Re: Converting atrac3 to mp3

steven.sawyer@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "John in detroit" <blank@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> James wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks for the advice, looks like a long painful job ahead of me..
>> Well, I don't know how painful it will be.. I mean if it's painful,
don't 
>> convert that track :)    I have the same job to do with vinyl discs
here 
>> one of these days.. I'm going to record in PCM, copy to computer with
the 
>> Hi-MD recorder, then process with one of my click and pop filters, then

>> re-encode as ATRAC to a standard Mini Disc.
>>
>> Lots of work. but doing most of it at the computer level will make the
job 
>> go a lot faster.
> Why not purchase the Onkyo unit and record to Minidisc directly?  Or 
> purchase a phono preamp with a Toslink output and use a portable
Minidisc 
> player to record?  If you record this way the track will be uploadable 
> without copy restrictions.  I believe I saw a phono preamp with a
Toslink 
> out on the web for around $100.
> Steve 
> 
> 
If I do it the way I plan the track will upload w/o restrictions just
fine.

The reason for using the mini-disc is that the turntable and computer 
are not neighbors on the shelf,  The mini-disc will fit next to the 
turntable just fine. Not so the computer.