In Sony announced MD Dataa version of the MiniDisc for storing computer data. There are two physically distinct types of discs: Premastered MDs, similar to CDs in operation and manufacture, and Recordable MDs, which can be recorded on repeatedly and employ magneto-optical technology.

The disc itself is enclosed in a small 7cm x 7cmconvenient, cartridge. Recent,, Please prefix your email address for us with "md-", e. We've kept quiet too long -- Sony's Digital Rights Mania finally lands them in court: Slashdot reports that a class action suit against Sony in California alleges that Sony's copy-protected audio CDs violate several California statutes, including the "Consumer Legal Remedies Act" and the "Consumer Protection against Computer Spyware Act," which prohibits -- among other things -- software that takes control over the user's computer or misrepresents the user's ability or right to uninstall the program.

Earlier, Mark Russinovich investigated Sony's self-installing CD protection software and found it to be akin to spyware, intentionally hiding itself and providing no means of removal.

Attention Sony Electronics -- would anything bad actually happen if you just jettisoned Sony Entertainment? Inqoo posts good photos of the Onkyo FR-N9 bookshelf system.

Onkyo's FR-N9 Japanese page and mech. It's Fall, new gear season: Peter Ravn discovers Sony's 40GB HD based NAS-M7HD "NetJuke" mech. The unit can record to HD from a variety of sources, including CD 8x and MD realtime, analog. Latest of the bunch is the NAS-A1 NetJuke stereo it's launching as part of the Any Music joint venture Several readers point out coverage of Sony's MZ-EH70 MZ-EH50 Hi-MD players mech.

Further coverage at AkihabaraNews and AVWatch mech. Sony announces the pro-use PCM-D1 solid-state recorder at AES. The handsome unit features built-in microphones, analog!

I was told [by Sony's pro-audio division] that new Hi-MD models are being developed and that Sony had no intention of killing the format. They kept assuring everyone that Hi-MD in the pro market will continue. A CanadaEast News article reports on Sony's announced restructuring, stating "Sony also fell behind Apple Computer Inc.

The IPod models are a big hit in Japan, where Apple began its ITunes store in August to rave reviews. Strap points out a C NET article laying out the Tough choices ahead for Sony. Stephen Baker, an analyst at The NPD Group, suggested Sony should cut out some of the low-visibility categories, including non-MP3 portable music players, clock radios and car stereos. Todd notes that the MDS-JE is still available from Crutchfield and is the only MD deck currently available on the US market.

The Washington Post reports that Sony will cut 10, jobs in a restructuring operation to "catch up with rivals such as Apple Computer and its popular iPod player in the portable music industry". What's in store for Minidisc? Mark Bausch points out an informative LA Times article covering Sony's attempts to get its electronics and entertainment divisions pulling in the same direction.

Through the late s and s, Sony's electronics and entertainment divisions coexisted in an uneasy peace. The whole was clearly less than the sum of its parts.

Recommended reading for those trying to fathom why Sony would intentionally cripple its Minidisc. Sony announces "Connect Player", a drag and drop oriented audio management tool. Dale Greer nicely covers Hi-MD Minidisc to Macintosh transfersfinding them quick and easy. Sony won't play on iTunes? Strap points out a Business week article mentioning that despite Sony's non-participation in iTunes Japan, some Sony artists have definately put their tracks there anyway.

The article is talking about how the iTunes launch in Japan is a raging success and how Sony musicians are trying to get their music onto iTunes even though Sony hasn't reached an agreement with Apple. Now they don't want to feed the iPod monster because they want a bigger piece of the pie for their own personal audio solutions but they don't want to hurt their recording business by not letting their artists sell music on the hottest thing going either.

A house divided against itself cannot stand and Sony, in spite of it's new management's declared policy of breaking down the barriers between divisions, is one divided house right now for sure. I hope that they sort it out.

I wouldn't mind seeing them dump their music and movie studios and get back to doing what they used to do better than anyone, making the most innovative electronic equipment in the world. A black MZ-DH10P pictorialan MZ-RH10 review and MZ-RH10 vs. They have rated Sony's NW-HD5 hard disk audio player "the cream of the crop". Sony offers free MZ-RH10 titling repair. As anyone who has hand titled on an MZ-RH10 unit knows, the characters K, L, M, X, Y, Z, k, l, m, x, y, and z are missing from the input screen.

Sony has agreed to pay for the repair as well as round-trip shipping charges. Kurisu offers a review roundup! Ishiyoshi has gracefully constructed a plethora of Minidisc equipment pictorials: Blue Sony MZ-RH10Black Sharp MD-DS70Blue Sony MZ-EGold Sony MZ-E10Silver Sony MZ-ERed Sony MZ-Rand finally Blue Sony MZ-N Free registration includes access to our growing gallery, downloads, and user-submitted live recording archive!

Armando Ortiz points out a discussion on Engadget about the "Worst gadget flops of all time". Several posts mentioned Minidisc in passing, but many more came to the format's defense. Remember NetMD with its silly 3-download limit?

How far they have come! Sony adds Macintosh Hi-MD uploading support! Kurisu finds Sony Business Products pages for the MZ-M MZ-RH10 clone and MZ-M10 MZ-RH clone portable Hi-MD recorders. They appear identical in every way to their RH brethren but also support upload of PCM linear recordings only to a Mac using Sony's Hi-MD WAV Importer software. Christian Klukas has re-released WinNMDa Windows software package for realtime, unattended uploading of MD recordings to a PC using any NetMD capable Minidisc device.

Tired of waiting for Sony to introduce Neige Hi-MD blanks? Dirtweed has decided to make his own from some std-MD blanks and a bit of scotch tape. Hello Kitty meets Hi-MD. Amid Choueiri points out a thoughtful article on Sony's Hi-MD technology at DigitalMediaThoughts. Unit has no Mic input, no Line input, no AC input on the unit - AC adapter plugs into the charging cradle only, no external AA battery case - can be used only with the removable LiIon rechargeable battery, the AC adapter is 6V not 3V.

MinidiscAccess extends their Memorial Day special until June 10th: Minidisco has secured Sony's remaining new stock of its MZ-NHF This is Sony's only Hi-MD with a built in tuner. Cracking the euro-MZ-RH10 restrictions: Chris MacManus brings this month's Forum Focus: The big news for registered Forums users is the addition of an active Gallery for sharing equipment photos and live recording samples with the world, as well as a fully functional Downloads area for all of your Hi-MD and NetMD needs.

As for keen threads, check out the nice selection of Sony 2nd Generation Hi-MD reviews and pictorials composed by our forum members and others.

On the news front, one surprise is that Hi-MD isn't doing too well in Australia - Sony 2nd generation units may not arrive there till And finally, check out our newly created Trading Forum ; hook up with others in the community and trade discs! There's plenty of other interesting threads as well, so please drop by! Peter Ravn spots a Japanese press release for the Sony CMT-AH10 Hi-MD bookshelf system mech. Akin to last year's Hi-MD portables, the unit records in Hi-MD and std-MD modes SP, LP2, LP4 but does not support MP3 directly.

Further coverage at AV-Watch Japan including a larger photo. Emma Stratton's Minidisc essay in The Morning News captures the aura and optimism of Minidisc's early days. Courtesy Joel Dueck Discuss Sony announces a Hi-MD based data drive.

The USB-powered DS-HDM1 mech. AV-Watch has further photos and coverage. Several readers point out Japanese news of the Buffalo MD-HUSB portable downloader further coverage at Gizmodo and AV-Watch mech. The unit is a near clone of the Sony MZ-NHD except that it supports native MP3 playback as do the Sony Hi-MD units and uses the BeatJam software package for audio transfer -- a package that would appear to have a Macintosh incarnation.

Buffalo Buffalo, Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo? MP3 storage format reverse-engineered on Sony NW-S23 Network Walkman: Waider has figured out the MP3 file obfuscation algorithm on Sony's NW-S23 Network Walkman sufficiently that he can read and write files from the device. Is there similar hope for MP3 files on Hi-MD media? Sony Hi-MD portables in stock! Minidisco has the MZ-RH10 and MZ-RH in stock. The MZ-DH10P is due late May, the MZ-DH late April. Ishii has made a nice translation of the interview with Sony's MZ-DH10P developers.

Did you know the camera was originally slated to be 3 megapixels, but was scaled back to reduce the unit's overall size? They've also updated their Minidisc comparison chart. This year's April Fools Joke is that there isn't one.

But since today's Hi-MD Minidisc portables with USB storage functions and native MP3 recording follow logically from MP3 ideas of past spoofsperhaps Sony's Hi-MD units that have all the ingredients to be great MP3 players yet are still encumbered by a silly DRM scheme will qualify.

The article discusses the impetus for settling this war before sales commence and mentions Minidisc as one of Sony's "technically-superior products that failed in the marketplace.

Small and pretty, but no LCD. They've also got some cool leather pouchesarmbands and cases. The review is quite detailed and includes photos taken with the unit. It's cool, it sounds great. Short battery life in photo mode, low image resolution, long cycle time between shots 6 seconds. Kurisu spots c net video Flash coverage of the Sony MZ-RH and MZ-DH10P portable MD units.

They're touting the native MP3 capabilities and it is nice to see the units in action. Bryce Ly points out a New York Times article stating Samsung is now what Sony once was. When Sony was caught flat-footed with a late introduction of an Internet version of its year-old Walkman, its profits from world audio sales fell a cataclysmic 48 percent in the final quarter of last year.

Once again, Sony had coasted on an old technology, while competitors invested in new ones. Shades of Blade Runner: The shiny buttons in the 5. Big Shakeup at Sony: Various news sources report that CEO Nobuyuki Idei will likely be replaced by Howard Stringer. A Wall Street Journal piece adds this Minidisc related commentary: The Walkman group has suffered from a split between those who believe Sony should make its gadgets compatible with a wide range of popular services and technologies -- like the MP3 music-encoding system -- and those who push Sony's proprietary technology -- such as Minidiscs and the Atrac music-encoding system.

