Minidisc proved very useful for dubbing an audio copy off the front of house mixing board. Sure you could run it to CD but that usually requires a much larger d

Minidisc proved very useful for dubbing an audio copy off the front of house mixing board. Sure you could run it to CD but that usually requires a much larger device that takes AC. The minidisc recorder was far smaller, more discreet and able to run from battery. I heard anecdotally it was the bootlegger's device of choice for a while.