I still use my minidisc player/ recorder in 2019 much better that MP3 player/phones . We need to get minidisc back in the main stream again
@TheAstralthief
4 жыл бұрын
I've got 2 😃different MD s
@domestique3954
3 жыл бұрын
Yup!👌
@audiosv8
3 жыл бұрын
Popularity is starting increase again, prices of used units are going up monthly... Get them now before they go the route of other vintage audio components. I have picked up 2 in the past month because prices are starting to get mental.
@saikrishnakittu9475
3 жыл бұрын
How you copy songs to mini disc?
@andyrandy0815
3 жыл бұрын
@@saikrishnakittu9475 the netMD versions can be plugged via USB to your computer, no need for recording in 1 speed since.
@JuggaloSupreme
4 жыл бұрын
THANKS!! I'm a DJ from the United States, and I loved recording my sets straight to minidisc! I also still use my minidisc player because I have to take my phone case off to connect my phone to my stereo. And now that I can use this stupid net MD Walkman again, and not just my other mini disc player is amazing! Best format ever!
@jonathanjob2295
5 жыл бұрын
I've had my MZ-NE410 walkman since it's release here in the US and now I can FINALLY use it again with my computer!!!!! Thank you so much for this tutorial!!! This definitely takes me back to my teen years in the late 90s!
@shaneweightman
5 жыл бұрын
Not dead to me either , cheers buddy Shane uk 🇬🇧
@JJBclassic
2 жыл бұрын
just scored the same walkman. now bought a mini disk online, now downloading work station and compiling a list of late 9000-2000s songs to get my mix tape ready. thanks mate !
@thiagolobo11
3 жыл бұрын
I have a Sony Walkman NW-E015F and just want to let you know that I've only installed the second and third files you provided (SonicStage and its update) on Windows 10 20H2 (as of now, April 2021) and it worked just perfect! No need to use Virtual Machine or anything. I could import music to the Walkman and it's alive again! Thank you for the files!
@brayanhernandez8805
Жыл бұрын
Could I ask u what your process was as I am trying to do the same
@thiagolobo11
Жыл бұрын
@@brayanhernandez8805 Hey, Brayan... Just as I told in the comment, unfortunately. I only installed two files regarding the Sonic app. The PA Driver was not needed. After installing, it all worked fine. I didn't need to do anything "fancy". 😉
@brayanhernandez8805
Жыл бұрын
i got the second and third files opened, got the music on it , yet i cant connect my minidisc walkman. its connected yet wont appear on the software, do i have to install a seperate software for it?
@thiagolobo11
Жыл бұрын
@@brayanhernandez8805 I must say that it's been so long that I can't quite recall it properly, unfortunately. But, as long as I remember, it all worked out pretty easy for me. I really don't know if I enabled something related to compatibility settings or something like that, it is something possible. Have you tried that?
@brayanhernandez8805
Жыл бұрын
@@thiagolobo11 i have tried many things, i plugged from all my usb ports, installed drivers and looked online and havnt found any answers, stuck in a loop
@Thirty-Three-RPM
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you mate. Following your instructions I managed to get it working on my mac through parallels running xp. I have made quite a few minidiscs and it’s so much better having this option for creating discs. 👍🏻
@klobbersaurus685
4 жыл бұрын
I just found my MD player in boxes today and have several blank MDs. I'm so glad i found this and will be trying this out
@Rmf8
5 жыл бұрын
Still have my minidisc player. Love it. Wouldn't get rid of it as it has a strong place in my heart.
@GearSeekers
5 жыл бұрын
I'm gonna do a bit more minidisc stuff next year!
@micknight1462
4 жыл бұрын
Still playing mine . Both SONY! One with CD player and headphone jack. The other with optical i/o.
@MrMxTech
4 жыл бұрын
Video is very nice but if you just download the sonic stage on your link and conect the hi md straight to the pc it works perfectly in 2020 probably due to updates.thanks for the link sonic stage is actually a bit hard to come by.
