yamaha MD 8 track... i have an idea!!

pjrey wrote on 11/26/2004, 9:12 AM
ok, let me know if this is possible...
i have an old (but nice!) yamaha MD8 track.. for those of you who are not familiar.. it records on the DATA mini discs... (it records 8 tracks at once)
i was wondering if i could get a drive, for my computer, for the DATA MD, i could open what i had recoreded on the disc.. in my computer! and edit it with vegas!
i like recording to the yamaha.. i like not having a computer involved at all.. but then, when finished recording.. i can transport it to my computer and fix up anything i need to!
does anyone know if this is possible? and what format the files are on the MD data??
this would be the best ever if this worked!!!!
also...
on the back of my yamaha 8-track... there is a MIDI port...
there is no way to connect it to vegas to have it act as a controller is there?>
i didnt think so.. just curious...

but let me know about the MD DATA... about external drives for it.. and if it would work or not...

thanks a bunch!
pj

Comments

farss wrote on 11/26/2004, 12:03 PM
Have you tried Yamaha?
I've never seen a MiniDisc drive that'd let you mount the disk as a Windoz drive. Even then the disk would have to be formatted as somthing Windoz could recognise.
You can certainly get a MiniDisc player that'll let you capture the audio via S/PDIF but the question there is does the Yamaha record it's 8 tracks as 8 individually playable files? If so you're laughing. I'd not be as convenient as mounting the drive and copying say .wavs as that'd be faster than realtime but still it'd get the job done.
Easiest thing to try, take a recorded disk to a shop that sells the full size MD players and try playing it in a Sony unit that has S/PDIF. If that works then all you need is a sound card with S/PDIF I/O.
Bob.