Forums administrator Kurisu finds a plethora of Sony Hi-MD equipment pictures and specifications, including Sony's Hi-MD Photo pageMZ-DH10 and MZ-RH10 battery life specsand photos of the MZ-EH Hi-MD player.

Thank You Again Sony Sony Minidisc Finally Plays MP3s! After years of wishing and waiting, Sony's MZ-DH10MZ-RH10MZ-RH and MZ-RH Hi-MD portables will finally play back MP3s directly.

The MZ-DH10 is unique -- it includes a 1. We think you'll find the site a bit faster now. Sony headed for AAC support on Connect?

Ed Barlow points out an interesting Register article UK indicating that an upcoming Sony Ericsson mobile handset will be able to carry 6 to 10 CDs worth of MP3 or AAC format audio, and that tracks can be purchased for it from Sony's Connect music store. Christopher McManus presents this month's Forum Focus: The second edition of Minidisc Community Forum Focus shall begin with a zinger for you European Sony Hi-MD folk; a user by the name of himdman has figured how to lift the volume limitation enforced by French litigation - which allows all models [except NH1, which isn't 'capped] to enjoy a full 5mW output!

Further analysis of this experiment is also found within a very informative thread by moderator dex Otaku. Live recording enthusiasts, we need you! Delve into our live recording forum to find out the current tricks of the trade. And lastly, read an interesting interview with the developers of ATRAC3plus.

With 6, registered users and users on at mostly any time, be sure to join us for insightful MD discussion. Their jacket seems a bit like a small pre-recorded case. Capturing Toddler's Speech on Minidisc: John Guest points out a method for recording children's speech on TalkBank. Sony Online Music Store, Take II? A reader spots a brief BrandRepublic article London indicating that Sony will start a music download service targeted towards the PlayStation Portable.

Hi-MD spreads beyond Sony's bounds: Marck points out Onkyo's announcement mech. AV-Watch has further coverage mech. Oddly, the unit appears to be lacking both USB and digital output connections. A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds: Mark Bausch points out stories in the Chicago Tribune cached and Forbes in which Sony finally admits that its near-religious adherence to ATRAC and an overly proprietary atitiude about music and entertainment content has been a mistake that has cost them sales.

They do vow to finally "grow up" however. And MacWorld has the same story from a slightly different perspective. The first contest ends shortly, the second begins on January Kohn Liu of Minidisc T-Station gets honorable mention in a New York Times article covering his shop AudioCubes Courtesy Ed Barlow. Paul Riismandel posts an in-depth Sony MZ-NH1 review at Epinions. ForumMaster Kurisu transitions the MDCP Forums to an Invision Power Board. Hi-MD blanks finally rolling out: Mazli points out an IDG article reporting Sony's decision to create a "Virtual Company" within itself to focus on the digital media market.

Improving SonicStage will be a priority, and to that end it will get assistance from a San Jose based software group. Minidisc Community Forums administrator Christopher MacManus introduces the first edition of Forum Focus: This column intends to highlight active and interesting topics and bring Minidisc. For openers, are you interested in something with more sparkle than the stock backgrounds in Sonicstage 2.

We've made some new ones and have links to instructions for making your own. In our increasingly popular Live Recording forum there is an insightful discussion about an MZ-NH concert recording with a fantastic result that could help many with their first recording experiences. The Hi-MD forum has an informative discussion contemplating the usefulness of a kbps ATRAC3plus bitrate for Hi-MD.

By the way, Sonicstage 1. Do join us for daily discussion of all and sundry Minidisc topics, registration is quick and easy! Minidisc gear for Christmas? Marck finds a positive MZ-NH1 piece in Australian ITstating that in terms of sound quality at least, Sony's Hi-MD portables are indeed iPod-killers. They write however "I have to smile when I see Sony mentioned as a possible usurper of the iPod. This is the company that has limited the power of the MiniDisc format to protect its music businesses.

Sony designers serve too many masters to come up with a product so much greater than the iPod to change the cultural currents. And lets face it the "Walkman" brand is years stale, compared to the iPod. Barlow finds an interesting Forbes piece on Sony's NW-HD1 "the digital audio player we all love to hate". Sony's conversion to the MP3 religion: A new version of Sonic Stage v2. Could an MP3 blessed Hi-MD unit be in the works?

As TrustedReviews NW-HD1 review points out, the earlier unit's inability to play MP3 files, coupled with Sonic Stage download manager buggyness conspire to create an unfriendly and unSony-like user experience. Barlow finds articles in The Miami New Times and The Harvard Crimson about the band Animal Collective that mention their use of Minidisc for collecting field recordings.

Clay reports that Sony has released their Wav Conversion Tool that converts uploaded Hi-MD recordings into Windows ". From there they may be easily converted to MP3 or burned to CD. Ganesh and de Pablos point out the new Panasonic SJ-MR50 MDLP recordera sleek unit with a built-in microphone and speaker as well as a wealth of good old front-panel buttons.

Additional coverage at Gizmodo. Peter le Roux points out a News. A US version is due in November. The Dutch MD Center has a competition for a Sony MZ-NH Simply verify 13 statements about Hi-MD before 3 Nov to be in with a chance.

A low-cost dump for image files from your camera. See also US SonyStyle pageGizmodo's page and Mobile2Day's German announcement. Warning to SonicStage users: A Windows Hotfix KB conflicts with Omgjbox. Minidisco have just received large stock of MZ-NH1 and MZ-NH HiMD machines. UK consumer group Which?

Assistant Editor Nick Perry takes the reins for 3 weeks. Homemade Hi-MD wave convertor beats Sony to the punch: Hi-MD users tired of waiting for Sony's "wave-convertor" to export their Hi-MD recordings to WAV can try Marcnet's Hi-MD Renderer local himdrenderer Although still in beta, and requiring SonicStage 2. Boris and Qukza point out the lovely Edirol R-1a handheld solid-state recorder.

Harmony Central finds it can transfer a max-resolution 60 minute recording MB to a PC over USB 2 in 3 minutes. Sony moving to support MP3!? Lee, Ferreira, and Patel point out a CNET article stating that Sony is contemplating native MP3 support for their portable music players.

Engadget has further coverage. Please include Minidisc in your enlightenment Sony! Kenwood's conversion to domestic MD production bouys profits: An Asahi Shimbun article relates that Kenwood's month old experiment in moving Minidisc equipment production from Malaysia to Yamagata Japan has indeed been profitable.

The Age reports that Bryan Adams had once lost two years of work on Minidisc by hitting the wrong buttons. Oliver Richter has made one of the most impressive MD blank galleries on the web. Sharp's battery powered SD-FX20 MD Boombox mech. Sony's MZ-E and MZ-E portable MD players mech. HD digital-amp, VPT acoustic engine and both: Ed Barlow points out an ITWorld article inidicating that Steve Jobs offered Sony chairman Idei the opportunity to have Sony gear interoperate with iTunes.

Peter Ravn updates our FAQ: Inserting a Hi-MD formatted blank in a std-MD machine causes it to display "Hi-MD Disc" but it's unplayable of course. Weekend special at Sound Professionals: Peter Ravn makes a photo review of the Sony MZ-NHF Hi-MD recorder.

Christopher MacManus points out the Sony MZ-NH and MZ-NH Japanese Export editions, equipped with the MZ-NH1's 3-line remote. MD arguments, a friend points out a comparison of iPod vs.

Sound Professionals has the Sony MZ-NH and MZ-NHF available. More USA Hi-MD units appear: First dedicated Hi-MD walkman peripheral: Spanish MD page Quesabesde points out the Sony MCMD-R1 mech. The unit accepts Memory Stick normal, PRO, duo, PRO duoXD, Compact Flash, Smart Media, SD, mini SD and Multimedia memories and connects via USB to any recording Hi-MD walkman. Running on 4 AAA cells it will power but not charge the Hi-MD unit to which it is attached.

Sony MZ-NH available in UK: AVLand posts zoomable MZ-NH snapshots but states "It isn't as solidly built as Sony's previous 9xx series machines. Its bottom half is plastic and the bulkiness makes it rather more like the 7xx series. Hi-MD Blanks in stock at Crutchfield: Minidiscs again rare and expensive -- just like the old days! While the new Sony is smaller than the iPod and has much better battery life, it is markedly inferior overall.

It has a confusing, complex user interface that makes it hard to use; weak software for the PC; an oddball music format that makes loading it with songs tedious; and a companion music download service that offers less than Apple's. The iPod wins this round, and remains champion.

A long Sony discussion thread on Slashdot mentions Minidisc and is similarly negative sample post: I use it mainly because A I already invested in it and B it's easy to cart around, but the format is so needlessly crippled as to be sad.

Sony MZ-NHF and MZ-NH beginning to appear: Finally, Olaf van Ginkel spots the MZ-NHD and MZ-NH at MediaMarkt in Amsterdam.

David West finds a Toronto Star article on the 25th anniversary of the Sony Walkman. Allon Bar points out a surprisingly detailed Sony NW-HD1 brochure pdf for their "World's smallest, thinnest lightest" 20GB HD player with 30 hour battery life.

The unit has a unique zero-g detector that retracts the heads during free-fall will it play music in space? If only it handled native MP3 playback. It's designed to both carry an MD player and be connected to it as a speaker. They include a review of the Sony MDS-JA20ES the first ATRAC Type-R deck stating that it finally gives to the Minidisc its letters of nobility. Skytherx posts a full featured MZ-NH3D review an upmarket downloader available in Japanwith photos.

Joe Edwards notes that Duke University is giving away iPods to their students. One step forward one step back: Bangraman posts a comprehensive comparison of the Sony MZ-NH1 vs the iPod Mini. Though the review points up the pros and cons of both machines, it reveals a debilitating limitation of Sony's SonicStage based Hi-MD upload function: Fortunately Sony has stated that a standalone Wave Converter application will be available in autumn that will allow Hi-MD mic and line input recordings to be uploaded and exported to open.

