DAT-Heads Digest #761
Contents:
Coax to optical cables? (patrick)
JVC car DAT deck on Ebay ("Zawodny, Art")
ASOCIACION INTERNET DE COMERCIANTES Y EMPRESARIOS (ISAI)
RE: Digital workstation specs... ("stories")
virus warning (seeleys@nytimes.com)
Local L.A. bands: Renfield and Lava Diva ("David D. Rogers")
LA specific content - stolen D100 / mic / etc. (don ross)
ISO: Gibb Droll (Corin Brown)
sales on ebay (ITCLaw@aol.com)
ISO EAA-PSP2 Pre Amp (Steve Brothers)
dat store address ("jesse volner")
Sony 57ES 44.1kHz-Sampling? ("Christian Schubert")
Lost Oade cable at moe(2/5) (Jacob Wolkowitz)
Re: SONY DAT TCD-D8 Digitial OUTPUT? (Len Moskowitz)
ISO: Willie Nelson 8-8-97 (Slims420@aol.com)
Virus warnings--please stop 'em ("David D. Rogers")
WANTED: 1967-1974 ry cooder or boz scaggs + any QMS ("John R. Vanderpool")
DATPORT: No Go for NT5.0 (Alex Douglass)
Digital Cable Question ("Matt Monaco")
Re: James McMurtry (ONelson807@aol.com)
DA20mkII vs Fostex D5 (Michael Walter Connors)
From: patrick <mcmulpm5@wfu.edu>
Subject: Coax to optical cables?
Date: Mon, 8 Feb 1999 12:09:02 -0500 (EST)
I'm interested in the Opcode DATport (USB to coax connector for PCs) but I
have a minidisc, not a DAT, and the MD has optical minijack inputs, not
Coaxial. Does anyone know of a cable that goes from coax to miniplug
optical??
thanks
Patrick
From: "Zawodny, Art" <ZawodAr@BAM.com>
Subject: JVC car DAT deck on Ebay
Date: Mon, 8 Feb 1999 12:15:19 -0500
just an fyi .. i'm not selling it but thought someone might care:
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=62872074
Art Zawodny
Sr. Member Technical Staff/Error Correction
Phone: (908) 306-2211
Pager: (800) SKY-PAGE pin 2267220
email: zawodar@bam.com
From: ISAI <ista0870@lineapro.es>
Subject: ASOCIACION INTERNET DE COMERCIANTES Y EMPRESARIOS
Date: Mon, 8 Feb 1999 12:51:21 -0500 (EST)
[Spam en espaņol suprimido por el archivista]
From: "stories" <stories@shortsharpshock.demon.co.uk>
Subject: RE: Digital workstation specs...
Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 17:56:11 +0000
>I had ever plan
>to reinstall 4.0 Ws as the OS until I came up with this
question....what is
>the best MS OS for audio work? NT or 98
NT4, win98 far to *NEW* (on the market), and if it follows the microsoft
formula will
still be full of bugs. also the 16 OS compatability of the 95/98 OS's
lends greatly to there instability
NT being a fully 32 bit OS is technically more stable and will take
better advantage of your PPro CPU.
The one draw back with NT is the avalibility of Device drivers
>I noticed that a few cards don't support NT. Is there a reason for
>this relating to shortcomings of the OS?
NO
WinNT is an entirely different OS to 95/98 (the more comon consumor OS)
it handles device access
in a different and more complicated way. I doubt many manafactures can
commit reasources to
developing drivers. there can't be to much of a demand for them.
>The main reason I switched to Win '98 was to get the Fat32
>converter. While you can get Fat32 under win '98 with an upgrade,
>you still don't have the converter to easily convert old Fat16
>partitions to Fat32.
Win95 OSR2 provides FAT32 support with out the hastle of win98,
and if you want to convert old FAT 16 partitions to FAT32 a copy of
partition magic
will do the job (and do it better that '98).
