Not to start a debate, but compression is compression...and minidisc - while
getting better all the time - still cuts off more than cdr does. The issue is
more of convenience. Editing is easier with md, but with software you can do a
WHOLE lot more editing via a cdr hooked to a pc than you can with standard
comercially available minidisc. Unless you're using a stand-alone unit, you have
the resources of whatever your pc/mac will provide and there are a LOT of apps
out there which will do just about anything you can imagine. Unless md has
changed a great deal since I last looked into it, you can't de-hiss a tape,
clean pops from vinyl, split/merge tracks and add effects. I plan on buying md
next year sijmply for the convenience of size and playback...but all of my
editing and the majority of recording will be cdr.
jeff
NonalignmentPact@aol.com wrote:
quoted 26 lines In a message dated 11/26/99 10:26:27 PM Pacific Standard Time,> In a message dated 11/26/99 10:26:27 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> AeOtaku@aol.com writes:
>
> << My question, however,
> to the people on this list who do lots of digital transfer,
> is which is a smarter purchase: MiniDisc or CDR (which
> has better sound, is longer lasting, etc.) and what
> recorder is the best buy? I'm guessing MiniDisc is superior,
> but I could be wrong. Thanks, >>
>
> Well, it depends on what kind of equipment you have, etc, but technicaly
> minidisc has the capability of being better than CD quality regardless. I
> have good stereo equipment and set-up and i've found that my minidiscs from
> vinyl come out in incredible quality... friends of mine who also have
> minidisc recorders have listened and wondered how i got them to sound so
> good, so maybe my results aren't typical. However, CD-R would probably be a
> waste of money because the sound what be equal or worse, but the advantage
> with mini discs is they are fully editable... you can erase the first few
> seconds of the record when nothing is playing, you can erase the blank areas
> when the record ends.... I love my minidisc player.
>
> Trevor
>
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