Atrac 4.5 & Digital Out :::

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Badtz

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is the new atrac 4.5 suitable for professional audio recordings? [to go into your mix]

also, is there any portable MD's with digital out?

if not,

can you take a minidisc and put it in a home MD player and use its' digital out? if so, what cheap home player do you all recommend, basically using it just for the digital out........?
 
Badtz, as far as "professional audio recordings" strictly speaking ANY form
of data compression (more accurately data reduction) is not a professional
2 track recording medium. It's fine up to the level of doing "demos" though.
If you're starting from scratch you'd be better off in the long run by either
getting a good CD burner that can make CD-R's, or if you have the
inclination, getting a 2 track reel to reel that at a minimum is 1/4" running
at 15 inches per second. DAT's are more of a crapshoot as the tapes run
about $10 each, and they are dying out like multi-track minidisc did.

The minidiscs are supposed to be playable in any home or portable unit.
You may want to check minidisc.org for more information on your
questions as far as specif makes and models.
Also www.sony.com since they invented minidisc and are the main
manufacturer.

Chris
 
i'm hoping to use some type of portable recording medium [on the go/fly] to record sounds to be used in my music productions [mixes]..........

i guess my main question would be, is the minidisc's audio quality suitable for use in the studio.

:)
 
Oops I should have said consider getting a CD recorder that can
do BOTH CDR's and CDRW's in my prior post!
Tascam had a model BTW call the CD-R4U that can defeat the
SCMS code for about $400 street price.

Chris
 
A top level studio would probably use a portable DAT recorder
due to its better sound quality.

For a "project level" studio on down, the latest generations of
mindisc should be more than adequate sound-wise.

Another possibilty would be to get a small CD recorder, like the
Tascam above, and put together a travel set-up.
That way you'd get better sound than MD for less than you'd
pay for a new DAT (getting a used one would involve some risk).
Plus you could use the CD recorder for mix-downs too.

Chris
 
thanks for hte link!

& i'll look into the portable tascam player......
 
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