mixing down to a minidisc

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Can anyone tell me if mixing down to a two track minidisc is as good as a two track dat machine or so on . And if not what is the difference . I'm using a 4-track Tascam 424 mkIII .
 
YO Singing Gospel pages:]

A two track minidisc is a recorder that is a cut above most average tape recorders.

So, if you set your mix levels and move it into a minidisc you will be re-recording your song. If there is noise on the original, you will get that noise on the mixdown recording.

I still have my MD8 track minidisc hooked up in my studio; however, I use the Yam DAW 2816 so I don't do much on the MD8 as 16 bit is much better than the MD8. But, you can do some nice stuff if you work at it.

Your minidisc mixdown won't be as good as a CDR.

Green Hornet:D :cool:
 
gospelsing said:
Can anyone tell me if mixing down to a two track minidisc is as good as a two track dat machine or so on . And if not what is the difference . I'm using a 4-track Tascam 424 mkIII .
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MD records audio using a lossy compression format - meaning a portion of the audio signal (deemed inaudible by ATRAC algorithms) is literally thrown out the window. This fact alone makes it a poor mixdown format when compared to lossless digital recording formats such as DAT or hard-disk and is not considered a serious mixdown media.

It will, however, generally give you better results than mixing down to cassette....
 
Thanks you guys ............ Tell me then, how or what would I need to mix down to my let's say my computer to burn it on a cd . I just bought this recorder to learn a few basics on and try a few things and because it is handy to keep plugged up and then I plan to move up in the world .
 
Yo Scribe of Matthew, Mark, Luke & John:]

You would need to read lots on this forum for inside information. I don't record on a PC but my Yam 2816 is really a PC with no mouse.

So, on a PC, you would need a good sound card, some kind of recording program, some monitors, a decent mic, etc.

So, take it a step at a time; try to get a realtime look at somebody, some friend, some Gospel brother who has a recording set up and look and learn. Or, go to a vendor who can give you a demo of either PC or DAW recording.

Walk the path.

Green Hornet:D :cool: :cool:
 
Hold on, minidisc is about as good as anyone would need for a fourtrack mixdown deck. Seriously, Bear brain is right, it is a lossy compression format but it sounds great. Isn't that what it's all about? You don't need anything better for a cassette mixdown deck, honestly.
 
Yo Jake with no friends:

Anything can sound great! Your wife or your girlfriend can sound great.

Your ears rule.

Green Hornet:D :p :p
 
Thanks there Jake and greenhorn and by the way I can see you've been reading your bible there Jake. Really I'm kind of on a bugdet and layed off at the time that kind of slows my spending down for a bit. So I take it buying a dat or even a used dat player would be a waste of money with a cassette deck or not . For instance my friend has a akai 12 track with a jazz disc 1 gig that I know more about than he does that I borrow some times that I would still like to get better results out of . Because we have been mixing down to a minidisc and I know that we are loosing something some where eq or dq compress or depress you just can't get it back ........any pointers
 
I meant the green hornet on the bible reading there . Sorry about that
 
4-track Tascam 424 mkIII ...nice. That's what I'm thinking about upgrading to.

I have an old Tascam Porta Mini Studio 05. The line out, panning and tape forward feature is not working.

I mix down to PC using Nero Wave Editor.

Using noise reduction feature I was able to reduce the hiss considerably even though I'm mixing down from headphone jack.

Panning is important. It will make your recording sound better and more proffesional.

Try panning your instruments, recording at a high tape speed and mixing down from line out to PC.

Let me know how it turns out.
 
Gospelsing, I would actually concider getting another type of recorder than a cassette just because of the fact that in today's world cassette's are outdated they make a nice scratch pad though and they have came a long way but I would go with Yamaha 2816 and it would burn your work right to CD and u don't have to worry about mixing down to another costly device that just takes up more room and plus the quality of sound this unit can produce is amazing and well worth the money
 
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