--
Matt
Matt@shortsharpshock.demon.co.uk
OUT-THERE
MiniDisc<-->DAT<-->CD Audio Duplication
Http://wWw.shortsharpshock.demon.co.uk/audio/index.html
From: seeleys@nytimes.com
Subject: virus warning
Date: Mon, 8 Feb 1999 15:04:45 -0500
That second virus ("It Takes Guts to Say "Jesus") is indeed a hoax. Folks,
whevener a warning contains text that says:
>This information was announced yesterday
> morning from IBM;
you REALLY should take the responsibility to verify the claim before
forwarding it out to everyone you know. I just went to http://www.ibm.com
, found a search box right there on the main page, entered "It takes Guts",
and found an official statement from IBM that this is a hoax. It's at:
http://www.av.ibm.com/BreakingNews/HypeAlert/Guts/
This took me all of 20 seconds to find. You can do the same thing at
Microsoft's site whenever they are the supposed "source". If you can't find
any reliable, independent verification (or haven't even bothered to try),
then you shouldn't be forwarding these messages all over the net. Please
everybody, VERIFY before mindlessly pressing the forward button with these
things.
My apologies to the poster - I am NOT trying to flame you, and offer my
honest regrets because I know it sounds like I am. :-( I realize you were
just attaching that second message as an afterthought to the first one about
happy99.exe (which, btw, is a legitimate legitmate trojan horse).
peace,
Scott (please reply to: Seeley@pinn.net , not the addy above)
From: "David D. Rogers" <drogers@pobox.com>
Subject: Local L.A. bands: Renfield and Lava Diva
Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 12:22:16 -0800
A couple of weekends ago, I taped two great L.A. bands: Renfield at The
Joint on Friday 1/29, and Lava Diva at Coconut Teaszer, Saturday 1/30.
Tapes came out great, with the exception of a lot of audience
noise/talking. Both are a little more than 45 minutes long, and both are
available on CD-R. (Both shows are being traded with the bands' permission.)
Renfield's at http://www.renfield.com ; think of it as No Doubt meets Kiss,
with a heavy dose of SubGenius thrown in. Lava Diva is more grunge-rock,
though I don't think that label does justice to their music. (They used to
be listed at http://www.droolboy.com , but that site is down now. :( ) They
were a selected participant of the Los Angeles Lillith Fair local talent
search.
Peace,
<> David
From: don ross <don.ross@wrs.com>
Subject: LA specific content - stolen D100 / mic / etc.
Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 12:33:24 -0800
I had my Sony D100, Sony ECM 939LT stereo mic, Oades passive 7-pin-to-coax,
digital cable, misc connectors, and the brown hip pack they were in stolen
from my van last Friday night in LA. It was parked in the Hyatt Hotel
parking lot (self park, middle level) across the street from the House Of
Blues.
Any information leading to their return would certainly be appreciated.
Or, be on the lookout for a really good deal at some LA pawn shop!
Ah, that little deck had been good to me.
++don
I hate to make this post, but do as I guess that they had no idea of what
they were taking and wont hold on to it long. The mic was engraved, so
there may be hope.
From: Corin Brown <cb30@usa.net>
Subject: ISO: Gibb Droll
Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 16:06:37 -0500
Please e-mail privately. Here's my list I share with a friend
http://mall5.register.com/mwei02/slip/tapelist.htm
Peace,
CB
From: ITCLaw@aol.com
Subject: sales on ebay
Date: Mon, 8 Feb 1999 16:31:12 EST
Being a very recent victim of this whole discussion, I now feel quite
compelled
to respond. I understand and support those of you that want to crack down on
this
stuff on Ebay. It's very frustrating to see something you traded someone wind
up
on CD-R for auction.
That being said, it frustrates me when I get busted for doing nothing wrong.
I
have bought many radio shows on CD and vinyl over the years....it's a cool way
to get something collectible from your favorite artists that you can't pick up
anywhere else. I'm guilty. I have paid money in the past for bootleg CDs.
At
that time, I didn't have a DAT player, and something in digital was a lot more
attractive to me than something in analog. Even now that I am DAT equipped, I
still like to get a hold of radio shows that are out there on the original
broadcast
discs.....they are just neat items to have in one's collection.
Now, where Ebay comes in. Ebay has become an attractive way for me to thin
out my collection of stuff that I no longer need, or to get rid of stuff,
whatever the
reason. I put up an Allman Brothers broadcast on Ebay last week. These were
the original broadcast discs, with cues.....no CD-Rs here! That auction was
cancelled today by Ebay, because they had been informed that it was a bootleg!
I
guess that stating "This is NOT a bootleg!" in the description isn't clear
enough
for some people?
