putting together a sountrack

[jugglermatt1]

Could anyone out there help me put together a sountrack . I have;
1 a mini disc with many discs
2 a CD player with discs
3 a strange cable which sony has lead me to believe is to plug the MD to a computer
4 a computer in a friends house
5 errm not sure what 5 is
6 time .
I would like to put everything together on either mini disc or CD
Well thats all , folks , thanks , Matt

[Evan Young]

I don't get it. What kind of help do you want?
If you want to make CD's you just need to find someone with a CD burner and burn the tracks you want onto a CD. If you want MD you just need to record the tracks you want onto a MD.
If you need stuff edited to your show you will need someone willing to put in a lot of time and effort to helping you find what you need, or maybe you can just do fade outs manually while recording analog on the MD.
I would go with the MD thing. They are smaller, more durable, and look cooler. You can also move the tracks around and stuff.
Does that help?

[Peter G]

The strange cable from sony is either a USB cable, a firewire or a optical cable. You will need to go to your friends house and figure out where to stick it. See if you can plug the MD to the Computer and move MP3 files or audio files between them (USB or Firewire). This will be digital and the best quality.


If the plug is optical in, check the back of your recent stereo equipment for that plug. This is also high quality transfer.

At worst you should have a mic port on the MD and a headphones port on your computer or stereo. You may need to make a trip to Radio Shack for the cable that connects them. This is an digital to analog back to digital. Not the best choice, but still a fine answer. You can also go from the speaker plug on the computer to the MD mic port.

[Pyromancer]

[quote]Originally posted by Peter G:
<strong>The strange cable from sony is either a USB cable, a firewire or a optical cable.</strong><hr></blockquote>

Not neccissarily. I bought a MD a while ago, that promised connectivity with a pc. In the end, it appeared to be a USB cable, that acted like a soundcard, so I ended up with an analog signal anyways, through a USB cable. If I had known that, I could have done without it and had paid less...

[Brian R Wilson]

I'm sick of MD's, and much prefer my burner. I've bought a new farily cheap discman, and find it much easier to burn CD's for approproate shows, than working out the interface to MD's. CD burning software seems to be much more connectivity friendly....

[jugglermatt1]

So basically I can put any series of tracks onto a computer , juggle them around a bit , then be able to record in whatever back onto a MD or CD , no ? Forgive me for being stupid , but Im lost like a small boy in computerlandia .Thanks for the imput everyone , Matt .

[Pyromancer]

Yes you can. But if you just want to put some tracks in some particular order I wouldn't bother getting a computer involved, but just record them by pressing the rec-button on your recording device. Most of the times that button is red and can be found near the Play button, which is the one that has a tiny icon on it, with the shape of an arrow. If you pant to pause the recording because you want to change the cd, you can press the buttun with two small rectangles printed on it - press that button again to resume recording. If you are completely finished, you can press the button with a little square printed on it, and your recording stops! You can switch between tracks with the buttons with two small arrows printed on it, forward and backward and pressing the button with a single arrow on it, will play the track you selected, which means you'll hear music.

I hope this helps... [img]biggrin.gif[/img]

On a more serious note: now *what* do you want my friend? The more specific you are, the more specific we can be...

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[jugglermatt1]

I want to expand the show , by adding dance , movement and more ....?
I already use a roughish compilation , but the basic idea is to be able to put short clips of tunes following each other , for example , mambo ,followed by 70s disco , reggae , Spanish punk ska , sound effects , applause etc..But all sounding properly put together .
Most of the music is on MD already , so with only one MD player makes things difficult , at least to me .Or a CD burner would help , but the only person I know with one is miles away. Cheers then , Matt

[Pyromancer]

You have twwo options: the first is to use the computer. You can sample the bits you want into a program, like CoolEdit and then you can 'juggle them around' a bit, as you call it. If you've worked with computers before you should be able to find out how it all workd, basically it's cut and paste. The benefit from this, is that it's easy to add effects to the music. But if you haven't got a clue, you might not be able to go beyond cut and paste anyway.

Second, you can record everything to a Minidisc, using the original cd's or a second minidisc that you may be able to borrow from someone. Once your clips are on Minidisc, the player allows some basic juggling around with tracks. Refer to the manual from your Minidisc player for more information how to do that.

Good luck...

[jugglermatt1]

Thanks for all that , I will let you know how its all going.

[Jim]

Get a second MD player or player/recorder. I'm sure you could find a used one for really cheap. ("Player only" models are probably under $40 on Ebay and a used recorder model should be about $50-$100.)

Having two MD recorders will not only allow you to edit between MDs (with an optical cable--&gt; digital-to-digital) but you'll also have a spare player to take with you to gigs. If you have your entire soundtrack to your show on an MD, you should always travel with a spare MD player to performances. It would suck to get to a gig and realize your only MD player isn't working and the venue your playing at only has a CD player.

I have two MD players with me at every show.

Jim

[worldwidese]

I highly recommend that any performer thinking about buying a new computer check ou the Sony Vaio Digital Studio RX series.
These have everything anyone needs for the job, including Movie Shaker.. Price starts at less than $700, although an upgrade would be better. click the link or cut and paste this URL into the Address Box to get an idea of what you get. htt p://www.sonystyle.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/eCS/Store/en/-/USD/SY_BrowseCatalog-Start;sid=qF7oJ8E-p8joJ_8bYgbiLI4wzfny53KkMzo=?CategoryName=cpu_VAIO DesktopComputers

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[jugglermatt1]

The new player would have to have MDLP as most recordings Ive made are using it , no ?

[Scot Free]

[quote]Originally posted by worldwidese:
[QB]I highly recommend that any performer thinking about buying a new computer check ou the Sony Vaio Digital Studio RX series.
These have everything anyone needs for the job, including Movie Shaker.. Price starts at less than $700, although an upgrade would be better. click the link or cut and paste this URL into the Address Box to get an idea of what you get. <hr></blockquote>
The "Net MD" comes with support software that only works on PC. Sony built copywrite protection into the software that is a real pain in the ass. You are only alowed to upload CDs that you paid for 3 times-EVER. Some Mp3s that have been downloaded from the net won't play to the end of the track but fade out in the middle. Before I saw the light and got a Mac, I used the Net MD and ended up using the old method of recording minute for minute songs I wanted in my show because the Sony provided software sucked ass.
Fuck Sony and their copywrite protection that presumes your guilt and restricts your right to make copies of music you paid for!
get a Mac and an ipod.

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