Complete beginner here, and probably not the best equipment buuuuuuuuuuuut

Herb Powell

Alright, I'm going to assume this is the right forum. Shtory is I have been given a Sony MDM x-4 recorder for free. It's OLD, records to minidiscs . Aside from the fact that I have yet to learn how to use it properly, I'm not sure how much of an issue he format is. Like, is it possible to transfer recordings from this to a computer? I imagine it would be, otherwise it'd be fairly useless

GTE

That the beast?





Whack a set of those cables into the Stereo out and run that into the Line in/mic in of your computer that will get you basic connectivity between that and the computer. You can get those cables at music stores or at Maplins.

It is not the best sounding way of doing it but it should be just fine.
I had a Sony Mini Disc recorder. Loved how it sounded for some reason. It was the first time I had a way of experiencing good quality. Before that I was only using the Line in/mic in of my laptop which sounded kak.

I would use a small mini disk player to play into a computer with a better quality line in/mic in so I was happy.

madtheory

If you already own a modern computer, that thing should be sent to recycling.

Herb Powell

madtheory wrote: »

If you already own a modern computer, that thing should be sent to recycling.

lol
and yeah, that's the very one
I was thinking the stereo out would probably work alright, just wanted to see if anyone could confirm/let me know anything about it. Thanks a million, can't wait to try it.

dav nagle

madtheory wrote: »

If you already own a modern computer, that thing should be sent to recycling.

Excellent statement

Companero

If you already own a modern computer, that thing should be sent to recycling.

Hold on there, not so fast. Machine's like this can actually be excellent if it's writing songs and making music you're interested in, rather than in spending hours and hours chasing your own tail in the netherworld of drivers, software, virtual midi loopback whatchamacallits, and endless plugins.

Herb Powell

Companero wrote: »

Hold on there, not so fast. Machine's like this can actually be excellent if it's writing songs and making music you're interested in, rather than in spending hours and hours chasing your own tail in the netherworld of drivers, software, virtual midi loopback whatchamacallits, and endless plugins.

thank fook

dav nagle

Companero wrote: »

Hold on there, not so fast. Machine's like this can actually be excellent if it's writing songs and making music you're interested in, rather than in spending hours and hours chasing your own tail in the netherworld of drivers, software, virtual midi loopback whatchamacallits, and endless plugins.

True they are a great starting point I had one and it was so much fun learning how to 'bounce' on a 8 track

madtheory

Companero wrote: »

Hold on there, not so fast. Machine's like this can actually be excellent if it's writing songs and making music you're interested in, rather than in spending hours and hours chasing your own tail in the netherworld of drivers, software, virtual midi loopback whatchamacallits, and endless plugins.

I don't know anything about that, went from Atari to Mac.

GTE

You both have good points.

From my point of view as an engineer, not a song writer, its obsolete but when I did have a band my little 6 channel plugged into a sony mini disc recorder, or, it was bliss!!