Having seen the raging debate here on the list lately, it leaves me very
little
doubt that someone on the list took it upon themselves to play policeman.
Granted, it is a big world, so it might have been someone else. That being
said,
if it was someone on this list, I hope you are enjoying your little powertrip.
Not
to get biblical, but "let he who is without sin cast the first stone"!
Again, I totally understand your point of view. It pisses me off to see
something
like "Van Halen 3-16-97-Pittsburgh"....and I might be compelled to complain
about that! Just make sure that if if you are going to make an issue of
something,
that you understand what it is that you are making an issue of, and that it is
in fact
appropriate to make an issue out of that matter.
Instead of going off to the record store to trade in discs, I can now put em
on
ebay.....it's a beautiful thing....as long as someone doesn't mess it up!
Thanks for the space..... Please don't take this as a slam against any of you
DAT-heads, I am just frustrated, and I look forward to seeing your feedback on
this issue.
Matt
p.s. As long as I am going to get flamed, I might as well say that I am
looking for
any of the Metallica Garage Inc. broadcasts from that mini-tour. I heard a
CD-R
of the Detroit show that my buddy got from an analog source, and it sounded
quite worthy!
From: Steve Brothers <sbrothers@lasallestl.com>
Subject: ISO EAA-PSP2 Pre Amp
Reply-To: sbrothers@lasallestl.com
Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 15:44:03 -0600
I am looking to purchase an EAA-PSP2 Mic Pre Amp. If anyone has one they
are willing to part with please let me know. If I can't find one I guess
I will have to buy a Sonosax.
Peace!
Steve
From: "jesse volner" <mentholiptus@hotmail.com>
Subject: dat store address
Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 14:04:14 PST
How do I fond the dat store online?
jesse
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From: "Christian Schubert" <schubert@physse.nlwl.uni-jena.de>
Subject: Sony 57ES 44.1kHz-Sampling?
Date: Mon, 8 Feb 1999 23:05:20 +0100
I have a question concerning the Sony DTC-57ES.
Is it possible to modify this deck in such a way,
that it will record analog signals with 44.1 kHz
instead of the default 48 kHz in standard play mode?
Any suggestions, tips, hints?
Thank you very much.
Christian Schubert
schubert@pinet.uni-jena.de
Institute of Solid State Physics
University of Jena, Gemany
From: Jacob Wolkowitz <bwolk@superlink.net>
Subject: Lost Oade cable at moe(2/5)
Date: Mon, 08 Feb 99 17:03:43 -0500
Hi there,
I unfortuanetly left behind an Oade 7pin>coax i/o active adaptor as well as a coax cable behind at the State Theatre. I left it at around the 7th or 8th row. If anyone happened to pick it up, I'd really like it back. I'll of course pay shipping and throw in a bunch of clones.
Thanks,
Jacob
From: Len Moskowitz <moskowit@panix.com>
Subject: Re: SONY DAT TCD-D8 Digitial OUTPUT?
Date: Mon, 8 Feb 1999 17:57:04 -0500 (EST)
Walter Millard, Product Development Centre <popeab@cwpope.com.au> wrote:
> I have a Sony TCD-D8 and ive figured out how to send the Digital i/o
> port input from my PC in the form of a binary string (command codes)
> throught the parallel port, But can anyone tell me how to get the
> digital signal out of the Digital i/o port ?
Our 7-Pin-to-Coax cable will do the job. For details, please see our
Web page.
Len Moskowitz Stealth Microphones (tm), Cables, Interfaces
Core Sound http://www.core-sound.com
moskowit@panix.com Tel: 201-801-0812, FAX: 201-801-0912
From: Slims420@aol.com
Subject: ISO: Willie Nelson 8-8-97
Date: Mon, 8 Feb 1999 18:14:24 EST
ISO Willie Nelson SF, CA Maritime Hall 8-8-97 prefer FOB but a nice Aud
will
work for someone in search of some good old Willie. Will send my list!
PEACE SLIM
From: "David D. Rogers" <drogers@pobox.com>
Subject: Virus warnings--please stop 'em
Date: Mon, 8 Feb 1999 19:22:57 -0500 (EST)
>From: "Lutch, James JJ" <Lutch.James.JJ@bhp.com.au>
>Subject: virus warning
>Date: Tue, 9 Feb 1999 03:41:00 +1100
[snip]
This isn't a place to discuss virus warnings. There are places to talk
about these things, but this ain't one of them. If people posted every bit
of information that everyone needs to know to DAT Heads, it would drown
out the space used to discuss the things this list was set up to discuss.
