--- Greg Clow <greg@stainedproductions.com> wrote:
quoted 9 lines Personally, I love my portable MiniDisc. I bought it
> Personally, I love my portable MiniDisc. I bought it
> a couple of years ago
> to replace both a failing CD Walkman and a failing
> tape deck, and haven't
> regretted it in the least. I record MP3s and vinyl
> to it for portable
> listening, and sometimes use it during DJ sets to
> play with on-the-fly
> loops and such.
I think MD is very useful for people involved in music
making. However, mine is quickly gathering dust on
the shelf. I bought it for n5MD releases, and that's
all I've used it for. (I'd be willing to sell it,
except now that I own a couple of MDs, I need it if I
ever want to play or copy them again.)
The thing is, if you have a ton of music (or in my
case, all of my music) in MP3 format, it's much more
convenient to burn 3 or 4 CD-RW discs at 8x than to
sit around recording audio to your MD player.
So I think the usefulness of MD is highly dependent on
what technology you already use. I guess if you're
used to MD and don't have a CD-RW drive or don't use
your computer much for audio-related activities, it
could be worth it. I like the idea of shuffling audio
without pauses between the tracks.
Anyway, I'd say, go for it if you really intend to
start using the format, or if you make music and need
something for recording and sampling. It really is a
high quality replacement for cassette in that respect.
But if you can already do everything you need, as far
as music and audio go, to and don't really see
yourself starting to do more, don't bother.
.adam
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