More of Sony's Hi-MD line-up begins to appear: Japan-Direct Osaka now stocks Sony's MZ-NH1 recorder and MZ-EH1 player. Hi-MD media are reportedly still hard to find though. Sony contacts report the MZ-NH due in two weeks, the MZ-NH closer to August and the MZ-NH1 in August. The won't-be iPod killer: Mark Bausch points out Forbes coverage of Sony's NW-HD1, which they find underwhelming, stating of its MP3 incompatability: This strategy is, we think, doomed.

See further coverage at SFGate. Duane Galensky and Jeff point out manuals for Sony's MZ-NH1MZ-NHMZ-NHFMZ-NH and MZ-NHD Hi-MD portables on Sony's documentation site. Sony has a special note there concerning recording power consumption when using Hi-MD media. Ravn and Mcarthy point out the Sony NW-HD1 20GB hard disk based ATRAC3 player English coverage at The Register and EuroraPress. Due for August release in Europe and holiday shopping season in the USthe sleek unit incorporates a 1.

Matthew Lomax finds an interesting Hi-MD feature page that includes a section entitled Why go Hi-MD and not HDD? First Hi-MD user manual! David O'Heare kindly sends along the Sony MZ-NHD user manual 3.

Ed Barlow points out a Sony MZ-NH review by Australian IT. They cover the Euro edition that has line and optical inputs -- unlike the MZ-NHD which does not. A New York Times article cached discusses Minidisc and the upcoming Hi-MD and quotes us kvetching about Sony botching it as usual. Though not MD, the prices are compelling. Is the MD-DR77 the first portable with a recording-start function on the remote?

Reactive Sounds introduces their Auris series microphones pdf brochure that feature internal shock mounting so that handling noise is reduced. Sony didn't really invent the Walkman? Sony's MZ-NHD Hi-MD portable is now available from MinidiscoMinidisc-CanadaYahoo's shopsand OneCall among others. This is the North American model, lacking line, optical, and microphone inputs. Kurisu MDCP forums admin has posted a commentary on digital amplifiers found in Minidisc units.

Ed Barlow points out yet another lackluster review of Sony's Connect. RIAA planning to limit CD burning: Slashdot points out a C Net article discussing Recording Industry plans to restrict the number of times CDs can be copied. Sadly, details are sketchy. Both feature world-band FM tuners. It's finally in the open -- Sony itself says that executive paranoia over music piracy is hobbling innovation: Howard Stringer head of Sony's US divisions is quoted as saying "Executives were so concerned about music piracy that they couldn't agree with designers on the kind of player to create.

We didn't get there, and by that time, Steve Jobs was there. Sony introduces a hard-disk based MP3 player that does not support ATRAC3 and ATRAC3plus: Peter Ravn finds Sony Japan's HMP-A1 press release mech. The unit is slated to ship with MusicMatch Jukebox. Apparently the units will ship with SonicStage2. Did you know that SonicStage 2. ATRAC3 slammed in blind listening tests: Aaron Ximm finds that in subjective listening tests against Vorbis, LAME MP3, iTunes AAC, etc.

Richard Prinsloo discovers Information Technology courses at Zhongxing University in Taiwan on physics and optical storage. The latter includes a well detailed, 41 page technical chapter on Minidisc pdf cached. UK MZ-NH1 slated for August!? Lee Sainsbury finds the Hi-MD page at Amazon UK search "hi-md" showing its arrival on August 5, We called and confirmed it. Hi-MD recorders -- now you can go out and buy one: Kurisu points out good Hi-MD snapshots taken by Ryzer, who bought a Sony MZ-NHD at Target.

Sony Canada's so-far scanty Hi-MD lineup: Neo Anderson spots Sony Canada's MZ-NHD page showing an arrival date of May Dave finds hi-res images of Sony's Qualia Granted, the remote looks cool. Sony's official SonicStage 2. Sony apparently not connecting with the critics: A USA Today article finds Connect "a shockingly un-slick maiden voyage into the music downloading business by a company with the track record and resources to expect better".

David West discovers Jaguar offers a Minidisc player as an option in their new XJ sedan see p. Sony's Connect still sagging: A TechNews article finds the service underwhelming and "an embarrassment to the company that gave the world the Walkman".

Time magazine briefly mentions the Sony Qualia Minidisc player. Did you know the case is carved from solid brass? You can find them in Honda's F Aero Premium cc 4-seater and the Mazda RX Sony introduces portable hard-disk player in Japan: A MacWorld article covers Sony's Vaio Pocket VGF-AP1 mech. Scheduled for release in Japan in June, the USB2.

The unit also comes with "Music Move" software that apparently converts MP3, Wav and WMA files to ATRAC3 or ATRAC3plus on the fly during transfer to the device. Might this be made available for Minidisc equipment as well? High-end Hi-MD gear slated for high-summer: Sony advises its retailers: We were planning on shipping initial quantities of the MZNH very shortly, and unfortunately have been advised by the factory that these units have been delayed until mid to late July.

In addition, the MZNH and MZNH1, which we intended to have available in June, are now also going to be delayed until the end of July. A Sony bulletin concerning Hi-MD media sales states "A limited supply of single Hi-MD discs will be available during the launch of Hi-MD to support an on-line sales strategy through key retailer web sites and sonystyle. Rebecca Reich points out an informative and favorable C NET review of Sony's Connect and the coming Hi-MD equipment.

A Tech News World article discusses Sony's entry into the crowded field of pay-per-tune services and mentions the "messy state" of today's multiple DRM formats, quoting Rio marketing manager Bullwinkle to say "People are stealing music because that's the easy way.

If I get something from Morpheus or Kazaa or one of those places, it will work anywhere.

And that's what consumers expect. The Sydney Morning HeraldThe Registerand Museekster cover AllOfMp3. It's allegedly legal, through a loophole in Russian copyright law. An interesting c net article reports on Connect and the coming clash of Sony and Apple in the portable audio realm.

How long before Sony comes to grips with the fact that portable MD gear will need to support MP3 playback just like every other portable audio player on the market? Sony launches Connecta music download service intended for Sony's ATRAC based music players. Sadly, it's currently Windows-only, and a USA Today article isn't particularly bullish on its prospects given the already crowded field.

There are more details at The Register and The Age. The ipod studio don't let the name fool you is a new site dedicated to the seemingly impossible - achieving audiophile quality from portable equipment - including MD. They have a few copies of v2. The music on this CD was composed on the road and recorded to MiniDisc. The Quad-Cities Times reviews a stand-up actwho used a home-built minidisc system for on-demand sound-effects and noises. The new Sony Qualia brand is fleshed-out via global and US websites.

Qualia is Sony's 'premium' brand and includes a range of existing electronic products re-dsigned for the top-end of the consumer market. See the last para of this MSN article. Herlad Tribune reports on Sony's forthcoming Connect Online music store, pitching it as a serious challenge to Apple's iTunes Music Store. NY Times quotes Steve Jobs: The full article requires registration. BBC Radio Four broadcast a programme celebrating the humble Walkman, in this, the 25th year since Sony introduced the first Walkman in Walking With Headphones Real Audio.

Stock is expectied mid May US. The same site contains over pics of new Sony devices apparently taken yesterday, at a Japanese exibition. Reuters reports Sony collaboration on an optical disk made of paper! A couple of readers who preregistered for Sony Connect SonicStage 2 Beta program have received notification to say the program has started. The end of battery drugery? Ed Barlow points out a Bloomberg News article search "mini" stating: David Pieron is organizing listening tests in French to help acertain the relative standing of ATRAC3plus and other audio encoders Discuss.

New heights in battery life complexity: With help from MDcenter. Hi-MD battery life figures emerge: A reader points out the Muji MD Playerwhich might be a Sharp MD-ST variant. This IC provides DC momentum forex trading system pulsed solid state laser drive power, the latter a requirement for Hi-MD's DWDD laser strobe magnetic field modulation.

Would you like a song with that? Ed Barlow points out further coverage of Sony's CeBit Hi-MD showings from ZDNet Australia. You can view a Flash-demo of the interface on Sony Europe's Connect website. Roughol and Evans point out Sony Europe's Hi-MD siteoffering Hi-MD coverage from Norway to Spain. The software's included hardware dongle prevents use on more than one PC at a time. James Keells stock brokers finds Sony UK's entries for the MZ-NH1MZ-NHMZ-NHFMZ-NHand MZ-NH Hi-MD portables.

Only a single figure is being given for battery life!? This interesting device copies CDs to LP4 mode Minidiscs at up to 6X realtime; a single button press will compile 5 one hour CDs into a single MD in under an hour.

A new group is made for each CD, with titling information taken from the unit's CD title memory. Furthermore, CD titling information can be downloaded into the unit using an infrared link to a cellphone with iApli iMode-based access to a CDDB-like track name database. Java-based iApli program download cost: Made in Japan again: Ed Barlow points out a Straits Times article Singapore describing how Kenwood, citing lower costs and higher efficiencies, has moved MD player production from Malaysia back to Yamagata Japan.

All their Hi-MD gear is slated for June arrival and we've heard rumors to that effect even for the US. Europe's lowest MD prices plus 5 Sony blanks. Sony showing Hi-MD by appointment in Germany: Peter Ravn points out a Sony CeBIT application form German with which up to 10 visitors barrier vs binary option hour will be given personal tours of Sony's CeBIT booth.

We'd be happy to receive photos and first impressions of Hi-MD gear, should you attend. David Ing finds a page describing Chris Lydon's recording equipment and his use of Minidisc gear.

Ed Barlow finds that Sony COO Ando will make art money runescape f2p no skills the keynote speech at CeBIT, where Sony's Hi-MD units will be introduced.

Dyson and MacManus point out Sony Canada's MZ-ND pagethe unit is styled quite differently than the US edition. New Hi-MD portable recorder? Sony's mystery NetMD downloader appears: Brian Masters finds Sony's Psyc line MZ-ND announcement and photos.

A look at Sony's High Capacity Minidisc research: Christopher MacManus points out a Sony DWDD-MD research paper cached in the Japanese Journal of Applied Physics free registration required that used MD-DATA2 optics to store 2GB on a Minidisc.

