Recommendtions for minidisc or CD to mix to.

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Cliff K

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Hi folks,
I posted before about what is a good stand alone machine to mix-down to, and people said that a minidisc is a good and affordable way to go. Well, I don't know much about these. Can someone recommend a good minidisc unit? I'll mostly be using it to mix to, so 2 tracks is enough, and I'd like to be able to edit and sequence with it. A bonus would be something that is portable enough to do live and field recording. So, what are some models, brands, and features that I should be looking at? Does anyone here mixdown to a minidisc....what do you think about it? Lastly, would it be better to just get a stand alone CD recorder/burner, any pros/cons on this compared to a minidisc? I don't have access right now to a computer for recording, so any computer-based option is out for me for a while.

Thanks for the help!
Cheers,
Cliff
 
"I" would perfer a stand alone cdr burner, mini disk are pretty cool(i use mine for live recording and recording samples of movies of my dvd/vcr) the only flip side to mini disk is it has a built in compression system. thats how it fits all that media on a small disc.
 
The downside of MD is that from an audio perspective, it still doesn't hold-up to CD, due to the ATRAC compression (which literally throws away a portion of your audio signal)....

OTOH, it may be "good enough" for your applications, depending on what your goals are....

It isn't, and will never be, considered a viable mixdown format for professional use, but it can certainly be useful to the consumer/prosumer/home-recording crowd.
 
Hmmm....thanks for that info. Maybe a stand alone CD deck then; are there any out there that will let me edit and sequence tracks without having to use a computer? Good quality and new or used in the $100-$200 price? Maybe I'm asking for too much. This is an alternative to an open reel 2-trk tape machine, but obviously I need to learn some things about digital gear.

Cliff
 
The other thing about mixing down to a minidisc player, at least the portable ones, is that they offer no digital output. So to then move your minidisc to another computer or to a CD you have to do another digital to analog to digital conversion.
 
Well, I think I'm gonna bite the bullet and start saving for a computer with a sound card. Until then, I'll look for a decent basic CD or minidisc deck.

Thanks a lot for your help,
Cliff
 
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