Do You Recommend A Minidisc Recorder To Record Acoustic And A Vocalist?

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Hi. I Want To Record A Person Playing A Guitar (with An Amp) And A Vocalist (with A Microfone And An Amp) Simultaneously. Can This Be Done With The Use Of A Minidisc Player/ Recorder? I Want To Convert It To An Mp3 To Make It Availible For Download For My Friends. I Want It To Sound Nice And Somewhat Professional, But I Dont Need Anything Major. That Is Why I Am Asking If A Minidisc Recorder Should Do The Trick. If You Guys Suggest It Is There A Certain Player U Suggest? Also What Microphone Do You Suggest For The Vocalist. I Kindly Appreciaite Your Opinions.
 
Technically yes since it has a stereo input but make sure that you get one of the newer MD with transfers from the deck to computer via USB. The older ones did not have this feature and without it, you will need to redigitize the audio (which blows goats)

M-audio has a deck that may be better suited
 
One thing about minidisks... many of the commercial players/recorders use Sony's atraks compression to get 74 minutes onto the little disks...


Is that an issue? I'm not sure myself but it would be worth asking the question :)
 
I loved my sony md unit, but i think even without the usb port they still have a digital out...optical i think.
 
some of the mini disks could record with any microphone plugged into the line in, other need a preamp, and others don't even have a line in. Make sure you are aware of what yours will need before you buy one. Also, keep inmind that Sony is killing hte whole minidisk line, last I heard. Eventually it may be hard to find new disks or to replace your recorder/player if it dies.

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but i think even without the usb port they still have a digital out...optical i think.
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Nope. Has digital in only via mini optical cable. The orginal rackmount sony had normal spdif out, but that was the last model to have one since they were actually selling music MDs and there were piracy concerns
 
but i think even without the usb port they still have a digital out...optical i think.
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Nope. Has digital in only via mini optical cable. The orginal rackmount sony had normal spdif out, but that was the last model to have one since they were actually selling music MDs and there were piracy concerns. I used one for years archiving club nights and it was a decent recorder per say, however transfering from the MD back to the comp via analog was bullshit and got old real quick

The newest generation of MD has 1 gig disk which can record more than 74 minutes in the non-compressed format and u can transfer via USB from the player to computer but only on the SP setting and IIRC, only tracks that were recorded with the deck itself
 
i have made pretty basic recordings with mini disk recorders in the past, they are ok for an idea of what you sound like, problem with them is the compression rate, then when you convert to mp3 you are compressing again...not ideal really, but good results can be achived. are you micing the guitar amp up? You will need the two mics, or three if you are micing the singers amp!! then you will also need a mixer. It all depends on what you consider 'pro' and what you are willing to accept you can do with you budget. I would say for the guitar amps use an sm57 cheap and trustworthy and pretty much a standard in that department, for the vocals i guess you could go with a good dynamic mic like a shure sm58 or a cheap equivelent. you could take a line out from the guitar amp, and from the vocal amp would solve the other mic problems, not sure what your set up is really but im sure you can get a decent enough recording, just get the levels nice an hot and the recordings clean. hope this is of use to ya
 
I'm an old Minidisc user since about '97, and I think they're fine. I have several.

However, in these days of rapid technological advancements, I'd say skip the "standard" minidisc recorder and go directly to Hi-MD.

The "new" Hi-MD recorders record up to 1Gb of data on a disc, in UNcompressed 16/44.1 CD-quality (wav) format. Features vary a lot, so check features carefully & make sure you get the Hi-MD recorder with a USB, Mic AND Line inputs.

I'm not going to upgrade to Hi-MD any time soon, as I'm so entrenched in "standard" old-school Minidisc, but these days it's no question that Hi-MD is the way to go for new Minidisc users.

PS: There's a Hi-MD unit that also doubles duty as a digital camera.

Find more specific info on all things Minidisc, at www.minidisc.org .......;)
 
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