Apparently an experimental forerunner of the upcoming Hi-MD system Discuss Brian Rost spots the Sony MDX-F at Crutchfield. Crutchfield has lowered their MD portable prices: Ed Barlow points out a Wired article on a radio show called Walkman Busting that investigates what the man-in-the-street is listening to.

They get their music-bites by jacking an MD recorder into the headphone output of citizens' personal audio players. Christopher Hoult has written a technical paper comparing Minidisc's ATRAC SP and MPEG-1 Layer 3. Minidisc fares well in the comparison. Ed Barlow points out a News. He mentions the good prospects for Hi-MD and portable hard disk based audio players.

Unfortunately Sony's crack styling team has lost the volume control knob. Quesabesde has coverage of the Hi-MD format and equipment in Spanish. The Plano storage box is available again the UK. They're the best way to store and carry Minidiscs while travelling, DJing, etc. About 8 quid, with delivery. They reportedly add an inaudible signal that becomes audible once optionbit traderinsight file is compressed.

MP3Trima simple MP3 editor that prevents quality loss by editing directly in the MP3 domain; Mp32Minidisca conversion tool that adds silence to tracks, allows you to remove pauses, and includes a timing calculator for staying within an LP2 or LP4 disc's capacity; and MP3 TrackMakerfor splitting MP3s into multiple tracks, or combining many tracks into a single alpari forex hu. Now all we need are Hi-MD discs to do some planning with.

Hit me with music! A reader sends along word of an MP3 player built into an AK ammo clip. Peter Ravn finds Sony's Hi-MD site in English. Sony's CES booth one item short? Seems an absurd price for an item that will become commonplace in a few months and is otherwise useless until then!

Gary Cantwell points out UK supplier cd. But fifteen quid each!? A friend sends along Sony's preliminary Minidisc walkman specs for pdf. Wang and Ravn point out Sony's Japanese pages for their MZ-E AVWatch photos and MZ-N AVWatch units. Seamus Dunphy spots a New Scientist article UK -- free registration required [ cached ] covering Sony's Hi-MD DWDD technology. Sony seeking "Connect" Beta testers: Jason Howlin spots a Beta Registration form on Connect.

Those selected will receive a free copy of SonicStage2. Sony sources have confirmed that Hi-MD equipment will not upload analog-source recordings made with existing Minidisc recorders. Is it time for another petition? Want to listen to ATRAC3plus kbps before Hi-MD arrives? All of these can handle ATRAC3plus encoded audio kbps. The Guardian UK has a thoughtful article reflecting on the 20th anniversary of the Supreme Court's Betamax decision. Calle Soderberg spots a new MZ-NH photo at News Online Sweden.

The unit has an iPod or is it Sharp MD-MS? We have the beginnings of a Hi-MD FAQ. AVLand UK has photos of Sony's MZ-NH Hi-MD recorder. Make money fixing windshields booth staffers state that Hi-MD microphone and line-input recordings are eligible for high-speed uploading how to get free @cash in auditionsea PC.

Canon has a clear DWDD explanation with Flash animation that shows how the technology reads-out magnetic domains smaller than the laser spot. 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 MB. Hi-MD equipment features uploading to PC for analog-input recordings yay! Hi-MD recorders also function as USB data drives. Peter Ravn points out Sony's Japanese announcement for their MZ-NH1, MZ-NH3D, MZ-EH1 portables and LAM-X1 bookshelf system.

ATRAC3 is available only through PC downloading, and there is no mention of the original ATRAC recording mode. A reader points out a Sydney Morning Herald article confirming Sony's Hi-MD release they reference a Nikkei Shimbun article [ English soup ] that is innacurate because it mentions a 30x capacity increase. Sony's full announcement is scheduled for tomorrow.

Sony introduces Hi-MD Audio Minidisc format ; new media holds 1GB, storing nearly 8 hours of SP mode audio on a single disk. And only one more week until Winter CES ! Martin Mueller scans in the English section of the Sharp IM-DR80 user manual.

Jason Howlin finds that Sound Forge 7. Jason reports that the function works well, but can only create LP2 tracks. Brian Briggs has a review of digital music stores at BBSpot. Christopher posts a good Kenwood DMC-S55 review to the Minidisc T-Station. Boulianne and Barlow point out a Globe and Mail article covering the Copyright Board of Canada's decision to freeze media levies. The Kenwood DMC-S9Net recorderDMC-S77 playerPanasonic SJ-MJ18 playerand Sony CMT-SE7 bookshelf system.

Narliest uploading portable recorder ever? It can be remote controlled from a Bluetooth PDA and will also burn CDs and DVDs price est. Wherefore art thou Sony? Prerecorded Minidiscs no longer being made! Rob points out information from n5MD the music group that released albums only on Minidisc stating that Sony DADC has told them they "don't make Minidisc anymore. GrepLaw has an interview with Jim Griffin on the Future of Music.

Griffin makes a good case for a system of free content sharing, with artist's royalties recovered through a broad-based network-usage tax or fee. In it, this wonderful quote: The unit features a unique remote into which the headphone cord retracts. The MDS-DAV1 blurb indicates that ATRAC DSP Type-S lowers ATRAC3 playback noise 6dB, depending upon material. It is the first hard spec we have seen for its improvement over the Type-R chip. Finally, for customers willing to pay the slightly higher mbt trading forex autotrader fees, TeamDigital will provide Sony's exclusive WalkMan Tote-bags with the purchase of NetMD units.

Alex Tan writes a handsome review of the Sharp MD-DS70 Minidisc player. Did you know that Tori Amos sends Minidisc messages to Robert Plant!?

Their historical ordering is incorrect however, ATRAC predates MPEG 1 Layer 3. Jonathan Saltzman and Dave Walker kindly send in scanned PDF manuals for the Sony MDS-JB English and French and Panasonic SC-PM37MD units. Kevin points out a scathing Forbes article detailing Sony's recent financial stumble.

Now if only the other manufacturers would follow suit. And we have someone named Pam to thank for the vintage MDS manual! Barlow notes a CP article reporting that a coalition of retailers and technology companies has made a submission to the Commons committee on Canadian heritage asserting that the levy on recordable storage media is unfair and obsolete.

The Canadian model of taxing storage media to compensate for and permit free music downloading is one promising possibility for ending the Recording Industry's Copy-prohibition nonsense. It is interesting hoadley option strategy tool the coalition which includes Apple and Sony states that the levy "is a disincentive to the music industry from adopting innovative technologies to protect and manage their content".

Yes, that's precisely the point! Mark Bausch finds a New York Times article cached stating that Sony is starting trials in Germany of CDs that prevent users from copying songs to file-sharing sites but allows them to make copies for personal use on Sony music players. It appears the CDs will include a second copy of each track in ATRAC3 format. Deputy Barlow points out a Guardian UK article on current portable music offerings that places Minidisc favorably among the pack, despite the author's confusion about MP3s being stored on Minidisc in the LP modes.

Ed Barlow finds a Christian Science Monitor article on the Telling Lives motor trade insurance stockport of the American History Workshop which is recording people's stories for posterity. For those unable to come in the project will offer StoryKits for recording personal histories that include a minidisc recorder, microphone, headphones, forex market time malaysia instructions.

Mark Bausch points out a Reuters article reporting that Sony will indeed release an iPod competitor in the form of a portable game machine next year. The Register has photos of the concept-design.

Work from home fifth harmony mp3 320 Magazine has a review of the device. AustralianIT reviews the Sony CD Walkman with ATRAC support. The BBC reports that Sony plans to cut 20 jobs worldwide. Apple finally releases an update for Dockable iPods which officially adds the ability to record mono "voice notes" in mono. The SJ-MR97 lays claim to be the 'smallest' though not thinnestlightest player on the market.

Tim has a some modification and technical tips for a few Sony models on his Technical MD website. REMEMBER - hardware mods should only be attempted if you know what you are doing!

The folks at MiniDisc Access have some of those natty 'tape cassette' style flip cases for MDs. Minidisc Australia post more pictures of the Sharp IM-DR It appears to lack ATRAC Type-S. Several readers point out iRivers new iHP series hard-disc MP3 recorders with live recording and music upload capabilities.

Though one readers' experiences of the iHP, at least inability to deal with some file types, lack of recording level control, hard disk noise pickup suggest there are some design wrinkles to iron out.

AM-NX1 and AM-NX9 both English PDF. Associate Editor Nick Perry takes the MDCP reins for 6 weeks. A Summer Bumper Crop of MD Players: Edzo, Wang and T-Station's Tiger5 point out eight new machines: The top Kenwoods have a mind-blowing hour max battery life. To bench test such performance in all 3 modes and battery combinations with stock broker courses melbourne single machine would take 44 days of continuous running!

They improve startup time and fix several bugs. Ed Barlow points out a Telegraph UK article on an unusual stage performance born of Minidisc recordings cached. The RIAA sues its clientelebut offers amnesty to those not yet in their maw. Mis-info from Sharp Europe IFA staffer? The my-minidisc folks launch mp3-player. Howard Chu finds Sony Minidisc research papers in Japanese. Sharp shows some spunk! Sharp's IM-DR and DR NetMD recorders will appear shortly and feature 50x downloading plus manual and auto recording level control yay!

Prinsloo and SharkyMark find Sony MZ-N English and Sharp MD-MT updated user manuals. Anderson and Thomas alert us to Sony's Summer of Fun TV ad campaign. The Athens Beach commercial aired during the MTV Video Music Awards. Given the cost of such TV airtime, Sony is showing some faith in Minidisc's future. Watch your flank Sony!

No microphone jack or on-the-fly recording level control. Remember the Burton Analog Clone snowboarding suit with built-in MD player? Ed Barlow points out a NYT article cached on the company's founder, Jake Burton. Keeping up with Kohn's: Panasonic's SJ-MJ18 player comes in 30 different faceplates.

Its block diagrams p. The MD player-shaped unit sports a 20GB 1. See bigger photos at AV-Watch Japan. Paul points out cheaper Sharp SD-NX10s at Buy. Bob points out another 11 Sharp MDLP bookshelf systems on eBay.