@bruno-qk8od
4 жыл бұрын
I Also love my MD player!!! Thanks a lot for the hints!!
@ToddsNerdCave
6 жыл бұрын
Awwww hell yeah! Minidisc for the win! Good tips using a VM to interface with it. I use VMs for all sorts of old stuff too.
@GearSeekers
6 жыл бұрын
It just makes so much more sense than trying to hack 10 year old drivers into a modern OS
@DibIrken
5 жыл бұрын
I'm obsessed too. Started 2 years when I knew this exist. I bought a box of pre-recorded minidisc and the quality is actually good
@coolietoolie
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the excellent video. I have used MD ever since they came out and gone through many different players along the way as a DJ. Would have been nice if when you were explaining how to install, if you could have brought the size on the screen image up. Would have made it easier for my old eyes to see what you were doing.
@Petridisch
5 жыл бұрын
Hey there! SO HAPPY you posted this video! I am now writing all sorts of varieties of compressed and non-compressed files to minidiscs -- gonna do some small batch releases as well --- seriously, thanks to this video :)
@GearSeekers
5 жыл бұрын
Awesome! So glad I could help!!
@dougthompson4662
3 жыл бұрын
Thank god for this. Look at the price of blank MD these days, i can dust off my horde and appreciate the value now - You stopped me having to bin them - thanks
@kasquez
4 жыл бұрын
So if I happen to have a machine with WinXP I can skip all the virtualization crap and get straight to the point... I'm gonna try it with my old laptop right away. Thanks for the files 👍 EDIT: It worked!
@yaowu918
5 жыл бұрын
In 2002, my parents' one-month salary bought the SONY mz-n10 NET MD WALKMAN as a gift to my college. After 16 years, I collected more than 10 MDs can not spend my half a month's salary! I live in the coastal cities of China
@Cristian.Cortez
3 жыл бұрын
I just use an old version of Sonic Stage and that works fine on windows 10
@ParkerPeter6
3 жыл бұрын
Works great! I finally get back access to my HiMD discs under Win10. Thank you very much!
@jolebole-yt
4 ай бұрын
I just bought my first MiniDisc play/recorder. And 2 days later I bought two more 😬. Long live MiniDisc!
@JuggaloSupreme
4 жыл бұрын
THANKS AGAIN!!! LISTEN TO THIS MAN!!!! 🎼🎵🎻🎧💽💽 I finally did it and have a WORKING Sonicstage 4.3 WITH NetMD compatibility! I have the MZ - R500, so I still can record analog and digitally, but I also have the MZ-NE410, which I thought was obsolete at this point except for a player. But thanks to you, it lives again! I found my optical cables (I can't believe I still have them), I have line cables, I've always had headphones & Mini Discs, but the active speakers were eh, so I got a pair of Bose active speakers for about the same price and I ordered the official power adapter for the AC. So I am "all in" with MiniDisc again. My 20 yr old DJ mixes sound as beautiful as the day I recorded them! (And I LOVE how easily MD goes from home stereo to recorder to walkman to portable (car audio aux?)! So thanks again! Best format ever!
@GearSeekers
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this awesome comment! Really appreciate it!
@JuggaloSupreme
4 жыл бұрын
@@GearSeekers - NP - Thanks for bringing new life to my fave format & making my "obsolete" minidisc player relevant again!
@LOLODAWG
4 жыл бұрын
I cannot figure out where that iso file came from. I don't see it when I go into that customize menu.
@husaiharimmartinezhinojos4997
4 жыл бұрын
Im looking for the "md simple burner" software, do you know where can I find it? thanks
@GearSeekers
6 жыл бұрын
Here are the files for this HOWTO: grsk.co/netmd
@flaviopastor8951
4 жыл бұрын
Me, a regular person, was lost the moment you said "VMware Workstation 14 Pro". Anyway, thank you very much for the video. I have dozens of old MDs with music I still enjoy so, I think the NetMD just became a cool time machine!
