DAT-Heads Digest #753
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RE: CSNY, for real??? I am so high... (Beast914@aol.com)
re: Recommend SCSI HD (Steven M Burtchaell)
Please recommend SCSI HD. (Steven M Burtchaell)
Sony M1 to Philips 765 Optical Digital Cable (UT2SV@aol.com)
ISO: 83 Dead! (John Foskett)
Why I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Windows '98 ("Gary Davis")
M1 Manual Help ("Joshua Fox")
Re: M1 Help: Need to know how to disable SCMS (Joe Rioux)
Help with Sony Extended Warranty on D-8? (Tradedats@aol.com)
DAT Store prices on Marantz CDR-615,640 ("Gary Davis")
Grateful Dead DATs or CDRs (Steve James)
SnoCore etc. (Alex)
VP-88 mic reply (Jay Lyons)
WTB or Trade: Used mic preamp: (Erik Johnson)
Prce breaks on PRO CD recorders ("Gary Davis")
From: Beast914@aol.com
Subject: RE: CSNY, for real??? I am so high...
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 21:01:04 EST
(To the tune of Suite: Judy Blue Eyes);
Its getting to the point;
Where I dont care anymore.
About their touring.
Sometimes it hurts to see them on stage-
They are boring.
I am irked, you are pissed,
You should move on;
And Ive made my point...
Remember their first gig;
At Woodstock- well I was not born,
So go shoot me.
They played like crap - I am sorry;
I rented the tape and it all seemed silly.
I was bored, you got stoned; they got muddy.
And Im out three dollars.
Something inside is telling me that
Dave needs the money- or is it Steven?
They wont play any songs that are new
Nor even varied!
Im perplexed, undersexed, and dejected;
And Ive made my point...
(I could go on but I think those who wanted the giggle got it by now). No
evil spirited retort here; just a little fun poking. I have all of their
CD's- I swear!
D
From: Steven M Burtchaell <smb01@gnofn.org>
Subject: re: Recommend SCSI HD
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 18:12:27 -0600 (CST)
Adding just a note.
Is it possible to buy a internal drive and replace the 40 MEG drive in a
Rodime 45 Plus external drive off and old Macintosh? I've already
upgraded to a 80 MEG, just wondering if the GIG drive is compatible?
Thanks again!
Steve Burtchaell
76 Packenham Ave.
Chalmette, LA 70043
504-271-3600 hm :)
From: Steven M Burtchaell <smb01@gnofn.org>
Subject: Please recommend SCSI HD.
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 18:04:21 -0600 (CST)
I'm making final decisions on a set-up for CD burning.
Want to buy a Hard drive with with fast enough seek time capable of easily
handling digital input and output. One that can be used on the SCSI chain
of a MAC and PC would be great has I use own both platforms.
Is there any particular brand and protocol like SCSI II or Wide SCSI that
assures better performance or does it even matter? I'd like to get
something decent for under $400.
Any recommendations appreciated. Also, anyone know of a good place to mail
order it over the phone? Some idea of price and size would be helpful,
too. Anybody buy one lately?
Thanks!
Steve Burtchaell
From: UT2SV@aol.com
Subject: Sony M1 to Philips 765 Optical Digital Cable
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 18:57:04 EST
Is there any compatible cable for this connection. The 3 that Sony
has recommended don't work and a custom (coresound optical
out/coaxial in) doesn't work either.
Any suggestions or does anyone else have any experience with
this type of connection?
Rob Benz
Ut2sv@aol.com
From: John Foskett <jfoskett@earthlink.net>
Subject: ISO: 83 Dead!
Reply-To: jfoskett@earthlink.net
Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 19:04:31 -0400
I can't seem to get my fix from this wonderful year and Jeff Silberman's
rig for the audience recordings are stellar-please contact me if you
have any of Jeff's FOB Sennheiser 441s>14bit PCM (particularly from the
October run) or if you have any great sounding boards from this year-let
me know! Thanks-john
From: "Gary Davis" <gdavis@loop.com>
Subject: Why I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Windows '98
Reply-to: gdavis@loop.com
Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1999 03:16:01 -0800
At this very moment, I am noise-reducing a 75 minute long file.
At the same time, I'm playing that file, to listen for any changes I
may want to make.
At the same time, I'm reading another show onto my hard disk from
CDR.
At the same time, I'm sending this email.
I'm running an $89 300Mhz AMD K2 processor in a hacked-
together computer that cost around $500. All of these processes
are running very efficiently and none of them appreciably slowing
down each other. And if one of them was to crash, I have very little
fear it would crash the entire system.
Of course (it's been said before!) YMMV.
