Minidiscs (2 Viewers)

[torchomatic]

Anyone still use Minidiscs? I love 'em.

 

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[Otis]

I can only manage one or two at a time, Torch. Very hard to chew and digest.

 

[stupot07]

I've lost my minidisc player. Loved it, but then mp3's came quite quickly afterwards.


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[ccfctommy]

mini-what?

 

[torchomatic]

http://www.minidisc.org/index.php

LIke a cross between CDs and cassettes. Brilliant format really as they were more versatile than both. However MP3 and iPod killed it off. Shame. I use mine all the time, I have a portable and a HiFi separate.

mini-what?

 

[Jack Griffin]

Got any Betamax tapes?

 

[Houchens Head]

I have a friend here on the island who is getting rid of their mini-disc player for free. I used to use them when I did radio work, play jingles etc., but the studio is all computerised now.

 

[torchomatic]

I can understand the reluctance what with MP3 and Spotify, etc and I use those things myself. However, I really do still like using my Minidisc players and record deck, etc.

I have a friend here on the island who is getting rid of their mini-disc player for free. I used to use them when I did radio work, play jingles etc., but the studio is all computerised now.

 

[ccfctommy]

http://www.minidisc.org/index.php

LIke a cross between CDs and cassettes. Brilliant format really as they were more versatile than both. However MP3 and iPod killed it off. Shame. I use mine all the time, I have a portable and a HiFi separate.

Do you burn the songs onto the mini-disk?

 

[torchomatic]

Yeah, the players are recorders and players. They hold 74 or 80 minutes though some decks are long play so you can get upto 320 minutes of music on a disc. Like cassettes they are re-recordable but unlike cassettes the sound doesn't degrade over time. Apparently you can record over a MD one million times.

Like I say it was a great format but MP3 killed it off. Sony stopped making the decks in 2013. They were first introduced in 1992. I got my first MD deck in 98. I stopped using my decks for a while, but I really wanted something different to MP3 and Spotify on my phone so I dug out the portable and hifi separate from the loft and started using them again.

Do you burn the songs onto the mini-disk?

 

[torchomatic]

No. Actually, Betamax were better quality than VHS, but like many things it was all down to marketing.

Got any Betamax tapes?

 

[dancers lance]

I used Minidiscs all the time when I was at Uni, they took over from the old cartridge (tape system) used for jingles, adverts, etc at radio stations we worked with at the time.

They were an amazing leap forward as you could easily record, edit, loop and sample "on the fly" But within a year, they had all been replaced with PC's.

I still have one (it's part of a Denon midi system I have) but sadly, it could easily be a doorstop.