Is it possible with any MD to download music recorded from a MD to a PC to make a back up in a CD?
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Only the MZ-M200 and MZ-RH1 have the ability to digitally transfer *any* MD recording to a PC, and only on windows, and only using the Sonic Stage software. Other HiMD recorders can upload recordings made on that Unit to a PC.
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Lawrence/Melton, thanks for the info! I am thinking about .atrac for nostalgic reasons. Some years down the road, when Sony folds and ATRAC becomes public domain, perhaps ATRAC files will be more playable.. ;) But looks like PCM/WAV is the way to go, as someone else mentioned that I will be transcoding the audio if I save it as ATRAC3+. So I will probably just do PCM and convert it to FLAC for archival and playback. The CDs will be for giving to my relatives so they can play it on any CD player. Not as a storage/archival medium. That'll be on my RAID harddrive. I am picturing another scenario. After all these work (and $$$ to buy the MZ-M200) to upload a pristine copy of the recording to my computer, and put the MD away for storage in my attic/craw space, something happens and I lose the copy on my raided HD, the copy on my RAID NAS, the copy on my offline HD, and the copy on my offsite storage, and I am back to square one, bidding on an MZ-R200 from ebay (as I've probably sold mine), paying dearly, to do this all over again. ;) Well, of course this won't happen, as I can probably still hunt down the copy I gave to my relative, but the thoughts have occurred to me. ;) In the end, I think the MD would've cost me more than if I had purchased a professional DAT player in the first place. There are so much that can be said about why MD failed and how utterly stupid Sony is, I am not going to say anything other than Steve Jobs is the best answer to Sony's paranoia about copy protection. Protected a few pennies, but missed out on billions.
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Yes and can be done simply while viewing from your browser as the admin. It is them converted to a file you can save seperate, then download, email, flashdrive, cd. Whatever you would like
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Yes you can. I worked with Filemaker on Mac and PCs and you're able to transfer the DBs easily.
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Yes, you can rip your CD via iTune. Just open up iTune on your Mac or PC. Insert a music CD and click import.
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Sorry, I don't use the download aspect, but all I do is create wav file (lossless) from cd rip from windows media player from my cds onto the hardrive and then transfer the files to the Sony player and the sounds would just simply be "Awesome"...
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I've never done it that way but Yes you should be able to. At worst you would make a track as you listen, then you could save or delete. I/ve copied most of my vinyl and burned to CD as well as having a copy on my computer. Audacity works well (free)
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My husband had downloaded cds on the computer and my son was able to transfer those among other music to his ipod. So i would say yes if your tech savvy!!
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It will record on regular CD-R's. I don't know if you can rip the songs to your computer. It may depend on what media program you use. I know Windows 7 Media Player, won't let you.
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Yes. We can load midi files onto a flash drive for you which are played by plugging into the usb port.
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I did not download music only ripped from cds. The included software should make it pretty easy though. Sorry not more help.
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AWESOME! Your clarification on the capabilities of this unit seals the deal for me. I just wanted to make CD copies of the music I already have previously recorded on mini-disc. For some reason, I could never get my Net MD recorder (and software) to go from mini-disc, to computer, to CD OR back to another mini-disc(?). Mp3's are OK, but I prefer using CDs/MDs for their sound. MD rules for me for it editing capability, and now I'm willing to go with the MZ-M200 for it's features. Thanks again for the help and the link to the manual!
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I'm not quite sure what you're asking. Are you saying you have CDs that you've ripped to MP3, and now you want to use uncompressed versions of those songs instead of MP3 versions?If so, you'd have to start from the original CDs and rerip them to Apple Lossless or WAV (or AIFF). You can't add information to the lossey audio files you already have.In the case of music you've purchased from iTunes (or any download service), there's nothing you can do. They don't offer CD quality audio files.Obviously of course uncompressed audio takes up more space, so you might instead want to rip things at like 320Kb/s AAC, which is the best lossy format these players support. I'm not quite sure what you're asking. Are you saying you have CDs that you've ripped to MP3, and now you want to use uncompressed versions of those songs instead of MP3 versions?If so, you'd have to start from the original CDs and rerip them to Apple Lossless or WAV (or AIFF). You can't add information to the lossey audio files you already have.In the case of music you've purchased from iTunes (or any download service), there's nothing you can do. They don't offer CD quality audio files.Obviously of course uncompressed audio takes up more space, so you... » Read More I'm not quite sure what you're asking. Are you saying you have CDs that you've ripped to MP3, and now you want to use uncompressed versions of those songs instead of MP3 versions?If so, you'd have to start from the original CDs and rerip them to Apple Lossless or WAV (or AIFF). You can't add information to the lossey audio files you already have.In the case of music you've purchased from iTunes (or any download service), there's nothing you can do. They don't offer CD quality audio files.Obviously of course uncompressed audio takes up more space, so you might instead want to rip things at like 320Kb/s AAC, which is the best lossy format these players support. « Show Less
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I have not done that but I see no reason you can't. When a disk is formatted it is optimized for the PC or Mac operating system but the files are not affected. My Rocstore has been a solid performer since it was installed but at the moment I am an all Mac operation.
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You can but the method depends on the specific site you are downloading from. Check the site you are downloading from to determine how to direct the download to a specific location (Disk Drive and File Folder) with the datatravler plugged into the computer check the computer to determine the drive name assigned to the datatraveler and update the download site to send the music files to that drive.The other alternative is to let the download continue normally, determine the location its being sent to (disk drive and File Folder). After the download is complete copy to music files from that location to the data traveler. You can but the method depends on the specific site you are downloading from. Check the site you are downloading from to determine how to direct the download to a specific location (Disk Drive and File Folder) with the datatravler plugged into the computer check the computer to determine the drive name assigned to the datatraveler and update the download site to send the music files to that drive.The other alternative is to let the download continue normally, determine the location its being sent to (disk drive and File Folder). After the download is complete copy to music files... » Read More You can but the method depends on the specific site you are downloading from. Check the site you are downloading from to determine how to direct the download to a specific location (Disk Drive and File Folder) with the datatravler plugged into the computer check the computer to determine the drive name assigned to the datatraveler and update the download site to send the music files to that drive.The other alternative is to let the download continue normally, determine the location its being sent to (disk drive and File Folder). After the download is complete copy to music files from that location to the data traveler. « Show Less
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There may be other ways, but I'd simply burn a CD from iTunes and then rip it to create the MP3 files a copy them to the SD.
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I have not personally made a copy of that type of cd but as long as that doesn't have special protection on them is should be fine. If you can make a copy of the cd on your computer without special software then it should be fine.
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Yes, but not directly. You would have to transfer the recording to a computer first and then burn your CD.