skyy38 Posted August 2, 2003 Share Posted August 2, 2003 I think its true potential was never really exploited,except by Sony and Yamaha when they had mini disk studios back in the late '90's.Does anyone else here use a mini disk in any size or shape? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Horne Posted August 2, 2003 Share Posted August 2, 2003 MY brother-in-law owns one and has never used it. He bought it to transfer all of his tapes to a digital format. He's not very technical minded and it will just collect dust. I borrowed it to make a demo for a cruise ship audition and enjoyed using it though I personally think it's already passé and has been for some time. I wonder how all of this will pan out in 20 years. No guitarists were harmed during the making of this message. In general, harmonic complexity is inversely proportional to the ratio between chording and non-chording instruments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Mouse Posted August 3, 2003 Share Posted August 3, 2003 I have four machines, two portables (one records) and two home units (one desktop & one component). I really only use them for DJing, making an MD then transferring it to CD. I also use it to record in the field using the portable. To me its a good idea for a decent format, but others may hate it due to its compressed nature. Live 6, Battery 3, Project 5, Atmosphere, Albino 2, Minimoog V, Oddity, Nord 2X, Proteus 2K ***I can't play for sh*t, but I can sequence like a muthaf*ck*r*** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyy38 Posted August 3, 2003 Author Share Posted August 3, 2003 What's compressed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderton Posted August 3, 2003 Share Posted August 3, 2003 <>\ Have him email me (craig@craiganderton.com) if he wants to sell it cheap! I love MD for field recording and onstage use. Craig Anderton Educational site: http://www.craiganderton.org Music: http://www.youtube.com/thecraiganderton Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/craig_anderton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Horne Posted August 3, 2003 Share Posted August 3, 2003 Originally posted by skyy38: What's compressed?A CD holds 600+ megs of information. I don't know what a MD disk holds, but I know it's no where near that; I suspect about 1/5 the size because that's about the compression ratio. In order to 'fit' the music to the MD disk, things get compressed and things get discarded. If you were to A - B the CD and the MD, you might hear a subtle difference. If you were to make copies after copies of a MD, the difference between the original CD and the MD would be even more noticeable. The MD uses a 'lossy compression algorithm' which just means that a bit of the original information is lost in the transfer. They have tweaked the algorithm using knowledge of how we hear things to fool the ear. The quality of the MD player I used was excellent for my purposes. I'm 53, suffer from tinnitus, and if there's a difference between the original sound sound source and the MD 'version', I really couldn't hear it. There were problems with the compression scheme with the early units, but the later versions have been much improved. Most of what I'm writing comes from what I've read. I only used a player for about a month or so. Don't let the word 'compression' disturb you, MDs sound excellent, period. No guitarists were harmed during the making of this message. In general, harmonic complexity is inversely proportional to the ratio between chording and non-chording instruments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billjv Posted August 3, 2003 Share Posted August 3, 2003 Hiya Skyy, I have a portable stereo Minidisc that I really do use. I got into a habit of mixing down a song at CD quality, and then transferring it to Minidisc instead of burning to a CD to audition it in other environments. It saves on CDs, and it has a compression which, although lossy, gives a character to the mix which I actually like. Kinda comparable to hearing your song played over a really good FM station, I guess. It's also good for recording rehearsals or gigs, as others pointed out. Mine is small and it travels very well. I took it on a trip to London about a year ago, and used it like crazy there. I think they are more popular there, because I saw several other people that had them too. It is absolutely great during lawn mowing too, which I have to go do today... lol.. bv "If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe." -Carl Sagan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gulliver Posted August 3, 2003 Share Posted August 3, 2003 Hey skyy38, you might want to check this thread! http://www.musicplayer.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=18;t=002756 I am back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wewus432 Posted August 4, 2003 Share Posted August 4, 2003 MiniDisc is hugely popular in Japan, and has been for years. If Sony releases the Atrac format publicly as they have been talking about doing, it will become even more popular here, and in Japan. The Atrac format is vastly superior to MP3, it retains a lot of more of the highs and lows than MP3. One of the latest innovations in minidisc is called NetMD, this allows burning of music in faster than real time from PC to MD. I have a Sharp minidisc recorder that has worked flawlessly for over 3 years. One of the things I love about minidisc is the built on protective case. You don't have to worry about scractching them like you do a CD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meccajay Posted August 4, 2003 Share Posted August 4, 2003 Mindisk is really a cassette fantasy come true.. Back in the day, I used to always imagine what it would be like to record over and over without damaging the quality, be able to go to any song without waiting for rewind/FFWD, and to change song order without "dubbing". I think we all imagined music without hiss!! From that fantasy came MD, plus we get extras like track naming and disk title, plus more editing options.. Looks like a lot of folks had the same fantasy. As a side note, a good way to go is to get a good home deck to go along with your portable one. Lightpipe in & out is a big thing for me....DVD music, lightpipe into your PC soundcard etc.. TROLL . . . ish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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