Klarinet Archive - Posting 000116.txt from 2005/12

From: "Penny Ward Marcus" <pennyw@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Sony Walkman MD Recorder
Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 20:06:09 -0500

I posted about mini-disc recorders earlier:

"I have a Sony mini-disc recorder, and though it is very portable and
produces pretty good recordings, the transfer process is not very good. With
the newer hi-md recorders they claim to have overcome the problems of the
transfer software, but I have also heard that Sony is planning to stop
production in the near future. Since MD recording is proprietary technology,
they are the only company to support it, and I suspect once they are no
longer making the MD recorders and players the support will dwindle fast.
It's too bad that the MD didn't take hold on the market place like the mp3
players did. It really is a pretty good medium for quality of recording and
playback, and the discs hold a lot of music."

In addition, I have found that there really is little control over the level
controls with
the portable recorder I have. There was a "professional" model that was
meant more
for live recording use, with control for levels, but that model stopped
production some time ago.
Sony's built in anti-piracy controls meant that you could not upload on my
earlier portable
model without erasing the original. All in all, I agree that it is a
technology that will soon
go the way of the 8-track!

You can find out more about mini-disc recorders/players at
http://www.minidisc.org/ and http://www.planetminidisc.com/

Penny

----- Original Message -----
From: "Oliver Seely" <oseely@-----.edu>
To: <klarinet@-----.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2005 6:40 PM
Subject: Re: [kl] Sony Walkman MD Recorder

> I'd be interested in others' views and memories about this revolutionary
> product.
>
> Oliver
>
> At 03:07 PM 12/15/2005, you wrote:

>>I am interested in opinions for :
>>1. Does anyone know if the newer Sony models are as good as the older
>>models and have the same features as the older ones.
>>2. Any one had experience with this recorder
>>3. Are there better brands on the market in the same price range.
>>
>>4. I would like to use the recorder to record individual parts of
>>clarinet quartets then combining them all into a quartet. Any one know how
>>this could be accomplished?
>>What editing software would I need. It would be nice to be able to patch
>>pieces of multiple takes to make a perfect composite track. Would I need
>>a 4 track recorder for this or can it be done with software?
>>
>>GaryT
>>
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