Minidisc T-Station hosts a solid MD-DR7 review by Koen Lageveen. A friend sends in Panasonic service manuals with block diagrams for the SJ-MR and SJ-MJ50 portables. Raji finds a detailed Sony MZ-E10 review at HardwareZone. This unusual pre-MDLP machine ca. So Minidisc was a flop? Mercer Management Consulting's Economics' Gift to Marketing full paper describes a scientific method for predicting product popularity. They consider Minidisc, Iridium satellite phones, and the Apple Newton to be exemplary failures.

Price is apparently still top-secret. All come with additional blanks and the Sharps with USB PC-Link aud to pkr sydney forex rate for realtime audio downloads. A functioning toy Minidisc player? Zac Travis finds a Kid's Mini Disc Player Set from ABC Distributing that comes with 4 discs of tunes such as "Polly Wolly Doodle" and "Old MacDonald".

We called the retailer and found out that it is indeed a toy and won't play real Minidiscs. Sony has been distributing a cute, flash-based MD label creator 1. The Sony MDS-B5 service manual appears. This pro-use MD deck ca. A friend sends in service manuals for the Panasonic SJ-MJ55SJ-MJ75SJ-MJ88 and SJ-MR units.

Sadly, Panasonic manuals white label agreement forex the elaborate schematic and logic diagrams of Sony's service documentation. ATRAC3plus details from Sony: Peter Ravn discovers Sony's updated ATRAC3 site. Did you know ATRAC3plus uses a giant 92ms transform window and splits the input signal into 16 equal frequency bands before doing the FFT?

Graphics experts binary options trading Prinsloo points out the Sharp MD-DR user manual.

The manual mentions no charging cradle, does the MD-DR differ from the MD-DR7 in this respect? Stephen Williams claims he has no Sony MZ-E10 attitude problem search "minidisc". Ed Barlow finds an interesting NewObserver article covering concert tapers, the trading scene and their recording equipment including Minidisc -- which the hardcore crowd still shuns! Christian Catchpole describes his simultaneous use of MD recorders to achieve multi-track recording.

Hebert and Ravn spot news of Iomega's DCT platforma 1. Charles Alcocer finds a Tech-TV review of the Sony MZ-NF They incorrectly state that it can record from a microphone however.

Deputy Barlow points out an Australian IT article that still finds virtue read: Has anyone else heard of the Minidisc overheating problem mentioned for cheaper units? This unit will record MP3-CDs to MD, but only via an analog, realtime link. Ed Barlow snoops out some Minidisc tidbits: An article in TheAge. But MD portables already compete quite well with MP3 players! His audio equipment Minidisc included was a trivially small package compared to all the trade schools stockton california protective gear.

At the end of the article it mentions that only indian stock market basics hindi, pre-recorded MDs have been sold so far this year. This works out to 65 cents an album in LP2 modewhich may explain what has happened to the pre-recorded market!

Ed Barlow finds an article on the Digitalization of Tri-State Radiodescribing how their reporters make interviews to Minidisc and subsequently money for donating plasma them to the station's digital equipment.

With Cosmopolitans and veggie spring work from home fifth harmony mp3 320 Ed Barlow points out a Newsday article unhappy with the Sony MZ-E10 because it doesn't record. Sony HK posts a breakdance themed NetMD commercial local copy on their MD page as noted by Minidisc T-Station.

The advertisement takes a few liberties with NetMD download alacrity wellpoint rn work from home the name of artistic license. Is there a PC program to do the same thing? Windows users can at least set their machines to shut-up. He also reports that promotion code MDSMDT03 is still valid for purchases on the site.

New ATRAC Type-R details in Sony's AV-Catalog allow us to take an educated guess about what differentiates it from previous versions. Patrick Sinco finds a detailed article on nature sound recording in the April Electronic Musician magazine that surveys current recording gear, including Minidisc. It reports that he did seminal work in amorphous magnetic materials, fx trading jobs singapore were subsequently employed in Sony's Minidisc system.

The unit is due in July sporting USB 2. Anyone remember the value before it was summarily deleted by digits. Last of the battery powered MD boomboxes: Minidisc Australia has made a lovely MZ-N photo gallery. Several readers point out Apple Japan's Hello iPod.

Goodbye, MD campaign running in Japan. A related Apple press release touts the 5 million tracks and 1 million iPods they've sold to date. Ed Barlow finds the Ellula HotAirSubwoofer and speakers that are inflatable and well-suited for use with portable MD and Exchange rate dirhams to peso al ansari players search "minidisc".

Dave Edney finds further mention of Duracell LP1 cellssized to fit portables accepting NiMH "gumpack" batteries. Articles in the New York TimesMercury News and Australian IT tout the virtues of the Minidisc format, one calling it the "Wave of the present". Courtesy Barlow, Sinco, Hutton and Wang. A reader finds an interesting Transom Tools article discussing Minidisc use in radio journalism a reporter's Sony MZ-B made into combat in Iraq and continues to function. Included are recommendations on option greek calculator excel pro's and con's of Sony vs.

OutwardSound opens shop, providing equipment for portable audio recording to Minidisc and beyond. Paul Pival finds a DesignTechnica Talkback column extolling how to buy penny shares in south africa virtues of Minidisc. It garnered a considerable message board response. High quality audio uploading from portables: Included software simplifies the process by automating the recording-level step.

Macintosh users already have the Griffen iMicwhich serves similar purposes. Dariusza finds Sony Poland's Minidisc Site.

The Minidiscussion poll is now in the final round. The Japanese pop-punk band Byokie uses Minidisc for backing tracks on stage search "minidisc". Heavy Armor in High Fidelity: Ed Barlow finds a Napa News article on the continuing Psy-Ops work in Iraq.

Soldiers are reportedly using Sony Forex brokers in hong kong portables with "custom mix" discs that include commands in Arabic as well as helicopter and tank sounds.

Remember the Minidiscussion boards? Board member Andrew has contacted Eric Whitney its original webmaster and started a user poll to determine its fate.

Michael Croaker makes a lovely scan of his Sony MDS MD deck manual 2. John Jerabek points out Sony Czech's portable and in-dash Minidisc units. No mic input for Mexico? A reader points out Sony Mexico's NetMD page where only the MZ-N and MZ-NE portables are available the latter also in "CK" [car kit] garb however. The site does show Sony Mexico's NetMD TV commerciala variant of the original Sony Australia version.

And Michael Conner finds a Wired article on the topic. One can use a QRS Psalmist and its specially designed "electronic fingers" to mechanically play a Hammond B3 organ. The odd part is that the fingering control codes can be stored on one audio channel of a CD or MD, leaving the second channel free for storing pre-recorded music e.

The included MB CF card will store a 3 minute song in 8-track format. Half-rate sampling and larger cards allow longer takes capacities of up to 1GB being available. Team Digital Singapore offers the following [world model] portable MD recorders: Eric Brown spots Minidisc mention on a website [desperately] trying to make the most of airline safety placards.

Edward Barlow points out NZ press coverage of the war between the Labels and equipment makers. Minidisc Access is stocking several 12 and 24 MD organizer cases as well as an unusual 3-ring zipper pouch for carrying a portable and several MDs in a looseleaf notebook.

Xitel USB input device headed to USA: The brochure states that it will come with recording software that automatically sets levels and uses silence to record tracks into multiple files. Coupling this with Win NMD [further info ] may yield interesting possibilities. Maybe it's a read-only medium? Art department working overtime at Panasonic: Joey Lie points out IGN coverage of Thirty days of forex trading trades tactics and techniques by raghee horner pdf Playstation Portable PSPscheduled for Q4 release.

The impressive gaming machine will sport a Universal Media Device UMD that holds 1. Minidisc's 64mm diameter and uses ATRAC encoding for music. Rafael Teran points out a contest giving away 2 NetMD portables at Atomix Mexico. Zambrano and others report that HMV, CDPlus, Borders, and CDNow have dropped their titles in Minidisc format.

Sony introduces the MZ-NE portabletheir second NetMD downloader after the MZ-NE Due June 10th, the unit is the first with a "Download" button; pressing it initiates CD-ripping, CDDB labelling and NetMD downloading without further ado.

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Courtesy Rainier Siows Discuss Sony's corny Minidisc wrappers: Carlson and Barlow spot an AP article on bio-degradable corn products that mentions Sony's use of the material in Minidisc packaging. The Apple iPod joins the uploader club! Several readers report the discovery of hardware recording capability in the new iPods. Could a native ATRAC editor be in the cards? Minidisc car-audio heaven happening in Japan: Christophe Delarue points out recent Pioneer in-dash MD gear, the single DIN MEH-PMEH-PForex robot live testingMEH-P and MEH-P units, plus the 2-DIN FH-P that handles MDs and MP3-CDs in the same unit.

Hunter Wright describes how he modified a Sony MDS-JE to give it a digital optical output jack. Nagaldinn and Pham point out a reasonably detailed Sony MZ-E10 review with price of hallmark gold in kolkata today photos at HardwareZone.

Minidisc Australia posts a gallery of Sharp MD-DR photos. When 4 gig barely lasts an hour: Core Sound adds news about their PDAudioCF digital input card. Peter Rice points out a National semiconductor overview and technical sheet for their digital microphone. It's a normal electret microphone with an IC in the capsule that outputs a digital bitstream. Apple announces an online music distribution serviceselling song downloads for a dollar.

They're also offering a new iPod to go with it -- up to 30GB of storage in a new, sleeker package. It should now work with the latest version of Sony's SimpleBurner. The SPSM and SPSM Gary Bingner nursing grand rounds as a clinical teaching strategy us the MD clearance offers at Target first reported on 9th extend to St.

And others are not inhibited by Minidisc: Rockboxthe group of hackers that reverse-engineered the Archos Jukebox and authored an open-source version of the firmware, has just released Version 2.

It is so far ahead of what Archos offers in terms of feature-set, speed, stability, and support that there is simply no reason not to run it. Yet another group of musicians fettered by Sony's Minidisc: Hadwahnos points out Outleta band with a cool recording setup involving a Yamaha MD-8 multitracker that they quite like, but "since the technology is based on Minidisc, we have to transfer it to CD with a CD burner".