Since people are asking about this, here's what I'm running:
AMD K2/300 in a Matasonic motherboard (built-in sound, Intel
chipset)
The motherboard was designed for 66mHz but I'm running it at 75.
I'm running the processor at its rated speed (300MHZ)
64MB SDRAM (note: SDRAM works much faster than EDO and
Fast Page Mode memory)
A regular PCI video card, 2MB (?), 16.7 million X 640 X 400
A cheap ADAPTEC SCSI card which came OEM with the Philips
CDR.
4 EIDE/U-DMA hard disks of various sizes - partitioned with FAT32
for partitions larger than 2GB.
A Floppy that doesn't work (almost like a new mac - sorry)
A Yamaha CDR400tx 4X CDRW drive (CDR2460 rev 1.0d)
Cool Edit '96
Goldenhawk CDRWIN 3.5C
I don't have a digital soundcard. I "import" music by burining it to
CDR or CDRW with a stand-alone Audio CD recorder, then use
CDRWIN to read the music from the CD-R drive into my computer.
This is (IMHO) quite a bit more efficient and reliable than direct
DAT>HD transfer. But it does limit your program to 74.7 minutes
without a break...
To write cue sheets for CDRWIN, I use a text editor open in one
window while the music is loaded into Cool Edit in another. It's
then very easy to switch between the cue sheet and Cool Edit.
(Use alt-tab with your thumb and middle finger to switch windows).
Of course I have Cool Edit set to tell time in 75ths of a second.
Then, when the cursor is positioned exactly where I want a track to
start, I read the time from the top line of the lower right-hand
corner. I haven't found any way to "cut and paste" the time, so you
have to memorize 3 two-digit numbers for a few seconds.
--Gary
From: "Joshua Fox" <jafox@unity.ncsu.edu>
Subject: M1 Manual Help
Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1999 07:19:46 -0500
Hello All --
Is there anyone with an M1 or an owners manual and a few extra seconds? On
page 28 (someone told me) there is the instructions about how you defeat
SCMS -- apparently you can go through the menu and make all subsequent
recordings come out as 00. Can someone please give me this info while I
still have my buddy's machine?
Thanks and hope all are doing wonderfully --
Josh
Joshua Fox
Botany
NCSU Box 21575
Raleigh, NC 27607
919-512-6322
jafox@unity.ncsu.edu
From: Joe Rioux <jtr@vm.mv.com>
Subject: Re: M1 Help: Need to know how to disable SCMS
Reply-To: jtr@vm.mv.com
Date: Wed, 03 Feb 1999 08:08:23 -0500
> From: "Joshua Fox" <jafox@unity.ncsu.edu>
>
> Is there anyone with an M1 or an owners manual and a few extra seconds? On
> page 28 (someone told me) there is the instructions about how you defeat
> SCMS -- apparently you can go through the menu and make all subsequent
> recordings come out as 00. Can someone please give me this info while I
> still have my buddy's machine?
What's wrong with your buddy's manual and why can't you just
can't you just call him?
----
j()e
__o
Joe Rioux _ \<,
jtr@vm.mv.com "It's an obsession but it's pleasin'." (_)/ (_)
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From: Tradedats@aol.com
Subject: Help with Sony Extended Warranty on D-8?
Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1999 08:32:17 EST
Hi D-heads,
Jeez I am so lame, I sent this out on MONDAY to Dat-heads-Request....address
duh!! That just goes to show the kind of week I've been having......
i hope yours is better...
I'm having a problem buying the extended warranty for the Sony D8. I
purchased a "Factory new" D-9 from a Sony Outlet store and they told me to
call the Sony Partnership for the warranty. I called and the Partnership
said that it's not available for that product. I called Sony Customer Service
back and of course they could offer no additional info.
So can you help me? Is the 5-year extended warranty still available? Who do
I call? Thanks for your help!
Mike
From: "Gary Davis" <gdavis@loop.com>
Subject: DAT Store prices on Marantz CDR-615,640
Reply-to: gdavis@loop.com
Date: Thu, 4 Feb 1999 00:12:27 -0800
oops... these prices now available for:
Marantz CDR-640 $1594 brand new model with CDRW
Marantz CDR-615 $1094
both these prices include the remote control panel.
Thank you!
--Gary
From: Steve James <ravnspac@dreamscape.com>
Subject: Grateful Dead DATs or CDRs
Date: Thu, 04 Feb 1999 09:46:58 -0500
Hello to all on this list. Some of you have been very kind to me,
helping me get started with my DAT collection. I still am lacking
Grateful Dead. I just got a show on WHCL in Clinton NY on the Hamilton
College radio station. It is Saturday AM from 10:00 AM to Noon. I will
predominantly be playing Dead but I as we go forward I will also be
playing Phish, SCI, moe., JA...... If anyone could help me with DAT and
CDR B&Ps I would greatly appreciate it. I'll even mention your name on
the air ;)
steve james
From: Alex <alexc@well.com>
Subject: SnoCore etc.
