=== The original message was multipart MIME === === All non-text parts (attachments) have been removed === I purchased an MDS-PC2 a couple months ago. Up until today, I have been = using it in stand-alone mode (no PC), because its software would not run = on my NT machine. It has proven to be a fine unit, even without a PC, = over the past couple months. Today I got a second PC (HP Brio BA200) running Windows 98 with an M = Audio DIO 2448 digital audio card. I installed the Sony MD Editor 2 = program (that came with the MDS-PC2) and the DIO driver. An interface = is supplied with the MDS-PC2 allowing its Control A1 jack to connect to = a COM port on the PC. A single 1-meter TOSLink cable is supplied with = the MDS-PC2 (no cables are supplied with the DIO 2448), which was not = long enough for my installation. Anyway, 2 are needed, so I purchased 2 = Recoton 6-foot cables. (Note: the TOSLink connectors were almost to = large to fit the closely spaced connectors on the DIO.) After setup, I started up the MD editor and it asked me to select the = COM port (more about that in a bit). I then pressed play and it worked! = All in all, a fairly painless installation. There are 2 unresolved issues at this point. One is the COM port. The = BA200 only has 1 com port on the motherboard (COM1). Since I have other = devices (a Palm Pilot, etc), I ordered a 2-port add-on card. The BA200 = has no ISA slots, only PCI, and ports on the PCI serial card (Boca = IOP652) were not recognized by the Sony program, so I have to use COM1. = The second issue is that, although there was a header on the DIO for TTL = S/PDIF from the CDROM (and also onthe Samsung 40X CDROM drive that came = installed in the Brio), there was no cable supplied with the card, so = I'll probably have to make one. (I haven't installed my CD ripper - = CDWorx yet. A assume I'll be using it to go from CD to WAV.) The DIO = does have an internal header for the analog audio from the CDROM. Maybe = I'll just move the analog cable from the Brio motherboard audio to the = DIO, but it seems such a waste to use analog when all I need is a = digital cable. I only played around briefly with the Sony MD Editor program, but it's = operation looks to be fairly intuitive. Sony supplies a fairly = comprehesive manual in PDF format, which has answered all my questions = so far. I've been busy installing other software on the machine, = including Adobe Acrobat (so I could read the manual) and Cool Edit 2000. = I had to phone Syntrillium, as my previous registration was only good = for Cool Edit 96, but for an update fee of $29.95 (charged to my credit = card) they emailed the new registration, which I received in 5 minutes. One last recomendation I can give is to invest in some really good = speakers; most "computer" speakers are not very good. I've been using a = pair of Proton 301's for many years (biamplified 2" cone tweeter 5 = watts, 5" sealed woofer 20 watts, no sub). The response is = astonishingly flat between 100-20000 Hz with none of the ringing = characteristic of some dome tweeters. The 301's use a 6dB shelving = low-end boost to get good response to 100 Hz, so it drops of rapidly = below 100 Hz. I'll write a bit more after I've had a chance to use the program for a = while.=20 === MIME part removed : text/html; === ----------------------------------------------------------------- To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