George Kwok points out Sharp's Japanese page for their MD-ST MDLP player mech. The unit sports a simplified design, acrylic fiber top surface, and hour max. Just when the topic was poised to scroll away: Philips readies their 15GB HDD MP3 recordertouting the gram unit as the world's smallest recording jukebox cf. They are also running a contest to become a beta tester. Jean-Pierre Chartrand describes how to create Minidisc based Audio Cue Cards as a study aid.

Clint Mers develops SimplerMDa Windows program that scripts together Sony's SimpleBurner and Nero to provide one-shot downloading of a full MD's worth of MP3 audio. MDMan Korea points out Yewon, Korea's hottest Minidisc repair shop. Back to Baghdad and Minidisc: Scott Lynch finds an AP Photo of a Minidisc Iraqi fighters claim to have taken from a U. We add equipment browser entries for portable, uploadable, recording devices.

We'd appreciate help finding ones we've missed. Minidisc UK has freshened their website and now offers Minidisc Titler v2. Kham finds model Sony portables MZ-NEMZ-NMZ-NFMZ-NF in stock at Goodguys.

Thomas Reed points out plans for a low cost microphone preampuseful for low end MD and hard disk recorders with only LINE level inputs.

This would likely work with Minidisc portables such as the MZ-R and MZ-N that have LINE inputs but no microphone jacks. We give up on Minidisc! Sorry folks -- April Fools! End of the external battery case? Ed Barlow points out Duracell's announcement of Alkaline batteries in a "gumpack" form factor photoDuracell pagecf. Duracell AA cell specs. From the Breakfast table to the Battlefield: Dane Miller finds a Sony NetMD offer on the back of his cereal boxand an article in The Guardian UK tells how the military is using Minidisc on the ground to blast out messages in Arabic over PA speakers.

Do you reckon they've titled the tracks with notes such as "Surrender! John Salomone spots an MD recorder in an MSNBC TV segment on the US Air Force plane flying over Iraq that is broadcasting in Arabic on local civilian radio bands exhorting the Iraqi army not to fight aka psy-ops.

The footage distinctly shows a close-up of the playback source on the plane: Andy finds Sony user manuals at SonyStyle. Edward Barlow points out a Sunday Herald article Scotland mentioning a Royal Scots Guard Lt. Colonel in the war who received a Minidisc of Verdi's Nabucco an opera based upon the story of the 5th century BC Babylonian King.

Message to the Whitehouse: It's not bankers exposed binary options bullet ex4 too late! But first, load this hi-band onto the staff's Minidisc players lo-bandtext. The unit features a digital equalizer with presets, MDLP, and group mode support. The article also mentions a portable DVD MP3 player from Philips.

Read manufacturer's instructions before immersing any electronic item! Gary Bingner spots a Shape magazine photo of a Sony MZ-S1 in extreme conditions fullsize. This double-MD unit will dub MDs in realtime, over an analog link. Peter Ravn finds a Sony Deutschland page with hi-res photos of the recorders. Michael Robbins spots Sony's two-page Minidisc spread in the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue full size. In it he discusses the problems CD protection is creating for equipment manufacturers.

Florian Haller points out one we missed: We've also gathered a few more details on Forex trade platform for mac earlier, high-end DKR digital still recorder.

A reader points out a bit of Minidisc market ignorance in the first paragraph of an ESPN sports story. Minidisc T-Station posts photos of Maxell's glow-in-the-dark blanks Japanese press release.

They employ the JVC KD-MX technique of using a single slot for both CD and MD playback. The 'MS11 is 1DIN, the 'MC2 is 2DIN and handles cassette as well. Both are Japanese FM band only, so you'll need a car radio frequency converter to use one abroad. How to get the Sanyo? Japan-Direct and Melting-Pot will wow money making 5.4.7 purchase and ship any Japanese gear you're shopping for.

Surprisingly he stock market seasonality anomalies literature review the cheaper, ECM-MS Minidisc images from the CD provide a gallery of Sony blanks ca. Pete Ryland's gnetmd is a freeware source package in development that runs as a GNOME 2. Listening to 3 Sony microphones: Other interesting tidbits are a pair of recordings made with and without the Sharp MD-MT microphone preamp.

Needless to say, listening to all these through headphones is practically de rigueur. Bonnie Nicholas finds a contest at Popeyes chicken and biscuits to win a Sony MZ-S1 portable MD recorder. And it's only February: Sony has introduced as many portable MD recorders in the first month of as in any year since the format's launch: First the Sony MZ-NEnow the Aiwa AM-NX1 ; can you really call them recorders? Neither of these units will take input from anything but a PC though the AM-NX1 does it at 64X!

Oh Jongsup has an amazing Korean MD site MDonU. Prerecordeds make a retreat: Use the coupon code "MD50off" at checkout. Madsen and Vicco point out Japanese pages for Sharp's MD-DS5 MD player press release. The second player after the MD-DS8 in their "Auvi" one-bit amp line, it offers a stunning hour maximum battery life. Seven Spacemen fall to Earth Nicolas Vicco finds Japanese info on Sony's MZ-EMZ-Eand MZ-B10 portables the latter is their latest "business" recorder.

Don't look now Brendan, but Minidisc just crested 10 years and is showing no signs of slowing. Most interestingly, the manufacturer offers it as an open music platform, and encourages software development for the unit.

Lossless recording and Ogg Vorbis support are reportedly in the works. Now if they could only add a microphone input jack AVLand UK posts details on Sony's MZ-EMZ-Eand MZ-E10 portable players, including a good side-by-side photo of the MZ-E10 and MZ-2P Sony's first portable MD player.

AVLand UK and my-minidisc. These are natural pairings: The MZ-R is nearly a non-NetMD N Kindly re-revolutionize it one more time. Sony has a explanatory NetMD video on their SonyStyle site wherein they surprisingly state: Even Sony seems a little confused about the direction NetMD audio travels! Unattended radio recordingCopying audio lecturesRecording study materialDigital CD recording from a Playstation 2and as a Lie detector. Why Sony Cannot Upload: Andrew Madsen points out Wired's coverage of the Civil War Inside Sony that details why the consumer electronics giant can no longer bow to their customers.

Good for quiet listening: AVLand UK has the Sony MZ-RMZ-Nand MZ-N in stock. The Euro edition of the last two have reduced power, 2. Andrew Madsen points out the Sharp UK's MD-MT portable recorder large. AVLand UK has coverage of the the unit and the MD-MTits remote equipped big brother.

Sony introduces another new portable recorder: AVLand UK has preliminary information on the Sony MZ-R Japan-Direct posts a Sony MZ-E10 photo gallery.

Sony adds two more NetMD recorders and two new players: Olaf Bodecker points out the MZ-N and MZ-Npreorderable at my-minidisc. It does quite look like the year of the Minidisc! Minidisc front and center: Doc Lloyd finds an MZ-N NetMD portable prominently displayed at www.

The unit sports a built-in NetMD drive. Andy finds the Sony MZ-N at uBid. Roland points out a Sony Music Store on eBay! Marcus Brinkmann's FreeMD software has not yet been released, but his NetMD protocol documentation gives the gory details of many NetMD USB transactions.

Cracking the cryptography of audio downloading remains elusive however. Sony introduces 4 portable recorders: Flurry of new Minidisc gear at CES: Kean and Flia point out AV Watch Japan mention of Aiwa's new logo and NetMD units mech.

Sony's English press release for the units gives further details. Under the RIAA's radar — for now: Ciaran Lalor reopens MLabels. Equipment table entries e. Let us know if this causes you any trouble! Leon made a Sharp MD-DS8 photo review back in October. Bear in mind that retail copy services often accept email with PDFs for printing e. Tina and Okinawa Joe post a favorable photo-review of the Sharp MD-DR7 portable MD recorder. Mike Sloan has photos of the Blue MD-DR7.

Such LEDs are intended for the upcoming mm Blu-ray discwhose 27GB capacity in Minidisc's 64mm formfactor would yield a 5. Someone sends in a spy shot of a Sony 5 MD changer home deckshown in mockup form at IFA in August.

Sony Austria has a short explanation of their Aroma-round CD packaging technology. No plans yet for a MiniDisc au Marmalade. Detailed English information is found covering the Digicube MD Kiosk trialset to debut at 40 locations in Japan. Update 23 April Music Press On Demandanother MD vending machine, will begins service in Japan. Don't miss the MPOD FAQavailable on their top page Mar The Music Press On Demand is an MD Kiosk that allows a person to create custom MDs in Japanese music shops.

As announced, SonyAxiaand TDK have released minute MD blanks. David Jansen has several shots of a range of minute blanks. Eighty minute MD blanks are to be made by SonyTDKand Maxell. There were created by reducing track pitch to 1.

EDL in Britain makes a MiniDisc Audio Transfer system that decompresses ATRAC and stores it on a PC hard drive at 5 times realtime. Sony doesn't offer extended warranty coverage on MiniDisc units. They do now offer it in the U. In Canada any and all Sony products can have extended warranties up to 3 years. Many Sony D, D, and D portable CD players do not emit track marks on their digital outputs. D units manufactured after March have been reported to work properly.

MiniDisc Products All major Japanese audio companies are now selling Minidisc products. They are with links to their MD home pages where available SonySharp CanadaUSAAiwa, DenonMarantzOnkyoSansui, SanyoJVCPanasonicAlpine, Clarion, Kenwood, Yamaha, Pioneer and Tascam Teac.

MiniDisc Equipment Browser The MiniDisc Equipment Browser provides convenient access to information and links for specific MD units. The equipment browser is automatically built from these full equipment tables for: MiniDisc Switzerland maintains a database of user reported equipment problems.

They also have a DB generated top lists e. An extensive set of links exist for suppliers of MD equipmentMD blanksPre-recorded MDsand MD Accessories. Justin Woo has started his own MD equipment price watch. Aaron Satz maintains an MD merchant price comparison guide. Roscoe Mittleman's MD supplier rating page is based upon customer input.