Date: Wed, 03 Feb 1999 11:36:44 -0800
Anyone planning on taping the Everclear/Soul Coughing Sno-Core tour? I'd
like to hear other tapes from the tour. Taping is not allowed so it will
have to be a stealth venture. Check out Pollstar to see when they are
coming to your town. Great show last night, I'd love to hear more!
-alex
P.S. Anyone who doubts Schoeps superiority over the low end mics is
invited to brings their mics and come tape a show with me anytime and we
can compare results :)
From: Jay Lyons <jayl@southeast.net>
Subject: VP-88 mic reply
Date: Wed, 03 Feb 1999 10:38:05 -0500
Hi,
I too, have this mic and couldn't be more pleased. I'm still in the process
of trying out the various patterns that you can set for the mic.
I find that I determine where I'm positioned and how far from the
stage/stax I am when I set the pattern pickup. In fact, I just tried m/s
for a environmental tape I just made of the ocean...very pleasing results.
I think it captures a very clear picture of the event as well, like you
stated.
>From: John.Read@infores.com (John Read)
>Subject: Another microphone to flame...
> As long as everyone is putting their mics in the >ring for comparison
(see DAT-heads #747, Re: AT853's vs Sonics vs. Schoeps), I thought I
would solicit some opinions from everyone regarding my Shure VP88,
large diaphragm condenser, stereo mic.
>> It really seems to capture an accurate
'picture' of the original sound. There are a few different settings
on this mic but I generally use the low stereo setting with a bass
roll off for room recording.
I was also told to always use the low-cut filter since this will help
reduce any of the rumble incurred from the noise of the mic stand itself
that you might pick up. I then put the mic into my Inbox 20AD before going
to the datdeck.
>> This cuts out a lot of the ambient noise
versus using a high stereo setting which picks up too much side noise.
>> The main thing I am looking for here
>> is whether this mic would be generally considered a good mic for
capturing live shows that I intend to trade with the discriminating
audience here on dat-heads.
Oh yeah! You should NOT have any problem with that!
I've already traded with fellow datters...this is a upper end mic
price/performance wise so you're in a very good position.
Side note: our local symphony hall has one hanging from the ceiling to
record the orchestra and it's performance...their soundman said the same
thing to me that you mentioned -- it records a very accurate picture of
what is there.
Later,
Jay
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From: Erik Johnson <Erik@3dfx.com>
Subject: WTB or Trade: Used mic preamp:
Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1999 10:59:11 -0800
Hi All,
I'm looking for a used portable mic preamp. Will consider anything from
Sonosax to Aerco, and anything inbetween. If you'd like to sell or trade for
your preamp, get in touch.
For trades, I have two items I can offer:
1-Definitive Technology BP10 Loudspeakers: Awesome sound. Original List:
$1100/pr, Current Value: ~$550---see www.definitivetech.com for details
2-Audio Alchemy DAC v3.0 w/ HDCD and Audio Alchemy DTI Pro Jitter reducer:
Will make any portable or home dat deck sound even better. This is a two
unit set, both with external high current PS4 power supplies. The DAC
includes twin Burr Brown 20-bit DAC's. The DTI pro reduces jitter so that
the digital signal from your deck is as close as possible to the signal
playing through your speakers. An awesome combo. Original List: ~$2000 for
both. Current Value: ~$550
Depending on the value of your preamp, maybe we can arrange a partial
trade/partial cash deal. Get in touch if you are interested.
Erik
PS- I'd also consider a pair of Mics for purchase or trade (Neumann, AKG,
Microtech Gefell, Oktava, or Schoeps only). Let me know what you've got.
From: "Gary Davis" <gdavis@loop.com>
Subject: Prce breaks on PRO CD recorders
Reply-to: gdavis@loop.com
Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1999 23:48:58 -0800
The DAT Store is pleased to announce new low prices on PRO
Audio CD recorders:
Marantz CDR-630 $844
Fostex CR-200 (same as HHB 800) $994
Both of these units will ignore SCMS (copy protection), and are
designed to record on the cheap "computer" blank discs. They
have optical & coaxial digital input & output, analog RCA input and
output, and XLR analog inputs. Sample rate converters for 48K or
32K. Start_ID > CD Index converter.
We also have the new Marantz CDR-640 and a new low price on
the Marantz CDR-615. These are fully pro units with large, wired
remote control panels. (email for prices)
The DAT Store (310) 828-6487 11am-5pm Mon-Fri pacific time
or email: gdavis@loop.com
Thank you,
--Gary
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