I think you are short sighted. MD has more uses than just copying CDs.
1. It is a learning tool for students.
a. Take it to a lecture and record it with a microphone.
b. have a friend take it to a lecture if you have a hangover and need
to sleep it off.
c. Take it to a jam session to record new tunes tol learn
2. It is a practice aid.
a. Record a tune you are learning, and play along with it.
b. set it to repeat problem sections of a tune so you can hear it and
practice that section.
c. Record a band practice so you can play along with it later.
3. It is a cheap way to make a demo CD.
a. Record your band on MD, edit out the mistakes and talking and dump
it to a computer CDROM.
b. Use the time and date stamp to see how long the cut will be.
4. It is a way to improve performances.
a. Record the performance and listen to it afterwards.
b. Record the tunes at a practice, and use the time/date stamp to see
how many tunes you need for a gig.
5. It is a way to prepare a presentation.
a. record your presentation and play it back tosee what needs to be
improved.
5. It is a way to record business meetings.
a. set it on the conference table with a mike and if you use one with
time and dates stamping you know when it was recorded.
6. Use it to master a CD
a> more than one CD has used a minidisc recorder to produce all are
part of it.
7. Use it for a guided tour.
A. record details on certain parts of the tour. play back that track
when the bus gets to that site.
8. Use it for a back up band for a low paying gig.
a. record a bunch of tunes to play though an amplifier when you play
along with them.
b. record a drum sequence and replace the drummer. (I hope Tony does't
get mad)
I am sure there are many more uses.
las wrote:
>
> Yesterday it occurred to me that all of this arguing about how close an
> MD copy comes to the original CD misses the point.
>
> MDs should not (in my humble opinion) be considered substitutes for
> CDs. Unless you want constantly buy CDs only to make MD copies of
> (since prerecorded MDs are rare) and then sell the CDs at a loss, it
> makes no sense to play MDs in an expensive home system while their
> original CD sits on the shelf.
>
> If the CD is available, play the CD. The beauty of the MD is that it
> has sound quality almost as good as and possibly, to the human ear, as
> good as, a CD. While being smaller, better protected, etc.
>
> It is the ideal very high quality portable music medium. Use it in your
> car, jog with it. Sure you can buy an expensive deck. Great for
> making the highest quality MD copies and titling, but why play back the
> MD on your $10,000 stereo unit? Play the original CD.
>
> You want a copy so you can listen while your wife uses her copy of the
> CD in another room, that's what so called CD burners are for. Their
> prices have dropped way down, as did the price of CDRs.
>
> So wanting an extra copy of a CD is no longer the reason for copying it
> on to Md. Portability is the answer. With all of the other noise in
> your car, or while you are jogging with a pair of (even if they are very
> high quality) headphones, you are still not going to have the sound
> quality of a listening room designed specifically for audio. So don't
> go crazy trying to argue about whether an MD copy is just as good as a
> CD.
>
> It's MUCH better than tape!
>
> Larry
>
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