Hi -
Let me prefice this by saying that I am a total novice when it comes to recording. I wanted to be able to record my band's stuff, for the purpose of making demo CDs to send to places who might want to hire us. My little Radio Shack tape recorder just wasn't cutting it, quality wise. So I wanted to make the next step, without spending a lot of money. So...
I just purchased a Sony Net MD Walkman MZ-NF810, which allows for an external mike for doing the recording, thinking that I would be able to transfer stuff I recorded from the minidisc to a CD. You can imagine my surprise and dismay when I realized that Sony does not allow transfer from the MD to my computer, to copy to a CD. (My friend got the same Walkman setup, and was told by the place we both purchased these things, that you would be able to copy stuff to a CD - liars) Now, I e-mailed Sony, who told me that "Audio recorded to the Net MD Walkman recorder via a microphone, radio etc, can only be recorded to a computer via an analog connection. In order to record from the MiniDisc player to the computer, one could connect an adaptor cable between the headphone jack on the MiniDisc player to the line in jack on the computer. .... As long as your computer has the proper card and inputs, for recording music from the MiniDisc, you will be able to transfer the live recordings 'from' your MiniDisc to your computer. Once the songs have been transferred to your PC, you will be able to open them for playback through your favorite media player." Now, I am trying to decipher this whole e-mail, and hoped someone here might be able to help me.
I take this to mean that if I were to get an analog cable, I could connect via the headphone jack on the Sony (which has not only a mini-plug, but also a rectangular block of pins which also has to be plugged into the jack when I use the headphones), and then take the cable and plug it into a Line In jack on my Creative sound card. Or would I have to get a special sound card to accommodate the signal? Would the Creative software that came with my computer be able to deal with the file that comes in from the MD player?
Or is there some other sort of set up for recording a single track cut, no multiple tracks necessary, of my band that I can then copy to a CD on my computer? In which case, I would send back the Sony minidisc player/recorder.
Man, now my head aches from trying to explain this coherently lol!
Thanks for any help anyone can give me.
Julie
Let me prefice this by saying that I am a total novice when it comes to recording. I wanted to be able to record my band's stuff, for the purpose of making demo CDs to send to places who might want to hire us. My little Radio Shack tape recorder just wasn't cutting it, quality wise. So I wanted to make the next step, without spending a lot of money. So...
I just purchased a Sony Net MD Walkman MZ-NF810, which allows for an external mike for doing the recording, thinking that I would be able to transfer stuff I recorded from the minidisc to a CD. You can imagine my surprise and dismay when I realized that Sony does not allow transfer from the MD to my computer, to copy to a CD. (My friend got the same Walkman setup, and was told by the place we both purchased these things, that you would be able to copy stuff to a CD - liars) Now, I e-mailed Sony, who told me that "Audio recorded to the Net MD Walkman recorder via a microphone, radio etc, can only be recorded to a computer via an analog connection. In order to record from the MiniDisc player to the computer, one could connect an adaptor cable between the headphone jack on the MiniDisc player to the line in jack on the computer. .... As long as your computer has the proper card and inputs, for recording music from the MiniDisc, you will be able to transfer the live recordings 'from' your MiniDisc to your computer. Once the songs have been transferred to your PC, you will be able to open them for playback through your favorite media player." Now, I am trying to decipher this whole e-mail, and hoped someone here might be able to help me.
I take this to mean that if I were to get an analog cable, I could connect via the headphone jack on the Sony (which has not only a mini-plug, but also a rectangular block of pins which also has to be plugged into the jack when I use the headphones), and then take the cable and plug it into a Line In jack on my Creative sound card. Or would I have to get a special sound card to accommodate the signal? Would the Creative software that came with my computer be able to deal with the file that comes in from the MD player?
Or is there some other sort of set up for recording a single track cut, no multiple tracks necessary, of my band that I can then copy to a CD on my computer? In which case, I would send back the Sony minidisc player/recorder.
Man, now my head aches from trying to explain this coherently lol!
Thanks for any help anyone can give me.
Julie