On Thu, 23 Mar 2000, David W. Tamkin wrote:
>
> Evil Jim followed up,
>
> | New observation: When there is silence, the MD will actually pause
> | between getting tracks. It will not actually make a track mark, however.
> | So, if I record 10 seconds of digital silence, I can not hear that silence
> | later as the MD paused itself.
>
> Then Synchro is working, at least.
>
> | Even if I pause the music for 20-30 seconds, then resume, it stays
> | on the same track.
>
> Well, you're getting digital silence there, not losing digital lock. When
> you pull out the cable and reinsert it, you do get a new track.
>
> | Even if I stop the digital output, so the MD player reads "No
> | signal", then start it back up, the MD player stays on the same track.
> | This is _not_ right. Is there something wrong with my MD player?
>
> Depending on the source, stopping play may or may not interrupt the digital
> output: it might just send out the digital representation of silence instead,
> which, as you've seen, doesn't get you into a new track.
In this case, I'm actually interupting the digital signal by
shutting off the digital output from my soundcard. So, this isn't digital
silence, this is the complete absence of signal.
> I'm not sure how to read the last question: there is no problem with your
> *unit*, but you could see the situation as a problem with your *model*, be-
> cause that's how the F70 behaves. I've found the same thing with mine.
>
> But here's a thought: if you press FF (which, during recording, serves as the
> manual track mark key) during the pause, won't you get a new track? True,
> you have to be there to do it.
Yeah, but this is exactly what I want to avoid...:) I do most of
my xfers while I'm sleeping (set up a playlist, hit record, go to bed), so
I can have a new mix when I wake up in the morning...
If I have to, I'll just edit the tracks and put splits in the
silence I insert inbetween tracks. But the whole idea of buying digital
output for my computer was to make xfering to MD easier, not more
difficult. And, if I need to purchase a new MD to make it easier, I will
(given my trade-in plan...)
Jim
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