{"id":3869,"date":"2021-06-14T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-14T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wyomingjarbo.com\/blog\/?p=3869"},"modified":"2021-06-14T16:45:30","modified_gmt":"2021-06-14T20:45:30","slug":"minidisc-memories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wyomingjarbo.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/14\/minidisc-memories\/","title":{"rendered":"MiniDisc Memories"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I really enjoyed this comprehensive mini-doc from the YouTube channel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCEp20NgOZHmgWdbQdHSxgjw\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCEp20NgOZHmgWdbQdHSxgjw\">This Does Not Compute<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CCK89V4NpJY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I had three portable MiniDisc recorder\/players growing up in high school &amp; college, and I still have the latter two. The format wasn&#8217;t the coolest but for the age where music was being downloaded from some&#8230; back alley websites it was a great way to copy it on the go and modify playlists without having to re-record an entire tape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I was able to listen to whatever I really wanted while on bus rides, or even record music from someone else&#8217;s CD player or cassette player.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When I was dabbling in music and writing it on my computer I wanted to share it as I heard it on my computer. Although MIDI is a standard file format for recording\/playing music, the engine and sound samples are not. A program I wrote them in called MusicTime had a more robust sound catalog and so I was able to output these to MiniDisc and play them on the sound system in the band room at school. When playing them after school a classmate exclaimed &#8220;You wrote that?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I did not know that there were kiosks in Japan similar to the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Famicom_Disk_System\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Famicom_Disk_System\">Famicom Disk System<\/a> where you could download music. Another shared history between Nintendo &amp; Sony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My last memories of MiniDisc were in college working at the WMSR radio station. Most of our prerecorded audio was done on MiniDiscs. There was a recorder and player in the production studio as well as in the main studio. The systems were tied to the soundboard so when you tapped a button to go live with a source the music would play and only play that track. However, by that time, MP3 DATA CD players were also in use and easily made and that&#8217;s what I used to bring music or prerecorded audio from my computer to the station. I also was rocking out my first iPod by that time and loved it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I should break out my MiniDiscs and see what I still have recorded on those bad boys. I would imagine they are just as susceptible to <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Disc_rot\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Disc_rot\">disc rot<\/a> as other optical media. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I really enjoyed this comprehensive mini-doc from the YouTube channel This Does Not Compute. I had three portable MiniDisc recorder\/players growing up in high school &amp; college, and I still have the latter two. 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