Published On Mar 25, 2022
MiniDisc was an incredibly popular, much-loved, high-performing format of the 1990s. Er... no. A few people liked it, but that's as good as it gets. So will there ever be a MiniDisc revival? Probably not. Check out the Audio Masterclass Music Production and Sound Engineering Course at https://bit.ly/3W3tpKo
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CREDITS
MiniDisc images in thumbnail - / david_rudnick
Noah's Ark - Edward Hicks
Cassette deck - Akai GXC-510D - AudioScope https://www.audioscope.net/akai-gxc51...
Vinyl surface noise - • Vinyl Crackle | Record Player White N...
Vinyl scratch - • RECORD SCRATCH Sound Effect
MiniDisc - Evan-Amos, public domain
MiniDisc Walkman - Nixdorf, CC BY-SA 3.0
MiniDisc deck - Plenz, GNU Free Documentation License
Pre-recorded MiniDiscs - Daniel Huntley CC BY-SA 2.0
Dinosaur - David Kryzaniak CC BY-SA 2.0
Dodo bird - Dodo Pizza World CC BY-SA 2.0
Tasmanian tiger - Ed Dunens CC BY 2.0
Dr. No and Honey Ryder - Dr. No, Eon Productions
DAT cassette - From Wikipedia, but there doesn't seem to be a credit
Michael Fish - BBC
Digital Compact Cassette - JPRoche, CC BY-SA 3.0
Disc formats - Cmglee, CC BY-SA 3.0
Treaty of Maastricht - Museum der Bayerischen Geschichte, CC BY 2.0 DE
Recording Walkman - https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/11440...
Ray Dolby - https://www.dolby.com
Rupert Neve - https://www.rupertneve.com
Sony MZ-R3 - YouTube freund333 / freund333
SSL console - JacoTen, CC BY-SA 3.0
The Royal Sun, Begbroke - https://www.the-royal-sun.co.uk/
Akai S900 - Angie Schwendemann, CC BY 2.0
Doubting Thomas - Source unknown at present
Apollo 11 moon landing - NASA
Sony Walkman TPS-L2 - Binarysequence, CC BY-SA 4.0
MiniDisc car player - Sony MDX-670RDS
CD drive - Evan-Amos, Public domain
Diamond Rio MP3 player - John Fader at the English-language Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0
iPod - The original uploader was [email protected] at English Wikipedia., CC BY 2.5
Hi-MD - Bruce Taylor (broooce), CC BY-SA 3.0
MiniDisc cart machine - https://www.springair.de/en/denon-dn-...
NAB cartridge - RPflug, CC BY-SA 3.0
Sonifex cart machine - https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedi...
Denon DN-990R - https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedi...