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Included With Every Order

Professional Remastering

Every Minidisc conversion begins with a thorough disc inspection for damage, before it's played back on our professional Minidisc deck. The audio signal is digitized using a professional grade audio card before our audio engineers do some post-processing on the results. We trim the tracks, amplify and even the levels before re-mastering it back onto audio CD's. We use top-rated CD media to ensure a high-caliber and highly-compatible product. Each CD gets marked with simple, easy-to-read identification, then stored in a paper sleeve.

A Bit of History

The Minidisc is an audio storage medium introduced by Sony in September 1992. The music format was originally based exclusively on ATRAC audio data compression, but the option of linear PCM recording was later introduced to attain audio quality comparable to that of a compact disc. While there are tons of second-hand Minidisc recorders and blank discs even today, being able to easily share your conversations with friends and family is easier when you use our service. Sony, the creator of the medium, has abandoned the format with it's last player being sold in 2013.


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Conversion Experience

Under Design was founded in 1992, working in many media forms integrating design into real-world applications. We have over 20 years of experience in digital recording, multi-media development, audio compression and digital encoding. We use top-of-the-line professionally maintained equipment to ensure quality transfers at an affordable price. You can also take a look at what some of our satisfied customers are saying about their new digital conversions! Use our service to archive your legacy Minidiscs onto digital CD's!

Archivists Welcome!

If you have a large digital conversion or archiving project for your university, corporation, government agency or just an intricate order that requires a person, contact us here at Under Design and we'll be glad to help you out! We can handle all sorts of custom orders, and offer bulk discounts that fit your budget. We love to provide local, personal service, so if you are in the center city Philadelphia, PA area, we're open Tuesday-Friday from noon until 6pm for dropping off your digital conversion orders.

Notes About Transfers

We can't save the track markers, nor the text data stored in the Table of Contents (TOC) of MiniDiscs when we transfer them to Compact Disc. There is no simple way to transfer this proprietary data, and our transfer method ignores this digital information anyway. When mastering your new CD, if we note sections of silence between tracks, we'll include a track marker on the CD, but this may not match up to your previous edits on the MiniDisc with frame accuracy.

Now including Shipment Tracking

US Postman holding oversize Tracking Sticker We're already big fans of the United States Postal Service and it's Media Mail rate. They've recently upgraded their internal computer systems to support Package Tracking, and now we include it as a standard feature with all of our Return Shipping. After we've shipped your job back to you, we'll email you a tracking number and instructions on how to monitor it's commute back to your home.

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Minidisc to CD

Save your memories onto certified CD media sure to last 20+ years! You are responsible for packing and shipping your Minidisc's to us, we suggest using USPS Media Mail rate, as it's appropriate and inexpensive. We'll send you a reminder email to send your Minidisc's once we receive your order. After you checkout with PayPal, please review our detailed shipping instructions for packing your media. All orders should receive an email notification from PayPal and Under Design.

Minidisc to CD Audio Conversion
$28 / Minidisc
CD of recorded digital audio from customer-submitted audio Minidisc (1 MD source, up to 4 Hours Of Content), on a plain white CD-R with black printing delivered in a White Paper Sleeve with a replacement guarantee.
MP3 Copy to Download Immediately!
FREE
We'll create MP3 files of your Minidisc and make them available to you to download even before you get your conversion back in the mail, for instant gratification! These files will be zipped in an archive, and a download link will be sent to your email.
Return Shipping & Handling
$8
USPS Media Mail Flat Rate Return shipping (with Tracking) to any US Destination for your Minidiscs and our CD Conversions.
Minidisc to CD Transfers Needed

Order by U.S. Mail and Pay with Check

Download Order Form

Download and print our PDF order form, which has all of our available digital conversion services (and simple flat-rate pricing) in one simple-to-use form. You can calculate return shipping costs and bulk discounts for a simple predictable estimate for your archiving project. Use our order form for:

  • Multiple media type orders (Minidiscs along with LP's, VHS, etc.)
  • No Credit Card or you prefer to pay by Check or Money Order

Simply pack our completed order form along with your media and ship it to us using the U.S. Postal Service's Media Mail rate, for the lowest shipping rates! We'll notify you by email once it arrives.

Schedule To Drop Off Your Conversion

Live in the Philadelphia Area?

Save the hassle of shipping (and the horrific possibility of lost packages!) by scheduling a 30 minute window to drop off your Conversion Job at our offices in West Philly during business hours (Tuesday through Friday from Noon until 6pm). We have survived the past few years of the Covid lockdown and are back to accepting in person drop off conversion work using our scheduler assistant Cal.com; An email address is required, and you'll be reminded automatically two hours before your appointment.