Re: MiniDisc for field recording

["Scott McGregor Moore" <scott@dreamstate.to>]

The quality of the codec is much higher now
and here, in Toronto, it's very easy to get discs.
More and more of my friends use them too
so it's easy to exchange discs with our music.
A good portable DAT is better quality (you
just have to think about how much room is
left in the MD for the mic preamp) but the
MD quality is still very good - and I know
several people who have made very good
CDs from master recordings on MD.
Their size makes them good for spontaneous
field recordings.

Cheers,
Scott M2

http://www.dreamSTATE.to
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> I thought the MDs were pretty obsolete at this point..the availability of
> the medium itself..
> 
> Whatever you do..get yourself  a good wind sock
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Duke Sexton" <catilyne@icicle.net>
> To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
> Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2002 9:20 PM
> Subject: Re: MiniDisc for field recording
> 
> 
> > At 06:53 PM 9/21/2002 -0700, Mark Sottilaro wrote:
> >
> > >After seeing Matt D's amazing found object set, my wife started 
>talking
> > >about using field recordings in her music.  I figure a MD 
>player/recorder
> > >would be the way to go, but which one?  What's the best model 
>currently
> > >made?  Do they all have mic inputs?  CNET didn't seem to mention this
> > >feature on any of them.  A recommendation for a decent stereo mic 
>would
> be
> > >useful too.
> >
> > Pardon me for asking what may seem an obvious question but why 
>Minidisc in
> > particular, as opposed to something like portable DAT?
> >
> > Granted, it's been a looooong time since I seriously looked at MD, but 
>I
> > always had the impression that it was natively low-fidelity -- crippled
> > sample- or bit-rate (I forget which), and lossy compression that kicks 
>in
> > every pass/transfer it touches.  Of course, I'm a bit of a vinyl 
>junkie so
> > I even tend to find full16-bit/44.1khz substandard in many cases.  But 
>has
> > the Minidisc as a medium improved that much since its inception?
> >
> >          -c-
> >
> > _____
> > "i want to reach my hand into the dark and *feel* what reaches back"
> >                                                  -recoil
> >
> 
>