Minidisc

HxC · Post by **HxC** » Fri Feb 13, 2009 6:40 am

I'm going through some minidiscs right now archiving.. remember those things?

doorjamb · Post by **doorjamb** » Fri Feb 13, 2009 6:51 am

still not sure why minidisc never caught on, it's a pretty cool format
lots of ways to modify them to get fun clicking sounds and such

Euclid Ov Oåklånd · Post by **Euclid Ov Oåklånd** » Fri Feb 13, 2009 7:02 am

MiniDisc are the betamax of my generation, while technically solid it wasn't given enough attention and didn't reach a reasonable consumer price point until it was already on it's way out.

pt3r · Post by **pt3r** » Fri Feb 13, 2009 9:06 am

Euclid Ov Oåklånd wrote:MiniDisc are the betamax of my generation, while technically solid it wasn't given enough attention and didn't reach a reasonable consumer price point until it was already on it's way out.

You sound old :lol:

but I gues you have a very valid point. I still have my minidisc recorder lying around, gathering dust. :oops:

kel · Post by **kel** » Fri Feb 13, 2009 10:39 am

i had a minidisc boombox. the only stereo system i ever owned that had a screensaver (aquarium). i was dubbing to these a few years before i ever burned a cd. quite an underrated format, except for the tinny high frequecies, but who cares. how about that badass sony minidisc stereo mic?

pt3r · Post by **pt3r** » Fri Feb 13, 2009 10:46 am

Still got mine, works fantastic for field recordings.

drewzle · Post by **drewzle** » Fri Feb 13, 2009 11:28 am

i grabbed a portable MD Walkman when i was in Singapore...shit was brilliant. i used to record Real Audio clips i downloaded from the internet onto a MD, in mono so i could record twice as long. used to make the dopest 'mixtapes' by jacking audio from early hip-hop sites (anyone remember thareal.com?). i'd set-up a tracklist in Winamp with a 4 second silence.mp3 in between each file so the MD would set a new track.
plus that MD player was the first joint where i got that remote volume/track control on the earphone piece. helped me integrate the music cyborg like even more :lol:

i played that MD player into the ground, it died a few years later. by then mp3 players had taken over. Like pt3r says, i'd still be interested in one for field recording and such

Euclid Ov Oåklånd · Fri Feb 13, 2009 12:58 pm

I am pretty old p3tr, I'm 25. :lol:

korakios · Post by **korakios** » Fri Feb 13, 2009 1:06 pm

I had a mz505 which i used to record live shows as a sound engineer...very tought device, i used to carry it also on vacations(hmm i am not sure about the spelling!) next to the sea and high tempratures!
Then i picked a rh-1(unfortunatelly i wasn't aware of the zoom H2) which is very nice...
The main reason they died was simple...before the hi-mds if you recorded your own staff you couldnot transer via usb to your computer...sony really "locked" the device...also a program used for converting your mp3s(no support either) and tranfer them to your md device was very heavy and it crashed often...
...also the "next-generation" md's did not support record of wav or mp3 directly and u needed the sony's crap program called sonicstage(real slow!)...
...but i will always like the quality and the sound(better than mp3 IMO)
and because they where expencive i really use them in extreme situations(the old one passed away!)and the charger of the newest died on a storm recordind(almost me too ,cause of a thunder!)

pt3r · Post by **pt3r** » Fri Feb 13, 2009 1:13 pm

Euclid Ov Oåklånd wrote:I am pretty old p3tr, I'm 25.

25? You're a kid LOL. j/k :lol:

5ch0k0 · Post by **5ch0k0** » Fri Feb 13, 2009 1:14 pm

Minidiscs are neato...have 1 also but even more nostalgic is a DAT tape recorder which has in my opinion the better quality of sound....well now a daze I just record on the puter...works fine 4 me

pt3r · Post by **pt3r** » Fri Feb 13, 2009 1:31 pm

True DAT is good quality but... you better keep that machine serviced every so often or you might end up with a lot of masters that you can't play back any more.

5ch0k0 · Post by **5ch0k0** » Fri Feb 13, 2009 1:48 pm

true, every 2500 to 3000 hrs. you have to get that deck checked...BUT

when they work, they play/record very very good.

Rob P · Post by **Rob P** » Sat Feb 14, 2009 1:20 am

I actually picked up an hi-md player/recorder along with the sony mic and 1 hi-md blank minidisc for 100$ and it's great for field recording and recording vinyl.
I'm very glad of my purchase :lol:

Euclid Ov Oåklånd · Post by **Euclid Ov Oåklånd** » Sat Feb 14, 2009 1:31 am

I've actually never used or listened to a minidisc, I wanted one so bad when they came out. I'm always on the look for new technology and gear but almost always am lacking the funds, so I just keep my eye on the stuff I know I'll always want and use despite fads and rabid gearlust.