@LetFreedomSPK
5 жыл бұрын
dusted one off i had in the garage for decades...i miss and love it. i wish there was a software for the current windows...i have a MD labeled AFI...HAHA good ol early 2000's
@MarzAres
4 жыл бұрын
Still rocking my Sony RH1, MD forever
@sickly_b
5 жыл бұрын
thanks for that my friend - great to learn some new tricks. I love MD and have 2 x netMD players that I wanted to transfer files, but it has also worked well with a Sony NW-A1000 HDD player - EXCELLENT!
@user-sh4tn7iv9f
3 жыл бұрын
Not gone to me either. I also still have a DAT (digital audio tape) format - nothing better!
@MvanD
2 жыл бұрын
It is 2022, and you saved my day (and probably my pc setting as well) This workaround does the job for my MZ N505 I recently bought at a Dutch aution. Thank you so much
@klaasno13
2 жыл бұрын
Hi Mark, i just tried to run this too. But how did you find the right ISO file?
@MvanD
2 жыл бұрын
@@klaasno13 DL windows XP iso through spotnet
@MvanD
2 жыл бұрын
@@klaasno13 er zijn meer klaas dijkstra's op Facebook dus lastig om je evt. daar te vinden
@musicislife7512
Жыл бұрын
MD audio quality is definitely amazing ! Some of them can direct record in 24 bits using toslink cable takes a bit more time but Hi-Res audio quality !
@shanerichardson9568
4 жыл бұрын
It's becoming my main music hub again, Shane USA 🇺🇸
@Mikenopolis
3 жыл бұрын
Using the unsigned driver seems like an easier option than finding the XP iso
@vidmuncher
3 жыл бұрын
Wait, there's an unsigned driver floating around!?
@UpDownLeft11
6 жыл бұрын
Had to watch and like this when I saw my old MD player. Ah memories of hating sony proprietary software.
@GearSeekers
6 жыл бұрын
It's so bad hahahaha!
@pikaorgil986
5 жыл бұрын
How do i set up the driver for my md player? It does detect but can't find the hardware.
@zahrazahragilani8405
5 жыл бұрын
FANTASTIC! MD BACK TO LIFE.. THANK YOU
@advaitwaghdhare1223
4 жыл бұрын
Sonic Stage CP works right out of the box on Windows10.
@williamhenderson3906
4 жыл бұрын
Thank God for you. Like you I love the MiniDisc and like yourself still use them exclusively today as to my ear you just don't get the same sound quality form a phone.I was about to give up but you have now given me and my MD's a new lease on life. I only wish I found this much needed tutorial before I wasted a considerable amount of time on all the dodgy drives etc. I can now run Sonic Stage for my Sony MD's and BeatJam for my Sharp MD's.To possibly add to your joy, if anyone is interested in doing the same, I have also added a small BT 4.3 transmitter that I Velcro to the back of a player that I got off E-Bay for about £4.00. Believe me its pure heaven having MiniDisc quality and wireless headphones.Once again much appreciated.
@sheedsshadow
5 жыл бұрын
I remember this format. I wanna give it a shot. Got a player heading my way. Hoping I can come up with a fun project or idea with it besides personal mix tapes on the go. Something about a physical media is really fun to play with.
@sheedsshadow
5 жыл бұрын
also if anyone knows the usb cable needed for the device, that would be helpful.
@GearSeekers
5 жыл бұрын
@@sheedsshadow It's just a regular micro usb cable :)
@cekart
4 жыл бұрын
@@GearSeekers mini USB, not micro usb
@BavarianM
5 жыл бұрын
The Audio Quality is why I use it everyday Sound awesome,my phone doesn't sound that great and the only thing that comes close to it is my FiiO X1 but it doesn't have the MD cool factor nor the same battery life that I can get with MD Btw I can get Sonicstage running just fine on my Windows 10 machine with no VM
@africanhistory
4 жыл бұрын
2020 Sir, that is when I am watching you to figure out how to get files off my NetMD from back in the day *UK* in the house.
