On Fri, 22 Apr 2005 16:06:19 +0100, Tony Morgan
wrote:

I've had the exact opposite result using miniDisk (using LP2 ATRAC3).
Over one hour recording, there has been no loss of sync from start to
end (providing you get the start synched).

As it happens, I had one which showed up last night (I do most audio and
video editing between 10pm and 6am). Two MD SP recorders, almost the
same model (and bought within 6 months of each other), started at the
same time. This is normally no problem at all (except that "same time"
can be out by a few hundred milliseconds, but it's a fixed offset from
there). On one set, though, one of them is shorter by 70ms, and it
happens about 40 minutes into the set. Fortunately I was able to delete
70ms from the other one during applause, but I have no idea how it
happened, both machines ran all through the set and there is no general
'slippage' of the time sync...

I've used SoundForge, Goldwave (saving as MP3), as well as importing the
miniDisk audio (LR) directly into Vegas. All via the SB soundcard mic
in.

I import via a Soundblaster Audigy 2 Pro using SPDIF, into nTrack, which
allows me to move tracks around. I do editing in 24-bit WAV format,
master to 24-bit WAV stereo, then normalise and trim and down-convert to
16 bit WAV for CD (so I keep it all in the best format until the end).

Chris C