Thanks Richard. Good to know. I need to double check on my machine's capabilities since that's probably what's limiting the capabilities. :-)
Martin
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Sent: Friday, December 02, 2011 12:42 PM
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Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Minidisc players
Hi, Martin,
I am fairly certain that I am able to rip any MD with the Sonic Stage software and my MZ-RH1 (I think it's the same except for accessories as the MZ-M200). I bought it for a client project that had mixed modes on some of the MDs and it got everything.
There may ne other MD players that behave as you describe, but I think Sony sort-of realized at the end of the format they needed to provide us with something to retrieve material from the format in an easy way.
Cheers,
Richard
On 2011-12-02 9:20 AM, Martin Fisher wrote:
> I believe this fast ripping applies to HI-MD recorded discs only. The MD I use regularly is a HI-MD and requires the installation of Sonic Stages software on a computer to fast rip. If the MD discs were recorded on earlier non Hi-MD machines I still have to go with real time recording.
>
> Martin
>
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> Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2011 1:31 PM
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> The last "Walkman" MD player that Sony made (Model MZ-M200) could rip the audio way faster than real-time playback. I've found it enormously helpful, though I think it recently went out of production/manufacture. If no retailer has one, there's always eBay.
>
> Related, a quick thank you to Richard Hess for previously mentioning that machine on the ARSC list.
>
> Jim
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 10:31 AM, Brian Carpenter<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> My institution just accessioned a collection of oral history
>> recordings that includes 133 Minidiscs. So, now need to purchase a Minidisc player.
>> However, all we'll do with it is migrate the data off the discs once
>> and probably never use the machine again. Are there any particular
>> specs I should look out for in shopping for a player, or will a
>> simple one suffice for this purpose?
>>
>> Any tips much appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Brian
>>
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>> Mellon Digital Audio Archivist
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>> Philadelphia, PA 19106-3386
>> (215) 440-3418
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