@paulkevinhamilton
4 жыл бұрын
This is the most useful video I have seen in a long time. Watched it and thought "there is no way that will work"! But it did! Thanks so much!!
@bheeman12
4 жыл бұрын
love the quality of music in MD players as compared to any other MP3 players
@SalvatoreANapoli
4 ай бұрын
Watching in 2024, just picked up my minidisc player/recorder as well as mini bookshelf NetMD system that I'll use to transfer songs on to MD!
@Levy_Wilson
3 жыл бұрын
Another option is to just have a Windows XP machine. You can find them on the side of the road sometimes.
@proffessasvids
2 жыл бұрын
Lol xx
@zen8316
3 жыл бұрын
On windows pc's I did have to disable driver signing. This allowed me to run the software and it recognize my MD player. I love it. Sorry its taken me so long to respond. I am currently rocking it.
@thepowercut
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this and especially for the files! :)
@PerChristianFrankplads
Жыл бұрын
How can I quickly transfer old MiniDiscs FROM my MZ-N505 TO my Mac using USB? Any advice is welcome. Thanks!
@mac11380
4 жыл бұрын
I just bought my first MD in 2020
@lakanman
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this guide. I have just transferred my first album over to my Sony Walkman MZ-N505.
@BeOurBee
4 жыл бұрын
Just unearthed my minidisc player tonight. Actually my little brother had been using it recently (like, 2017-2019). Not bad for a piece of consumer electronics from the year 2000! Still runs well on a single AA battery, and the convenience of having a box of minidiscs in a pocket was so much greater than having a 32-128MB mp3 player and now way to hold "my entire collection" on the go.
@zetaarias
10 ай бұрын
My virtual machine, does no detect the MINI DISC PLAYER when i connect, only my windows 10, detect and says that not recognized device.. how can i do... ?
@rashmidhakad4436
5 жыл бұрын
Just found my father's md player.. and then I have to search for how to play it.. 😂😂
@yournumber2fan
3 жыл бұрын
thanks! just getting back into minidisc. have 4 in my collection including the technics md deck . love it!!!! now i can make disc, this looks so much easier than other ways i have looked at
@thethoughtmaster
5 жыл бұрын
Does workstation work for CD's burned on WINDOWS 98 and 2000 data and music?
@brutalyzedbytv
3 жыл бұрын
Nice presentation. I have one exactly like the one shown here. I just this day (actually 3 days ago, now) resurrected mine from storage in the basement on a whim after many, many years (decades?) of non use. I couldn't even remember the circumstances of the purchase. I think I got it new in the package, but wasn't sure if I could locate the manual right away, so I went online (PDF still available from Sony) to download a copy. Which roundabout led me to this video. I never got into the consumer aspect or software; I bought it strictly for use as a portable audio recording device. I wonder if anybody else used it that way. Of course, I had to plug it into a mixer to amplify the input from microphones. But it made for pretty good stereo recordings of my fledgling band and solo efforts. When I saw that they were phasing out minidiscs here in the US I bought as many blank MDs as I could find, since I had also sprung for a discounted MD deck. I used that for audio recording via mixing board, too. I did employ the MDs primarily to make various playlist collections of commercially recorded tracks---I think via optical cable from CD player, but I never did hook up the software on my XP, since it already had MP3/CD burn capability. I generally hang on to the old technology, if it's sound. I still have a couple of Optimus DCT-2000 digital compact cassette decks I got on sale. Anybody remember those? These were pre-minidisc and, as with the minidisc recorders I got later, I used them for audio recording and digital transfers of same. As in the case of the MD blanks, I bought as many DCCs as I could at the time because they were being phased out. Which was why I got the two decks on the cheap in the first place.
@carloscruiz6074
Жыл бұрын
Thank you very much for your tutorial. With your file called SOASST I could install SonicStage in windows 10 without any problem. Now I can transfer and convert music to and from mi MD directly in windows 10. SoniStage finaly works!! Thanks!!
