (optical) which may be used to transfer the above mentioned data (other
> mediums include coax cables etc.)
>
> C. What you need is a digital output from the Z90 (you'll have to check
that
> for yourself), if such an output exists it's probabely optical.
>
> D. You need a soundcard with a digital input (SB Live/Value, Hoontech's ST
> series etc.), and make sure the bracket on the card has the desired
digital
> connection (either optical or RCA(coax)). If you have the Live/Value you
can
> get Hoontech I/O board III for about 35$ which has both optical and RCA
> input and output. (www.hoontech.com)
>
> E. Then you record the audio stream from the MD using the sound card
> DIGITALY to a standard PCM encoded file on your hard drive (.wav), after
> which you're ready to burn it on a CDR in the standard CD-Audio format,
thus
> the whole proccess is done digitaly and the only source for audio quality
> degredation is the ATRAC compression algorithm which is used to store the
> audio data on the MD.
>
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