These are hip-hop mixtapes from the early and late 90's. I used to order them outta NYC directly and the masters they had were only put onto cassette tapes and not onto compact disc. I recorded them to MiniDisc and sold the original tapes a long time ago to reduce my collection. These mixtapes were gems back then and still are especially compared to the garbage that's out now. Back then DJ's cut and mixed vinyl and not electronic files on laptops.
Great Video Thanks ! Can you tell me what cable your using to connect the digital out from your minidisc to your i river ? My mini disc player is bog standard with no digital out but I have so many MD's that I want to transfer I may buy one on ebay ! Recording with RCA - line in sounds crap . Thanks
It really sucks that the only way to transfer is Opitical or Coaxil digital. Wish there was some way you could just rip the digital files to the pc direct, recording realtime takes ages :( I think with the last Minidisc Sony produced you can. You could try with the old Net minidiscs, but they are riddled with DRM issues and Sony Sonicstage software was so buggy it was almost impossible to use. Sony really managed to fuck up a great technology with their greedyness
janX9 So just enjoy your minidiscs the way they are. There's no real need to convert to mp3. Just because mp3 is a newer format, it doesn't mean it's better. All it takes is for your mp3 player or external storage to die and poof goes all your music. Minidiscs are built to last, dude. I've got 20 year old minidiscs that still play just as perfectly as the day I recorded them. Look, I've got tons of mp3s too, but a lot of that music existed on minidiscs that I'd previously recorded. Yes, mp3 is carrying one device with a buttload of music on it as opposed to a player and a bunch of minidiscs. But if my mp3s go up in smoke, I'll always have my music on physical media that I can actually hold in my hand and that in itself is pretty satisfying.
Dude, now a days, just rock Shazam for any song on minidisc you want to rip and either buy it or download it online for free via some bootleg website. Way quicker than listening to each song to rip on PC. Just sayin'.
Problem is, a lot of us have content created by us, or recorded off the radio, or 90s techno with so many rights-infringing samples that they're gone to the world and unable to find online.
These are hip-hop mixtapes from the early and late 90's. I used to order them outta NYC directly and the masters they had were only put onto cassette tapes and not onto compact disc. I recorded them to MiniDisc and sold the original tapes a long time ago to reduce my collection. These mixtapes were gems back then and still are especially compared to the garbage that's out now. Back then DJ's cut and mixed vinyl and not electronic files on laptops.
Great Video Thanks ! Can you tell me what cable your using to connect the digital out from your minidisc to your i river ? My mini disc player is bog standard with no digital out but I have so many MD's that I want to transfer I may buy one on ebay ! Recording with RCA - line in sounds crap . Thanks
Yeah, the audio warbles in and out that way, yes?
where can I buy this convertor machine?? please help !
I do the same thing with mine. I record lots of music from UA-cam using this method. Screw iTunes.
It really sucks that the only way to transfer is Opitical or Coaxil digital. Wish there was some way you could just rip the digital files to the pc direct, recording realtime takes ages :(
I think with the last Minidisc Sony produced you can. You could try with the old Net minidiscs, but they are riddled with DRM issues and Sony Sonicstage software was so buggy it was almost impossible to use.
Sony really managed to fuck up a great technology with their greedyness
H4NDCRAFTED yeah, I have almost 400 minidiscs I'd like to convert to mp3 but it's such a daunting task I'm having a hard time even getting started.
janX9 So just enjoy your minidiscs the way they are. There's no real need to convert to mp3. Just because mp3 is a newer format, it doesn't mean it's better. All it takes is for your mp3 player or external storage to die and poof goes all your music. Minidiscs are built to last, dude. I've got 20 year old minidiscs that still play just as perfectly as the day I recorded them. Look, I've got tons of mp3s too, but a lot of that music existed on minidiscs that I'd previously recorded. Yes, mp3 is carrying one device with a buttload of music on it as opposed to a player and a bunch of minidiscs. But if my mp3s go up in smoke, I'll always have my music on physical media that I can actually hold in my hand and that in itself is pretty satisfying.
@@Skelly5962 Optical discs don't last forever. ripping to mp3 preserves them.
Mini discs and iriver h1xx
doesn't get any better or cooler.
is that method man?
Connect it to PC and use SoundForge to edit MP3
Dude, now a days, just rock Shazam for any song on minidisc you want to rip and either buy it or download it online for free via some bootleg website. Way quicker than listening to each song to rip on PC. Just sayin'.
Problem is, a lot of us have content created by us, or recorded off the radio, or 90s techno with so many rights-infringing samples that they're gone to the world and unable to find online.
cool unit
@cartoonworld1000 Yes he is
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