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€ HELP: Macintosh Minidisc/Digital Audio Recording/Importing
On Mon, 8 Mar 2004 19:44:34 -0800, Pierre wrote
(in message ) : I have a new iMac.... I want to know the best and inexpensive way to get audio from a minidisc into the iMac without too much loss, and then be able to edit the tracks by cutting them into seperate songs and fading the beginings in and the endings out. --------------------------------snip---------------------------------- I don't think the new iMacs have a S/PDIF input, but if they did, you could transfer the Minidiscs into the computer digitally, which is a good thing. Doing that will avoid going to analog and back to digital again, which can introduce more distortion and potential problems. This might be overkill for you, but you could get a used Digidesign 001 system relatively cheap on eBay ($400 or so), which includes ProTools LE software and a A/D/A interface box. The ProTools software will let you slice up the songs into individual tracks -- though you'll need some CD-burning software like Toast to actually create the CD. You can also go he http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/audio/issue47.html and get some recommendations on suitable audio cards that will work with your Mac. Don't forget, you'll also need a Minidisc player with an S/PDIF output to do this right; I've seen table-model MD decks with digital outs go for as little as $100 used, and no more than $175 new from many sources. --MFW |
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