Can anyone give some quick advice on this Mini-disk system - I bought a new Sony MD because it both allowed for external mic (sound quality is wonderful) and for transfering files by USB. The problem I've encountered though is Attrac3 - you can only transfer to the computer a file that was originally transferred *from* that same computer - this is an interesting example of current desperation to establish unbreakable copyright protection. So of course all my interviews have to be played into the computer in real time because they did not originate on the computer! I'm about the go into battle with Sony over this, to see if there is any way around it (ie, can I not convince the software that I in fact originated this material!), but before I do this, does anyone know about how to deal with this issue? Don Sony hits a grand slam! Announcing Hi-MD (spec) a new Minidisc format based upon a 1GB MD medium and existing MD media reformatted to 300MB. Hi-MD equipment features uploading to PC for mic-input recordings, and built-in linear PCM as well as ATRAC3plus encoding at 256 and 64kbps. Hi-MD recorders also function as USB data drives. Available in April, recording equipment prices will be $200 (MZ-NH600D), $250 (MZ-NHF800), $300 (MZ-NH900) and $400 (MZ-NH1) with Hi-MD blanks costing about $7. Sony Press Release: http://news.sel.sony.com/pressrelease/4270 Best, Zoe _________________________________________________ Zoe Dowling, Ph.D. Candidate Department of Sociology, School of Human Sciences University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH, UK http://www.soc.surrey.ac.uk/~scp1zd/ Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 12:11:58 -0500 From: bernie.hogan@utoronto.ca To: air-l@aoir.org Subject: [Air-l] digital recording Reply-To: air-l@aoir.org Hi Everyone, A thread was started last week about digital transcription software. This week I was wondering what people were using to actually get the digital files. I've been using a minidisc player and a program called WinNMD, but that is subpar since it only transfers in realtime. Any suggestions? Take Care BERNiE Bernie Hogan Ph.D. Student Department of Sociology NetLab, Knowledge Media Design Institute University of Toronto _______________________________________________ Air-l mailing list Air-l@aoir.org http://www.aoir.org/mailman/listinfo/air-l