Klarinet Archive - Posting 000405.txt from 2001/11

From: David Motz <davidmotz@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] Re: Random bits - minidisc recorder
Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2001 23:34:48 -0500

I had looked at minidisc recorders a year or so ago and I was looking for
the ability to get the recorded audio into my computer digitally to burn to
regular cds. Thinking that it is primarily a recording device rather than
a playback device I can't see why one would want to write an mp3 to a
minidisc. On the models I looked at then it appeared that the only method
of transfer into the computer was via analog through the sound card. Is
that the case or am I confused?

David

At 03:15 AM 11/9/01, you wrote:
>From: The Guy on the Couch <jnohe@-----.Edu>
>Subject: Random bits

...

>and letterslettersletters700 (metallic yellow). The difference between
>the blue and yellow (other than about $70) was the yellow came with a
>digital hookup for MP3 recording, while the blue came with a standard hook
>up. What I was really looking for was a place to connect a microphone
>(which, I'm well aware having read the conversations here before, that I
>will probably spend more on than on the recorder itself), and while the
>yellow one had a jack that was marked "MIC," the blue had a jack marked
>"Line In (OPTICAL)". Now, maybe I'm retarded, but it seems to me that the
>blue one (the cheaper one) is only designed to record directly from
>MP3, in which case, boo for that. The fact is...I understand what "Line
>In" means, but I don't understand why the "(OPTICAL)" tag was there, and
>I'm wondering if this means that you DON'T hook a mic up there...you just
>hook up the MP3 converter that comes with it. Anyone care to enlighten me
>so I know whether I'm going to spend $180 or $250?

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