misi disk recording??

good ol' Eck · 4th December 2003, 11:35 PM

So i was wondering is it possible to record a minidisk using just a crappy pc and a portable miidisk player. I'm gettin one for my Christmas but i dont have a stereo that can play/record minidisks. I know there's a way to plug 'em into the back of your stereo, but i bought mine with my paper-round christmas tip money about 5 years ago so i dont think i'll be able to do that. any suggestions? err yeah an cheers in advance.

WATCHO!! · 4th December 2003, 11:47 PM

yea u can get lead things in dixons. u can plug one end into the headfone socket(or mic i cant remember) of your pc and the other into the recording bit on your minidisk player. hit play on pc and record on minidisk. wont be very good quality but it'll work.

humndislocation · 4th December 2003, 11:57 PM

I don't know how cheap a soundblaster live! with digital outputs would be nowadays, but that's what I use. I got a CO2 box from sound control to convert the coaxial SPDIF digital output on the PC to an optical one and plugged it in to the minidisc.

Ryan_Equilibrium · 5th December 2003, 12:00 AM

i got one the other month and lucky for me i have an optical output on my dvd player. make sure u have one of these on the back of somethin before u buy anything.

Rebelius · 5th December 2003, 12:18 AM

nah, the first way is the simplest and it isn't bad quality, use a small lead with a 3.5mm jack on each end, plug one into a headphone socket on anything and put the other into the record plug on the MD player and hit record to record whatever's coming out the headphone socket.

I also have used the Optical output on the back of my PS2 into the optical in on the MD Player (by the way, this is the same as the analog one on most and the plug can be used for either) that way it marks track breaks for you.

Now i use the USB connection which is very simple but lots of people don't bother buying Net MD players. that way it records all the track names aswell.

WATCHO!! · 5th December 2003, 12:24 AM

wow some1 agreed with me. and it was you! *shock horror*

Starla · 5th December 2003, 12:36 AM

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Originally Posted by punkrockstu

yea u can get lead things in dixons. u can plug one end into the headfone socket(or mic i cant remember) of your pc and the other into the recording bit on your minidisk player. hit play on pc and record on minidisk. wont be very good quality but it'll work.

This is how I started off recording from hi-fi to mini-disc, +I found the quality quite good.

Anyway, aye. This is your cheapest +easiest way to do it.

Rebelius · 5th December 2003, 12:38 AM

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Originally Posted by punkrockstu

wow some1 agreed with me. and it was you! *shock horror*

whats with that attitude man? just cos i speak to alan does that mean i must hate you by default or something.

WATCHO!! · 5th December 2003, 12:42 AM

nah man not that at all. i got nothing against u. but we've never exactly been best mates or anything have we? if im wrong then sorry.

Rebelius · 5th December 2003, 12:45 AM

i just don't know you. don't always assume that me on msn is actually me by the way.

anyway, the topic, the topic...

The headphone to input is by far the simplest and cheapest, just depends on what hardware you have what you can do.

WATCHO!! · 5th December 2003, 12:47 AM

right man i'll leave it alone then.
yea its dirt cheap to get the leads and they last long enough if u dont throw them round or skip with them and shit like that.

Rebelius · 5th December 2003, 12:53 AM

or you could probably buy 2 adaptors for a guitar lead an do it with that although that'd be crap quality cos it's mono.

WATCHO!! · 5th December 2003, 01:03 AM

i tried that once for recording some riffs i did. the quality is a bit shitty.

Rebelius · 5th December 2003, 01:04 AM

thought it might be.

4th December 2003, 11:35 PM	#1 (permalink)
good ol' Eck Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Dundee Posts: 789	misi disk recording?? So i was wondering is it possible to record a minidisk using just a crappy pc and a portable miidisk player. I'm gettin one for my Christmas but i dont have a stereo that can play/record minidisks. I know there's a way to plug 'em into the back of your stereo, but i bought mine with my paper-round christmas tip money about 5 years ago so i dont think i'll be able to do that. any suggestions? err yeah an cheers in advance.

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4th December 2003, 11:47 PM	#2 (permalink)
WATCHO!! Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Blairgowrie Posts: 1,929 Band: Spengler	yea u can get lead things in dixons. u can plug one end into the headfone socket(or mic i cant remember) of your pc and the other into the recording bit on your minidisk player. hit play on pc and record on minidisk. wont be very good quality but it'll work.

4th December 2003, 11:57 PM	#3 (permalink)
humndislocation Hardcore is serious guys Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Dundee Posts: 6,057 Band: Blasphemous Necrorapist	I don't know how cheap a soundblaster live! with digital outputs would be nowadays, but that's what I use. I got a CO2 box from sound control to convert the coaxial SPDIF digital output on the PC to an optical one and plugged it in to the minidisc.

5th December 2003, 12:00 AM	#4 (permalink)
Ryan_Equilibrium Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Dundee Posts: 3,098	i got one the other month and lucky for me i have an optical output on my dvd player. make sure u have one of these on the back of somethin before u buy anything.

5th December 2003, 12:18 AM	#5 (permalink)
Rebelius Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 7,227	nah, the first way is the simplest and it isn't bad quality, use a small lead with a 3.5mm jack on each end, plug one into a headphone socket on anything and put the other into the record plug on the MD player and hit record to record whatever's coming out the headphone socket. I also have used the Optical output on the back of my PS2 into the optical in on the MD Player (by the way, this is the same as the analog one on most and the plug can be used for either) that way it marks track breaks for you. Now i use the USB connection which is very simple but lots of people don't bother buying Net MD players. that way it records all the track names aswell.

5th December 2003, 12:24 AM	#6 (permalink)
WATCHO!! Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Blairgowrie Posts: 1,929 Band: Spengler	wow some1 agreed with me. and it was you! shock horror

5th December 2003, 12:42 AM	#9 (permalink)
WATCHO!! Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Blairgowrie Posts: 1,929 Band: Spengler	nah man not that at all. i got nothing against u. but we've never exactly been best mates or anything have we? if im wrong then sorry.

5th December 2003, 12:45 AM	#10 (permalink)
Rebelius Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 7,227	i just don't know you. don't always assume that me on msn is actually me by the way. anyway, the topic, the topic... The headphone to input is by far the simplest and cheapest, just depends on what hardware you have what you can do.

5th December 2003, 12:47 AM	#11 (permalink)
WATCHO!! Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Blairgowrie Posts: 1,929 Band: Spengler	right man i'll leave it alone then. yea its dirt cheap to get the leads and they last long enough if u dont throw them round or skip with them and shit like that.

5th December 2003, 12:53 AM	#12 (permalink)
Rebelius Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 7,227	or you could probably buy 2 adaptors for a guitar lead an do it with that although that'd be crap quality cos it's mono.

5th December 2003, 01:03 AM	#13 (permalink)
WATCHO!! Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Blairgowrie Posts: 1,929 Band: Spengler	i tried that once for recording some riffs i did. the quality is a bit shitty.

5th December 2003, 01:04 AM	#14 (permalink)
Rebelius Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 7,227	thought it might be.