Re: [microsound] minidisc question

[Alessandro Fogar <sfogar@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Gordon,

what I need is a MD recorder with optical out, I own an Hammerfall Rme
digital audio card to connect MD and Mac but I'm not able to find any cheap
MD with digital out so I think that for me they are useless...

What about the NetMD ?

Cheers

Alessandro Fogar

> I know the origial question was about MD optical out but since we
> strayed onto USB devices for MD..
> 
> "sfogar@xxxxxxxxx":
>> Typo: I know about these USB adaptors but aren't they only an
>> adaptor for the  Optical IN -> USB ?
> 
> If you mean USB -> Optical IN, yes, as far as I know, that's right.

> Xitel have a USB device (called the DG2) which does digital out over
> USB to MD optical in (TOSLINK).  It's a proper plug&play device and
> presents itself (in Win2000 at least) as a USB sound device.  Does
> track marks but no track names (being a pure sound device).
> 
> I've been told that Sony's MD with the USB->MD capability uses the
> MD's analogue in.  I also think it might be based on the cheaper of
> the Xitel devices..the forerunner to the DG2.
> 
> An MD which does optical-out to USB-in would be ideal but neither of
> these devices is it.
> 
> Gordon
> 
> np: microstoria, model3, step 2
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