Hardeep's MD Gallery Page carries images of a wide range of MD equipment. Wolfgang Hees maintains a chart and graph of worldwide MD blank prices.

A price survey of blank MiniDiscs gives further [dated] info on MD blank suppliers and prices, world wide. Chris McClave's CostFinder site searches selected on-line stores for the equipment you are looking for. CNNfn's Power Shopper has Minidisc product listings for various electronics suppliers. Gen Li gives some advice about shopping for MD gear in NYC.

A few individuals have also contributed information about purchasing MD equipment while traveling in Hong Kong and Japan.

Can't make up your mind? The Active Buyer's Guide has a system for helping you decide on a Minidisc unit. Not sure which blank MiniDisc brand to get? You might want to read Gary Bingner's opinions of the differences between brands. Sony's Tourist Model information page provides detailed information for taking Sony equipment abroad, including service locations world wide.

Read the MiniDisc FAQ and join the MiniDisc mailing-list. MiniDisc Technology The creation of the MiniDisc system began in and required the refinement of several technologies reflected in a host of patents. Sony discusses the technical challenges and how they were overcome in an IEEE technical report on the rewritable MiniDisc system. A single MD holds the same amount of music as a CD up to 80 minutes in "SP" recording mode but does so in one fifth as many bits by using an audio compression method Sony calls ATRAC Adaptive TRansform Acoustic Coding.

ATRAC is a form of perceptual coding, a data reduction technique that attempts to encode only the information audible to the human perceptual system. Sony describes the details of their ATRAC system in an Audio Engineering Society technical report. A translated interview that appeared in MJ Audio Technology Magazine with the creators of Sony's top of the line MD-JA3ES deck also helps explain the MiniDisc signal compression technology.

ATRAC is the basis of Sony's SDDS cinema digital audio system. Perceptual coding, based upon the masking effect, is also the principle behind the MPEGDolby Labs AC-3and Bell Labs PAC Perceptual Audio Coding compression algorithms. Recordable MiniDiscs use a variation on conventional magneto- optical methods that Sony calls "Magnetic Field Modulation", in which data is recorded using a 4.

When the area the head has magnetized moves away from the laser spot it cools below the Curie point to become cast in a string of N and S magnetized regions on the disc, spaced 60 millionths of a centimeter apart, and corresponding to the stream of bits being recorded.

The readout laser beam is aimed at, and reflects from, the previously recorded magnetic regions; the optical pickup detects the polarization differences corresponding to beam reflection from N or S magnetized regions in order to reconstruct the recorded bit stream. MiniDisc manufacturing is an exacting process that involves the use of vacuum sputtering machines in a clean room environment. Gassmann and Voser of Balzers Process Systems in Liechtenstein which makes the SprinterSprinterand Multi Sprinter for MD manufacturingand a page describing the BPS Sprinter machine give more details about the MD manufacturing process.

Sony DADC's MiniDisc Handbook in PDF format gives a technical guide to pre-recorded MD production. Sony Disc Manufacturing's website has a good deal of technical information for artists producing MiniDiscs.

The MiniDisc and Compact Disc substrate itself is made from a plastic called Makrolondeveloped by Bayer in Germany. It is a surprisingly resilient material, try bending a CD sometime. Sony describes the Magneto-Optical MO recording technology used for MDs in a technical paper on their HS MO system.

Sony Singapore has some good diagrams explaining MD technology. Sony Japan also has some colorful, mildly technical MD coverageas well as a simple MD technology animation for kids, in English. PDF with many technical details about the MD-clip format. MiniDisc, due to its editing capabilities and portability. We make several comments on the article. A Wired article briefly mentions MiniDisc MDLP as it sizes up the latest audio and video products. A Stereophile article states that, aside from computer based recording, MD is the leading digital recording format in the US.

Terence Chea, Wired writer, grudgingly accepts that MiniDisc is the best recording format in today's consumer digital audio marketplace. An E-Media article finds the MiniDisc to be a useful and valuable audio format after all these years.

Both Telegraph UK and TDK Japan talk of MD's success and acceptance in the world.

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Bill Sturrock points out a relatively objective Gadget News article on MD and the Sony MZ-E Journalist Gus Silber, alerts Johannesburg to the dawn of MiniDisc. Lee Chin has written a USC term paper on MD. Top Tower Records Magazine UK wrote enthusiastically about Pre-recorded MD in an article last year. EE Times article with a bit of inside information and discussing Sony's MD strategy.

A favorable Telegraph UK article about MiniDisc has links to several short equipment reviews. T3 magazine had an interesting interview with Sony and Philips PR folks in which they discussed where they think audio formats are headed. Time Magazine article about A New World at Sony comments on how Idei is adapting Sony to the networked, digital era. Not directly MD related.

Rolling Stone article a few MD comments. Singapore airlines inflight magazine had an article covering MD. German Stereo magazine discusses the current status of MD in Europe alternate translation. In these excerpts of John Borwick's Grammaphone review of the MDS-JE he states that he finds MD and CD to be virtually indistinguishable.

In a Sound On Sound interview with one of the Sony MDM-X4 designersmention is made of possibly using ATRAC on the internet. Excerpts of German Stereo Magazine about Sony's ATRAC 4. An article from Audio magazine gives a good general introduction to the technology employed in MiniDisc. An EQ article by Craig Anderton suggests a few interesting ways for musicians to make good use of normal 2-channel Minidisc.

Art Chimes considers the use of Minidisc in Radio Journalism. Radio College has an array of pro audio recording technical topics for the aspiring radio journalist. David Cohen describes his success using MiniDisc for theatre special effects. Mike Ward contributes an interesting article about MiniDisc use in radio news reporting. A page has been found talking of one person's 'conversion' to Minidisk [sic] for dance-calling.

An EQ Magazine article discusses MD's usefulness for musicians. A Studio Sound article describes how a commercial CD was made from a recording session mastered on MD.

The South China Morning Post HK carries a positive Minidisc article that quotes us. We make several comments on the South China Morning Post MD article. A Home Recording Magazine article on MiniDiscs mentions both MiniDisc. The Wire UK mentions the MDCP. We find ourselves rated by Planetclick. A Washington Post story talks about MiniDisc's Second Comingmentioning its Internet presence as well. The MDCP gets passing mention in the WSJ. Myths Sony has their own MiniDisc troubleshooting FAQ?

The trouble is, it is woefully misinformed in places. Sound on Sound makes an argument for sonic differences among blank discs upshot: Two What HiFi articles describe how it is that MD blanks can sound different. We've added some commentary within the article. A HiFi World talks about the subtle quality differences between MD Blanks. A TDK listening test reports that their pro blanks have increased "depth and richness". Media and Artwork The T-station held a pixel contest where budding artists can help promote MD.

The results of the contest can be found on their site. Gary Binger's collection of unique MiniDisc blanks is on display at The T-Station.

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James Meister's MiniDisc unit icons offer a wide selection of MD-related icons for Mac OS. A collection of user-made MD artwork can be found at the MD T-Station. More exotic MD blank designs available from Beyond HiFi: Sony's Flash-enhanced MDLP promotion page has an Ad Gallery where you can view still image advertisements and also watch a second MDLP commercial Quicktime.

For those in Australia, you can subscribe to Pulse Sony's half-magazine, half-catalog publication for free. Beyond HiFi has a photo collection of some of TDK's latest designer blank MDs: Ministry Girotondo and Bow wow styles. Gerrit Dijkstra has handcrafted images of the Sony MD logo in. Marco Rossen passes along a closeup of Sony's new Walkman logofound on the MZ-E According to Sony it emphasizes the new Sony network era.

Beyond HiFi points out a set of 3 designer MD blanks being marketed by TDK Europe and currently offers the Happy Cyclop 1st of the series. MD screensaver for Windows95 Sony Music Europe. Humor The story of Ancient MiniDiscs. A Zits MiniDisc Cartoon from the SF Examiner. Russian hackers reverse engineer Sony MZ-N1, adding MP3 capability. Exclusive interview with Sasha Breginski Sony gives up on MD!

Sony's advertising campaign placing big red stickers on a Toronto street as part of a treasure hunt. A BBC News article mentioning that pre-recorded Minidisc sales have fallen off. A Sony Hong Kong page describes Sony's MDLP promotional event in Asia.

Brandon Seong-Shin Hong's detailed economics class paper on MiniDisc discusses the marketing of the format and its future prospects. A Sony press release outlines plans to license the ATRAC3 LSI. Sony and IBM have struck a deal to master and distribute secure ATRAC3.

IDG has a story covering Sony's online music retailing venture. A Headwize page discusses the psychological content of a Sony MiniDisc advertisement.

In a May 99 press release from Sony's European Business Products Group they mention that the MiniDisc market is expected to exceed 20 million units worldwide in the year Articles from ABC News and Apple cover Minidisco, our sponsor.

The MD Cave has also conducted an interview with Minidisco. Sharp will be the first to produce portable MiniDisc recorders outside Japan when it begins production of the MD-MT20 and MD-MT15 series in Malaysia in May Samsung UK XIOD, T: PR Central gives an unusual inside look at how marketeers go about positioning Sony's MiniDisc as a hot product.

A December '98 Stereophile article on MD's growth reports that the number of US retail outlets selling blanks has grown to about ! An August '98 Herald Tribune article on MiniDisc states that MD is eclipsing the cassette. An October '98 Washingon Post article states that MiniDisc is alive and well in the US. The MD Push '98articles: The Robb Report wrote briefly about Minidisc's Revival in Feb ' A June '98 Forbes article states that in Japan, portable MiniDisc players have outsold portable CD players for the first time ever.

An article from the October issue of Audio Video International discusses Sony's recent US MD marketing campaign. In a Washington Post article about Sony's recent profitability they note that MiniDisc sales have soared. In a brief interview with Sony that appeared in What HiFi? In a March article on the recording industry Forbes Magazine mentions that MiniDisc is starting to catch on, showing a chart indicating that worldwide sales of MiniDisc hardware tripled last year.

