MD: Minidisc units that mount in the pc?

[Eric Woudenberg, Minidisc.org Editor]

Hi William,

>"william schwarz" writes:

>what i would like to know are there any md recorders that i could
>directly mount in the pc like a regular drive and use it like a
>burner for audio applications?  i have a creative sound blaster live
>platnum 5.1 dolby card with a live drive unit .

>i feel that if there were such a thing as an MD drive so to speak
>that i could get full potential from the system as a whole.  please
>advise of any pooabilities of this type of unit in exsistance as i
>would be the first in line to buy one.

Sadly, a directly computer accessible MD audio drive does not
exist. Most MD affectionados would love such a unit, but Sony has so
far decided that MD is audio only -- if you want to get something onto
or off of an MD unit, it will be through an audio interface (albeit
digital audio) at realtime (i.e. 1X) transfer rates.

The closest you can get is the MDS-PC3 (see
http://www.minidisc.orgp/part_Sony_MDS-PC3.html) which interfaces
pretty well with a PC and looks somewhat like a PC peripheral. It's
still an audio I/O only device, but it does give you titling and
editing options via PC control. (And with separately available
shareware [see http://www.qbits.de/programme/mp2md/mp2md.html], drag
and drop MP3 copying and titling). AFAIK, the MDS-PC3 is functionally
equivalent to the Sony MDS-JB640.

Rick

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