@thejaguarmx
4 жыл бұрын
I have the same MD player. I loved it. I arrived to this video also because I'm planning on using it again.
@smoothjazzfails
2 жыл бұрын
Where do I go to download the iso?
@Xscrambler
4 жыл бұрын
Howdy... Great news I just realized last night Microsoft FINALLY provided a driver for HiMD devices, my Sony MZ-NH1 works like a charm, no more virtualization 😂 got two of these so I'm gonna use them well
@JJW001
4 жыл бұрын
Dude, thanks so much for this walkthrough. Solved all my problems :)
@GearSeekers
4 жыл бұрын
Glad I could help!
@bsfatboy
3 жыл бұрын
Just rediscovered mine in a box. This was the video I was looking for. Thanks bro.
@GearSeekers
3 жыл бұрын
I actually have something really cool coming with this soon. Adding bluetooth audio output to your MD player ;)
@JJBclassic
2 жыл бұрын
can also do it online with webminidisc . just need a driver that u can find online
@DiegoWeissel
3 жыл бұрын
I still have a second windows 7 pc, but whenever I try to install sonicstage it gives me: "data was unable to be retrieved from the server. please check you internet connection and try again. 21000"
@DJTuneJay
4 жыл бұрын
i have the same :) how strange year passed.... Still mine works crazy... :)
@IAmKAZMO
Жыл бұрын
I have a Bose minidisc player from Japan, the machine it came in would be illegal in the US.. It copies EVERYTHING to it . if it plugs in ,it copies.
@KlaireGearSeekers
6 жыл бұрын
Keeping it for myself :D
@warlockboyburns
4 жыл бұрын
sonic stage works on windows 10. I installed it in xp compatibility mode and it works. Edit - when I transfer files it completes and then afterwards the disc is blank "blank disc"
@EricLDC
3 жыл бұрын
11 month old post but this is my issue did you fix it? Would like to record to mine...
@warlockboyburns
3 жыл бұрын
@@EricLDC I can't remember sorry... Not worth using just burn from spdif.
@joranstegner1400
3 жыл бұрын
When I connect the MD to my Win10 machine, it doesn't show up in the VMWare popup as a device?? Help!
@EternalBlackHeart
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot for this video, i really love my NetMD, no one other player has the performance. I can finally use again.
@seanduggan7804
5 жыл бұрын
Window 7 going bye by bye got have win 10 not happy at all been trying put Sony md play on this great help hope get to work like you just did kind regards from Sean
@lukejwillmot
3 жыл бұрын
So funny i was going thru som of my old shit from the parst and found 3 of my old minidisc players and one of them is this exact model the 505 the other 2 are mz-n1and i have about 40 minidiscs with stuff on them from pree 2000s and want to start useing them again with fresh music. My old pc has windows 7 professional on it will this work on that pc or only win10????
@allmostbrothers
2 жыл бұрын
I checked the place with the links in description it's no longer there any updated places you know of??
@GreedyBiscuitBaron
4 жыл бұрын
Hi,,, and thanks for the guide. Quick question... (Apologies if its already been answered) Do you know what the latest O/S was that was capable of supporting MD? I only ask as I have an old Win7 PC and wondered if I could get it to work on that without having to go via XP and virualisation. TIA, Andy
@ovidiualba9648
5 жыл бұрын
great tutorial , works 100 %
@KZ3W
4 жыл бұрын
Hi there ,,,, Questions ; 1 - A regular cd-r lets you burn about 50 to 70 mp3 music tracks to it . Do you know how many mp3's can be burned to a MiniDisc ? ( I see some MiniDisc's marked as 74 ,,, meaning 74 minutes . Will the MiniDisc only record using time remaining ,,,, or can it show as space ( MB ) remaining ? ....... Thanks for any info !!!! .......
@rgbaerialphotographyvideob3995
3 жыл бұрын
I have 17 MD's I want to transfer to my PC. Is there a way to move each disc AND all data I had to input (which took forever..) to my PC? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks GS
@RitaBaumann
4 жыл бұрын
In the USA - while minidisc for consumers was hampered by the RIAA nonsense, musicians loved it for field recording.
