Bernie, As far as I am aware (and I've spent quite a bit of time looking into this recently) getting your minidisc recordings onto PC always involves recording back in real time, using one software program or another. However, there is some light at the end of the tunnel for MD fans (however this would mean ditching your current MD player and investing in a new one!) As reported on Minidisc.org: 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