An April Nikkei article states that a surge in MD player demand is expected. Press clippings from the Wall Street Journal and the Oregonian about Sony's re-intro of the MD to North America. An audio clip of Sony's North American MD commercial has micro-snippets of a few cool tunes. A TWICE article states that Sony's MD promos are building momentum. BPS' Layers magazine special edition on optical storage has articles about MiniDisc's bright future and how MD growth represents opportunites for disc manufacturers.

An article in Time Magazine mentions MiniDisc Time's Tech Watch section carries it too. A Austin Chronicle article discusses MD's success in Sony's test markets. Intro, Fluff Etown offers newbie tips for getting the most from your MD.

A MiniDisc intro piece from Ziff-Davis unfortunately exhibits a few misunderstandings. An newbie article in The New Paper from Singapore gives MD coverage. A January 99 article in the Chicago Sun-Times talks about CDs in the presence of upstarts like MD. Politics, Legal issues A WSJ article states that Microsoft and others aim to render MP3 obsolete. A Scientific American article mentions MiniDiscs in its discussion of copyright management in today's digital world. Copyright Board Canada issues a press release outlining a new levy being imposed on various recording media, including MiniDisc.

Neil Herber explains the effects of the levy. The RIAA recently wrote email clarifying the legality of home audio recordingstating that consumers are free to copy CDs to MD. Cornell University's Legal Information Institute has the complete US Copyright Code concerning digital audio recording devices and media see Subchapter Dwhich prohibits copyright suits against consumers making non-commercial digital recordings. A Philadelphia Inquirer article discusses the RIAA, bootlegging, and the 'net.

October '98 articles in Stereophile and Wired discuss the RIAA vs. Diamond suit wherein the RIAA tries to prevent a portable MP3 player from coming to market. Copy Protection New Scientist articles on copy-prohibited CDsincluding mention of SCMS protected CDs in Germany.

A Stereophile article details Macrovision's method of making CD's un-rippable. A New York Times report shows how the RIAA kept an SDMI cracking technical paper from being presented. Fortunately Felton's SDMI cracking paper itself made it onto the web, safe for all. The perils of industrially imposed copy protection are covered by John Gilmore, of EFF fame.

Roxio technical note on the 'Burst Mode Copy' method. New Scientist criticism of a the Cactus system. A grumbling article found on ZDNet talks about Sony fumbling the ball with MiniDisc. A MacWEEK article claims that MD missed the boat. Ken Pohlmann's Signals article in Stereo Review does not smack of MD boosterism included after the article is a rebuttal.

Pohlmann writes a positive MiniDisc article on HiFiBuys' site. Ken Polmann's March Stereo Review article rates the audio quality of Dolby S above Minidisc, though he rates both equivalent to CD for casual listening. Included in the article are spectrograms of a snippet of music reproduced from CD, Cassette, and MD.

In a summary of Ken Pohlmann's Stereo Review articlehe seems to have warmed towards the format slightly. A droopy article by Stereophile on Sony's MD relaunch brings replies from Jon Deutsch and Reg Smith.

A Wired Magazine Hype List predicts MD's meme is not long for this world. Jon Deutsch made favorable MD commentary in Stereophile's Soapbox columnbut, predictably their readers were still grumpy about MD. A Studio Sound and Broadcast Engineering article discusses the fledgling MD, DCC nascent CD-E formats.

A mid article from a Seybold publication talks about what MiniDisc Data could become [read: MPO's French pages circa concerning MD manufacture and Sharp's second try with MD-Data. A Popular Science article shows an MD unit for Ford's model year apparently it never really flew. Technical MD Techa website managed by Glen Wintringham, has several detailed MD-related essays that investigate both preamplifier and ATRAC issues. An April HiFi Choice article carefully compares MP3 vs. Included in a Sony Super Audio CD brochure is an explanation of the Delta-Sigma 1-Bit analog to digital conversion process.

We take a closer look at the MiniDisc's User Table of Contents.

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Clover Systems has good information on the CD and hence MD standard's error correction methods. Sound on Sound has a good article on audio coding data reduction that covers the binaural masking level difference phenomenon.

Guy Churchill submits the results of his serious listening test comparsion of CD, MD, MP3, VQF and RealAudio. One-chip LSI for MiniDisc by Sasaki et al. Sanyo researchers pack 48 hours of voice on an MD.

AMSYS has a brief news story mentioning the Sony MB MDthe same story also appears on TechWire. A short article with informative graphs from the Swedish Electronic World Magazine show distortion with respect to ATRAC generation. A technical paper from the June Design Automation Conference discusses the methods used to create Sharp's ATRAC LSIs.

Minidisc User Manuals Notes: Links in green are PDF files. Some PDF files ones from Sony! For these files please download Acrobat Reader 4. Adobe describes this as a web server problem.

One option is to download them to your hard disk right-click on the link and chose "Save target as After downloading, double-click on the file to open it directly with Acrobat Reader i. Sony New Zealand offers manuals by email for recent New Zealand models only. Naturally we would be delighted to receive copies of ones we're missing! Sony's manuals website offers PDF manuals for most of their exported equipment. The Sharp UK user manual page has PDF manuals for much of their equipment.

Please refer all servicing to qualified personel. Several readers have unintentionally disabled their equipment using service mode. Hi-MD Buffalo MD-HUSB Sony MZ-DH10P M10 M M NH1 NHD NH NH RH1 RH10 RH Recorders Aiwa AM-F90 Denon DMP-R70 Goldstar MD-R1 altcorr 1corr 2sup 1sup 2 Kenwood DMC-G7R J7R K7R M7R Panasonic SJ-MR MR MR MR Pioneer PMD-R2 R3 R55 Sharp MD-MS MS MS MS MS MT15 MD-MT20 remote schematic MT16 MD-MT20 remote schematic MT20 MD-MT20 remote schematic MT50 MT77 MT SR50 SR60 SR70 SR75 Sony MZ-1 altcorr 1corr 2sup 1sup 2 B3 B10 B50 B G G N1 1.

R5ST training R30 training 1. You can make a significant contribution to the MD community by typing or scanning your user or non-Sony service manual and sending it in.

Other Manuals MiniDisc Handbook from Sony DADC. Gives MD specifics for artists producing pre-recorded MiniDiscs format details, exact cover art dimensions, etc. This is a deep and important question about the wisdom of participating in the consumerism of our modern age, and whether cultivating a life of voluntary simplicity would not ultimately bring greater happiness.

However, if you are only asking whether you should not buy some other gadget instead, read on. Sony intended the format as a replacement for the Compact Cassette.

It provides a relatively low cost solution to making high quality recordings, and compared to Recordable CDsit is smaller, cheaper, re-writable and allows non-linear editing. Compared to all forms of tape, it provides random access, meaning that you can quickly select songs with the touch of a button. Although the format has been slow to catch on in the US, MiniDisc continues to thrive in Japan.

Sales in the US were hurt by high prices and a format war with Philips Digital Compact Cassette DCC. DCC has since been taken out of production both Philips and Matsushita DCC's Japanese backer have now begun offering MD products.

This fact, combined with the lower prices of current MD equipment, has helped MiniDisc begin catching on in Sony's US test markets. Blank prices are dropping in other countries too as MDs gain acceptance. An unabashed Minidisc fan argues the MD case vs. And it seems that people who actually sit down and spend a little time with MiniDisc, giving it an honest hearing with their own ears, become quite fond of the format.

Cool things people are doing with MiniDiscs See also the Collected MiniDisc Tricks and Tips from users. An interview with Martin Stephensonwho has released a CD recorded entirely with a Sony MZ-R Dave LaDelfa has made limited edition disc of experimental music using an "orchestra of eight MZ-R50s looping specially prepared discs in shuffle-play mode".

Ted Rees discusses MD use in performance art. Square Dance callers find the MD format provides an easy way to have unlimited length patter tunes. Public Address Chris Stanley encounters MD based audio tours at the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology. A page devoted to the USAF Thunderbirds theme music that is played during airshows; in it the Minidisc equipment they use is mentioned. Simon Mackay recommends MiniDisc for bus and boat tours. Radio Ed Cole reports his success using Minidisc at a radio station.

Some members of the UK Radio mailing list recently commented on the use of MD in radio broadcasting. Allen Scofield describes his use of MD for radio voice-over work. Field Recording Trent Nelson chief photographer of the Salt Lake Tribune has put together several multimedia slideshows that use audio recorded in the field with a Sony MZ-R John Smith details the use of Minidisc equipment for ethnographic recording of Scots and Gaelic.

Ken Wheeler finds mention of MiniDisc use in recording ghosts' voices. Aaron Thieme has created interesting auditory collages from MD field recordings he made during travels in Vietnam. Education Richard Reid tells about using MiniDisc in college. Lawrence Borden extolls the remarkable fidelity of an MD portable and binuaral mics used for teaching music.

Eikaiwa Visa has information about the use of MiniDisc in the classroom. Science and Technology A Wired report notes the New York Times has placed a Minidisc player in a time capsuleto be opened in the year search within the article for "mini disc".

NASA is using two portable MD recorders in their Ground-Based Sensors for the SR Sonic Boom Propagation Experiment. Robby uses MiniDisc to record polar orbiting weather satellites. An IASA bulletin has good hard coverage of MD as it applies to the archivist search for "MiniDisc" after the page is fully loaded.

Reg Smith uses MiniDisc equipment as an aid in restoring Antique Music Boxes. Medicine The University of Wisconsin uses Minidisc in their Communicative Disorders Clinic. Tuna describes how Minidisc was used to create a gallery of heart sounds that includes the sounds of mechanical heart valves. Format Conversion Tim Stockman says a few words about recording vinyl LPs to MD. Paul Collins describes his efforts to transfer over 8, titles of ethnic dance music from various audio formats to MiniDisc.

Included on the page are reader feedback comments. An industrial designer has developed a MiniDisc based widget that transforms the human voice into sounds of musical instruments. If you have anything you would like to contribute, please send us mail! Several readers have written with techniques for jogging with an MD portable.