Have you tried this? The post is from the forums at www.minidisc.org. It details how to use a program called Total Recorder to capture digitally from the minidisc as a WAV file.

http://forums.minidisc.org/viewtopic.php?t=5858&sid=13523f2c6b8b3d8d134c4e0119317f1b

I saw the post at MiniDisc.org. The only problem I have with the technique is that its transfer rate is 1-to-1, real time. The advantage of digital over USB should be speed, enough so that most tracks would transfer from the disc to the PC in a matter of seconds.

Total Recorder at least captures the digital format, even if it is 1-to-1. That's an improvement over what I do now, which is recording the analog signal from the MiniDisc on line in, also 1-to-1.

I haven't tried the technique because I won't buy Hi-MD until I'm sure I can get the functionality I want. I'd certainly be happy to pay another $12 to overcome this silly SonicStage limitation.

Will