#56

@saintcloud I’d love to be involved in whatever capacity as well – finally trashed my [non-functioning] MD player a few years ago and still somewhat regret it.

Have many fond memories of recording mixes to that thing to be listened to while I was washing dishes in the back of a horrible US chain restaurant …

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#57

if I were to venture a simple and not at all all-encompassing guess

It would be that

derision of obsolete technology keeps the wheels on the capitalism train rolling

shrug

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#58

Love me some Gescom!

#59

Going through a few things before a run to donate some things to Goodwill and this turned up :slight_smile:

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#61

Excellent. Be in touch soon. Silly season a bit silly.

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#62

i would gladly submit 12 seconds of sound for this!

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#63

If there is still room to get involved I am keen. Have small collection of md players and many discs of field recordings. Also a fan of mini cassette dictaphones - if that doesnt muddy the waters too much. Wish i had that gescom thing- somehow never heard of it though i was a autechre fan for years.

richard

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#64

Fewer people can play 3" CDs these days, as the predominant form factor of CD player is now the slot-based CD-ROM drive, which can’t accommodate them.

I still have half a spindle of 3" CD-Rs. I’m not actually positive that I currently have a drive that can burn them. (My living room PC probably can, though.)

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#65

I really didn’t expect to be GASing for a minidisc recorder in 2017. You folks have a knack.

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#66

need to take out my portable sony MD recorder and see if it still works…
haven’t used this thing in a decade.

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#67

I know!
When I put out a 3" cd about 10 years ago, almost all of my friends said “I’d love to listen to it but my laptop doesn’t have a CD tray!” I’m sure there are a few unsold copies still floating around the shops back in Vancouver.

#68

I’ll echo Zedkah

If there is still room to get involved I am
keen

Didn’t expect this post to be as interesting as it turned out honestly.

it’d be cool if folks who weren’t picky about cohesive content or quick turnaround time
send me a blank md and wait for it to be mailed back eventually

100% love this idea.

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#70

Just stumbled upon this thread and coincidentally was rummaging around in my parents attic the other day and found a load of my old mini disc stuff. I kenwood stereo and a load of underground resistance and red planet techno filled mini discs :slight_smile:

Im gonna try get my Dad to post them to me!

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#72

Hey, I would love to contribute to the compilation (if there’s still space). I especially like the idea of short pieces meant to be played on shuffle. @saintcloud I PM’d you my email.

I used to use mini discs extensively for work about 13 years ago, although only as a backup stereo recorder alongside the Roland VS-880 and VS-1680 during live sessions. I remember many times wondering why the mini discs weren’t more popular - it was such a fantastic (and futuristic) format even then.

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#73

One cool thing I remember doing with my old portable Sony MD recorder (I’d have to dig it up for the model #) was this:

Put a bunch of loops or audio clips on a disc and you could set it to play through them seamlessly and randomly. Great for experimenting.

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#74

…while looking for something else deep in the closet i found my 20 year old binaural recording setup.

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#75

MZ-R50! My dad bought this in Japan in '98 when it was first released (cost him a fortune I think) and eventually passed it down to me. It’s what I first started recording music on. Really great machine, I was so sad when it died on me. Need to track down another.

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#76

Never could see this coming. Isnt the MD format based on lossy compression? Not that it matters much.

Hmmm. I think i have a Sony MZ-R55 somewhere.

#77

Yes. I believe ATRAC was the compression technology used…

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#78

I believe I kind of remember the compression artifacts which, well, to put bluntly I wasn’t too fond over. But perhaps I recorded in low quality…

This thread got me going. I need to dig out that Sony wherever it is. I like the 12 second song idea.

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