Question: DAT Recorders

If you have a Technics DAT recorder, you could use that for sure, but probably not just a Technics home tapedeck.

Just to clarify, a standard audio cassette recorder isn’t a DAT (Digital Audio Tape)tape deck. DAT tapes are larger, digital, and look more like a Hi-8 DV tape or something. They store in very high-quality digital recordings, and are usually only good for 10-15 recordings before stretching can affect timing and you risk losing quality or some audio from your recording.

IMHO Tascam and Marantz make some of the best recording/playback decks in all formats, but I personally use a Tascam recorder for my DAT deck.

-Rob / IS

DAT tapes look like mini DV tapes…(i’ve accidentally stuck one into my mini dv camcorder once…) and yeah they are thicker in dimension etc.

I’ve only ever used Tascam dat recorders and used either an rca or optical out option to connect to a computer.
If you’re doing multitrack recordings maybe having a 16 track HD recorder is an option? if you have a loom of some sort and a decent sound card you can hook up each track to that in your DAW, it could *possibly* save time.

Can I start calling you L’encyclopedic Welsch?

SCMS elimination:
for all digital copy possibilities
DAT, MD, CD, etc,

Why Minidisc ?
For the play the tracks in the Car, by Friends, etc.

but if you search a portable Recorder forget DAT (these times are past )

I recommend the Microtrack 2496 M-Audio

http://www.maudio.co.uk/products/en_gb/ … -main.html

LeWelsch