Re: [microsound] OT: PC gear question

[{ brad brace } <bbrace@xxxxxxxxxx>]

There aren't a lot of choices right now. (If someone came out with a
consumer-priced little MD recorder that had an optical-line out they'd
make a fortune, but they'd also be sued into the ground unfortunately. 
I've heard that there's a little Japanese consumer MD model out that
records/plays audio and TV(!) - on a different sort of MD - and has a USB
connection...  although that may be one-way.) There are quite a few
professional minidisc _decks that have optical-out jacks but I've only
found two portable machines that do: the HHB and an older Marantz model
that uses ATRAC4 compression and while it could output without SCMS code
it did so only through a pro AES/EBU port. The HHB does implant SCMS code
through its optical inputs (but not via USB - yes, real-time streaming,
connection); you can strip the code with a CO3 box (sure is complicated,
for something that should be so open and forthright). 

I didn't get outside to test my HHB yet but last night I was amazed
(perhaps more by the good Shure microphone), that it registered (in the
very relative quiet of the night here), the electrical sound of a lamp
whenever I pointed it in that direction.

/:b


On Wed, 16 May 2001, christiaan virant wrote:

> greetings. im a china-based techno producer and have been looking for a
> usb minidisc for sometime now... 
> 
> what i need is a minidisc with an optical OUT. many have digital ins but
> few have optical out... sony used to make digital out minidiscs for the
> asian market until the US copyright lobby got on their ass... 
> 
> what model did you purchase? and does the USB transfer run in real-time
> (74mins of audio take 74 mins to dump) or can i dump the disc contents
> to harddrive in a few seconds? 
> 
> sorry to bug you with these questions... 
> 
> cheers. 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: { brad brace } <bbrace@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: microsound <microsound@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2001 8:45 AM
> Subject: Re: [microsound] OT: PC gear question
> 
> 
> > 
> > An affordable solution: Try the Roland UA-30 audio-interface (works with
> > USB-Macs too). Just received my HHB Minidisc recorder (loaded with USB,
> > optical, analog ports)... I sure hope it was worth the money! Once the
> > batteries charge-up I'm taking it out on the streets tonight for a little
> > "test-record..."


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