I realize there are probably people on this list who don't subscribe to
any other lists or newsgroups where they could hear this info; pitty on
them, but have pitty for the rest of us too, who came here to discuss
digital audio music recording.
BTW, the second virus warning sounded like a definite hoax. Viruses can't
be spread by email text (or at least, no one has demonstrated a way to do
it yet). It's also just like a hoaxter to use big names like IBM and AOL
to bolster his/her claims, without giving any specifics. It read a lot
like the "Good Times" hoax, with a name change.
Peace,
<> David
From: fish@daacdev1.gsfc.nasa.gov ("John R. Vanderpool")
Subject: WANTED: 1967-1974 ry cooder or boz scaggs + any QMS
Date: Mon, 8 Feb 1999 19:26:28 -0500 (EST)
subject sez it all.... -fish
From: Alex Douglass <douglass@cyberramp.net>
Subject: DATPORT: No Go for NT5.0
Date: Mon, 8 Feb 1999 19:35:01 -0600
A couple of hours ago I got off the phone with Opcode. I asked them
whether or not they planned on supporting Datport for NT5.0. (As you are
probably aware NT4.0 doesn't support USB but 5.0 does/will.)
Unfortunately, Opcode says they have no plan whatsoever to support the
Datport with NT. They kind of acted like NT was no big deal.
Just wondering if Datport appeals to anyone else out there using NT. I'd much rather have a USB solution over a PCI solution just from the noise factor alone. It looks like it will take an outside party to write USB drivers to get the Datport running on NT5.0. Does anyone want to take the challenge? If I knew how to write drivers I'd give it a shot - I may even offer to pay someone to get Datport
running on 5.0 if another product isn't developed soon..
At a price of $159 and supporting varioius bitrates and wordlengths, the Datport seems like a good solution....I just wish it had an I2S (I squared S) interface and upcoming compatibility with 5.0..
Please post your comments.
Regards,
A. Douglass
From: "Matt Monaco" <fluffhead@mindspring.com>
Subject: Digital Cable Question
Reply-To: "Matt Monaco" <fluffhead@mindspring.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Feb 1999 20:36:05 -0500
Hey folks-
I've got a Tascam DA20mkii and a Sony D-8. Currenlty, the only digital
cable I own is a Sony RK-DA10, which is ok, I guess, although it leaves my
cloning possibilities very limited. I'm looking for either one cable that
can do the following, or two seperate cables
1) allow a digital signal to come into my D8 and be passed along with a coax
ouput
2) allow my D8 to send a digital signal (7pin-->coax) so I can clone DAT
tapes
I guess I'm probably going to need two seperate cables for those two
functions. Somebody once mentioned the possiblity of having the RKDA10
modified so it can send and receive digital signal through the D8, but I'm
not sure. I'm interested in pursuing all my options, but I'd definitely
like to do this either having the RKDA10 modified, or in a way that the
RKDA10 is still useful. It seems like having it modified is the best way to
go, because otherwise $75 is wasted.
Thanks for the bandwith, if you can help, that'd be great! -sorry this is so
long...
fluffhead
Get Those Fluffballs off my Head....
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From: ONelson807@aol.com
Subject: Re: James McMurtry
Date: Mon, 8 Feb 1999 20:49:44 EST
If you're the person I cloned James McMurtry for a
couple months ago, please get in touch, as I've lost your
list and email address, and the tape is just sitting here
looking forlorn.
Olaf
From: Michael Walter Connors <mwconnor@indiana.edu>
Subject: DA20mkII vs Fostex D5
Date: Mon, 8 Feb 1999 21:00:59 -0500 (EST)
I am planning on going digital and would like to get a home deck now, and
a portable D8 later. Both decks are about the same in price and
ranked close in the deck reliability survey, but how do they work with the
D8, as a record deck. Do both totally defeat scums. I have heard that
the D5 sounds a bit crisper. Any suggestions or comments on where and
what to purchase first.
mike connors
mwconnor@indiana.edu
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