Thanks, it’s very insightful. On NetMD, the funniest thing was that high end devices still accepted analog 3.5mm input for recording, and it was more reliable

Thanks, it’s very insightful. On NetMD, the funniest thing was that high end devices still accepted analog 3.5mm input for recording, and it was more reliable sometimes to run an audio cable from the computer, record on device and cut/rename the tracks afterwards than to transfer by USB (or it was the only choice in the early mac days). The only downside was the fixed compression rate.