> what is the best way to take live shows youve recorded on your MD and
> transfer them to a CD-R on your computer? should i invest in a killer
> soundcard or is it a waste of money? is it ok to just go
> mini-to-mini with
> the CD-RW? is there a reasonably priced MD component that allows
> for digital
> output to a burner?
All of this is coming from someone that's been looking to do the same
thing--record digitally from MD to PC.
You need a minidisc recorder with digital coax in/out (not to be confused
with optical). Coax is best from what people tell me. And from I've heard
optical is not desirable for digital PC transfer, and was probably designed
to hook up to high-end receivers. As someone on the list recently
described, if the optical in board on your PC does not reclock the optical
signal, you'll get PC recordings that change speed unpredictably. And
that's worse than analog.
Then you need an I/O card that has digital coax in/out and you're good to
go. Go to midiman.com and buy one of theirs. They even have one that kills
SCMS, but you don't need that to go to PC, only for digital MD-MD copying.
Card can be had for less than $100.
As far as MD units, I originally had my eye on the Pioneer MJ-17D (the price
is right, and it's pretty sweet) but it doesn't have coax out. M-audio (aka
midiman) does make a box called CO3 and it is both an optical/coax converter
and SCMS killer. So you could go from minidisc to minidisc
digitally--pretty damn sweet. The box is about $180 I think. So you could
get the 17D and the box and the card for around $500. The MJ-17D can be had
for less than $200 brand new on ebay. No MDLP, but a CD only holds 74
minutes anyway.
If SCMS removal is not an issue, and you only need to record to PC, then
consider some Sony models. The JB920 is pretty inexpensive, but it has a
problem where it kills discs. I read this on minidisc.org where they ran
indie tests on 5 brands of minidisc. Failure rate was 50% even with good
Sony discs. Sony later admitted that the opening for MD insertion was too
narrow and fixed later models. But you don't know which model you're gonna
get do you? So stay away from the JB920 as far as I know. The JB930 is
sweet, but none seems to be going around right now, and it's not MDLP.
I like the JB940.
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