Hi there...
quoted 10 lines Please give me a quick recommendation, oh good IDM people!> Please give me a quick recommendation, oh good IDM people!
>
> I have never worked with MD, but somebody in need of quick cash is
> offering a 6-month old Sony minidisc player/recorder for what sounds
> like a good price, compared to what they go for new.
>
> Do I want this device? Is it yet ANOTHER format to fiddle with?
> Will it Betamax, or is it here to stay? Is the consumable media
> expensive or is it readily available?
>
Do you want it? Well... depends on what you want to achieve with it.
It makes an excellent digital recorder, coupled with a nice mic... I use
mine often to record shows and samples for later processing and music
creation. Super clean. Extremely portable and reliable. Very easy to
shuffle play track order which can be nice for getting rough ideas on
composition. Once I have my MD filled up, I usually dump the samples to
keep onto my Mac and just reuse the MD media over and over again. I
also like to ability to record from the computer or CD using digital
cable to get an exact copy. Yes, I guess it is another format to fiddle
with. I really don't think it will Betamax... seems like I've been
using mine for almost a decade now... the media is readily available
(they even carry MD's at my local supermarket) and a whole box of them
are cheap, and I think I've been recording over and over with the same
original 10 or MD for years and years now... no loss in quality. Let me
know what you decide '-)
joel
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