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When did the wiki start? The wiki was launched in early 2020, initially at MiniDisc.xyz before moving to MiniDisc.wiki a few months later. Why did you launch the wiki? In short: MiniDisc still has significant interest, a
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ATRAC Version Quirks and Incompatibilities
MZ-R3 Track Combinding Glitch The MZ-R3 is not always able to erase a track mark once it is made. I once accidentally hit "track…
ATRAC Version Table
Showing correspondance between ATRAC Versions and MiniDisc units. (Based upon information in the February '96 and August '97…
ATRAC: Adaptive Transform Acoustic Coding for MiniDisc
Kyoya Tsutsui Hiroshi Suzuki Osamu Shimoyoshi Mito Sonohara Kenzo Akagiri Robert M. Heddle Sony Corporate Research Laboratories…
ATRAC: Adaptive Transform Acoustic Coding for MiniDisc
Kyoya Tsutsui, Hiroshi Suzuki, Osamu Shimoyoshi, Mito Sonohara, Kenzo Akagiri, Robert M. Heddle Sony Corporate Research Laboratories 6-7-35 Kitashinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141 Japan Reprinted from the 93rd Audio Engin
Decreasing Distortion over ATRAC Generations
Elektronikvaerlden (The Electronic World), Sweden, Issue 6/97 Bertil Hellsten A 100 Hz square wave can reveal how well a data…
Digital Audio Communications: ATRAC and ATRAC2, page 1
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FAQs
MiniDisc FAQs Why MiniDisc Using MiniDisc NetMD and USB Community FAQs About the Wiki Archived FAQs Sony Europe FAQ (1997)
Format Listening Tests: CD, MD (ATRAC 4.5 & 3.0), MP3, VQF, RM
Guy Churchill ([email protected]) Fri, 19 Mar 1999 16:12:22 +0800 Initial impressions and final report on A/B listening tests…
Hearing Sharp ATRAC
Brad Craigjoh May 1999 I bought my Sharp MD-MS722 about 8 months ago and after using it for a while I started hearing the…
Hi-MD FAQ
Archived from minidisc.org, January 2004
HS Disk Technology
High-Density MO Disk Drive SystemHS (Original page at the Sony site) HS Technology Contents Laser-strobe magnetic field…
Magic's Place - Idiots Guide to ATRAC
The Idiots Guide to ATRAC ����This guide is aimed at those who want to get a very basic idea of what ATRAC is about. More…
Magneto-optical & MiniDisc
For Magneto-optical data disk & MiniDisc� production: SDS 100 and SDS 131 The SDS sputtering systems feature: - High throughput…
MD technology
MiniDisc Technology The creation of the MiniDisc system began in 1986 and required the refinement of several technologies…
MDCP: Minidisc Related Patents
Minidisc Related Patents Eric Woudenberg July 2001 Introduction The Minidisc related patents that follow were found by searching…
MDCP: Patent Abstact US04516258: Bit allocation generator for adaptive transform coder
US04516258Bit allocation generator for adaptive transform coder AssigneeAT&T Bell Laboratories Assign./FiledMay 7, 1985/ June…
MDCP: Patent Abstact US04608676: Apparatus for optically reproducing an information signal from a record disk
US04608676Apparatus for optically reproducing an information signal from a record disk AssigneeSony Corporation…
MDCP: Patent Abstact US04858217: Optical disk recording and reproducing device
US04858217Optical disk recording and reproducing device AssigneeSony Corporation Assign./FiledAug. 15, 1989/ Nov. 16, 1987…
MDCP: Patent Abstact US04862439: Recording device that identifies recordable areas of a disk record
US04862439Recording device that identifies recordable areas of a disk record AssigneeSony Corporation Assign./FiledAug. 29,…