The Sony MDS-DRE1
Mon Jul 22 10:16:10 EDT 2002
I would like to sell or trade (for synth gear) my Sony MDS-DRE1 DJ
minidisc recorder. It's one of the strangest things I've ever seen.
Sony was trying
to market to DJs by offering a turntable-style wheel for scrubbing,
independent pitch and speed sliders (weird!), and these useful hot-start
buttons. I've used it with the hot start buttons as a sample triggering
device at a live show. It's alot of fun to play with anyway.
The one complaint is that you can sometimes get some weird flanging
effects if you play with the pitch/speed sliders. It's a firmware bug
Sony did not fix. Still, if you want to mix MP3s in with your DJ set,
it's a pretty awesome toy.
I bought it from a Guitar
Center in Chicago. They claimed it was a store model they found in
the back. I got no manual with it, but was able to download it off the
net. It's on this page too.
Oh, one more thing!!! The unit uses a standard computer power
cord. I feel pretty stupid for not taking a shot to show that.
Price? $300USD maybe?
I'd love a trade for an alpha juno, kawai k3m, roland r-8, something cool
that makes noise and not record noise.
It's pretty cool looking
Optical in, but no optical out
Lots of buttons, independent pitch and speed sliders, great jog wheel
Useful
Lots of features
You should really check out the
manual in PDF format.