@lemons2300
3 жыл бұрын
I'm assuming for Win XP users it will be a breeze as simply installing SonicStage 1.5?
@kgm1000uk
Жыл бұрын
Hi I've downloaded 17 as Windows won't run 14. Is the ISO image still available? I can't find it. Thanks. I'm seeing in the end Operating System Not Found
@janX9
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video and software. Very handy stuff!
@JuggaloSupreme
4 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂 I JUST realized in 2020 that these cases for the mini discs open up. I always just slid my mini disc into the case. Not until right now when I thought I might have to order some cases, but I don't, did I see that the cases actually open up! And I've been into mini discs since the nineties!😂😂😂
@victorlacas6649
4 жыл бұрын
I have a weird problem and I can't find a less than 10 YO answer: I can open minidiscs, play my files in SS and I could convert the files and import them on my netMD recorder/player but now SS seems unable to convert the MP3 files into the ATRAC format and thus making new minidisc albums. Do you guys know how to solve this?
@Synthematix
2 жыл бұрын
Minidisc is my no.1 favourite recording and music archiving format. But full sized minidisc recorders were a stupid idea and contributed to the failure of the format, minidisc was designed to be small simple as that, a full sized deck never made any sense to me, these sonys were 90% empty space inside, a real space waster for no good reason, this is why i LOVE my Onkyo FR-X7, sony machines suffered from two design faults, 1, their VFD screens faded like crap in a very short time due to being overdriven by the wrong resistor fitted to the VFD tube, and 2, their mechanisms were very poor, my onkyo is the best sounding minidisc machine ive ever heard. And BTW NOTHING useful works on windows10, it's a f'kin horrible OS
@xxirion
3 жыл бұрын
I still have my minidisc player, MZ-RH1... love the scalability of Atrac3
@iantheorem
2 жыл бұрын
Can you believe I just found one of these for one US dollar? It takes one AA battery. I tested it and it works perfectly.
@hossromani
3 жыл бұрын
Excellent video!
@ashrafchoudhury4618
3 жыл бұрын
hi, i cant download this to my laptop, only workstation 16 i can download but i dont have idea how to install the xp professional. can you please help me. i have a sony mz nf810 md recorder whoch i bought recently from ebay and thats my first one. thankyou
@teamfrankgaming7838
5 жыл бұрын
Same here bro, I still collect them
@inthezone666
5 жыл бұрын
Got to the part where we plug in our MD player @ 7:46 but it's not recognising it at all on the VM....any advice?
@jeffrey2xtreme195
3 жыл бұрын
What type of USB cord is that?
@chbuddah86
5 жыл бұрын
I installed SonicStage as well as the MD USB driver on Win10 without a VM. I just rebooted into Recovery and disabled driver enforcement to install the driver.
@GearSeekers
5 жыл бұрын
Yes this is for people who don't want to disable driver enforcement like I mentioned.
@lukeylukeluke2
5 жыл бұрын
I tried this, the installation went through the motions but the driver doesn't seem to have actually been installed...
@dave597
4 жыл бұрын
Can you transfer tracks from minidisc to PC at faster than 1x speed?
@technodazed
4 жыл бұрын
Will this work for Windows 8.1?, also will this work for HiMD?.The last time I installed a program that allows sonic stage to work on my windows 8.1, it worked fine for my HiMD, but not my NetMD. Thanks, hope you can help
@mookie714
5 жыл бұрын
Where did that iso come From? I couldn’t find one. Luckily I had a windows xp install disc hanging around.
@GearSeekers
5 жыл бұрын
They ISO's are easy to come by ;)
@Chimpur
5 жыл бұрын
Installing XP on my Mac now through Parallels... I hope this works!
@phil1102
3 жыл бұрын
Great video and solution. Will this support the HiMD functionality as I have a MZ-RH1
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