Re: [microsound] recording hardware

[Eric Dannewitz <ericdano@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

There is a Minidisc unit out that does bidirectional USB transfers.
http://www.minidisc.org/part_HHB_MDP-500.html

Though for $1500 I could by a number of things that might do a better 
job of recording....

Ben wrote:

> Aaron Ximm wrote:
>
>> The digital transfer to PC problem is indeed the most unappealing aspect
>> of recording on MD at the moment. There is no low-cost solution; the
>> cheapest thing to do is pick up a used deck with TOSlink out and a
>> soundcard with TOSlink in, but that'd be at least another $100 I would
>> think.  It'd also limit you to realtime transfer. :(  However the 
>> quality
>> will be much better than 128KB MP3, even if analog transfered.
>>  
>>
> You may be in luck... a friend on slsk told me about this:
>
> http://www.minidisc.org/netmd_upload_proposal.html
>
> (This page talks about a proposal to change the spec... don't know if 
> that's happened yet, but you can at least get some idea about this 
> NetMD thing...)
>
> b

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