DAT-heads Digest #206, Volume #6 Mon, 4 Feb 02 04:50:01 EST Contents: converting MS Publisher files to ....? ("Dan Greenberg") Audio firmware chip for DDS drive (Mark Mayhle) RE: basic DAT-to-computer digital transfer question (Gordon Gidluck) hank 3 for shn trade (Joshua) Re: MORE DEAD DATS UP FOR TRADE!! LOOK! :-) (ABielefeldt) Mics for sale (Scott C. Brown) way off topic ("Mike Hooker") The Who at Watford 31 Jan 2002 (Tim Anderson) Jefferson Airplane Delray Beach, FL 2001 ("paul gluchanicz") re: VX Pocket Help... ("Marc Nutter") Re: MORE DEAD DATS UP FOR TRADE!! LOOK! :-) (Seth Breidbart) dpa 402x windscreens (Scott C. Brown) Re: dpa 402x windscreens ("Wayne D. Hoxsie Jr.") Re: Optical to Coax (Beast914@aol.com) DAT collection Liquidation (Jude) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Dan Greenberg" Subject: converting MS Publisher files to ....? Date: Sun, 3 Feb 2002 07:05:49 -0500 With all the technical expertise out there on DAT-Heads, I was hoping someone could help me.... I've made 150+ CD covers using MS Publisher. Does anyone know how (or if) I can convert these files to JPEGs or into MS Word? I'll gladly reward the helper from my CDR (or DAT) collection. Thanks, -Dan Greenberg- ------------------------------ From: Mark Mayhle Subject: Audio firmware chip for DDS drive Date: Sun, 3 Feb 2002 08:06:25 -0600 (CST) So, a long long time ago I bought a Conner/Seagate 4320RT DDS drive to read audio DATs into my computer. I was pretty naive about it at the time and of course it didn't have audio firmware because it wasn't an SGI-branded drive. I thought I could flash upgrade it but actually this model has to have the EPROM replaced with one burned with the correct firmware. Fast forward to last week: I found someone who had burned the firmware successfully for his drive, and who had one blank chip left that he could burn for me. However, turns out that at some point in the intervening years the mechanism of my drive went belly up so although it's recognized as having the correct firmware when I put in the new chip, and DAT2WAV sees that it accepts audio commands, the drive itself doesn't work (even with the old, non-audio firmware) and it ate my test tape. So if YOU have one of these drives-- for more info on models and how to replace the firmware chip see http://www.ncf.carleton.ca/~aa571/datfaq.htm and would like to make it audio-capable, I'll sell the firmware for what I paid-- $20. If you want to pay a couple bucks extra for shipping, I'll include the dead drive which you can repair or use for spare parts or whatever. This could be a pretty cheap way to get into DDS audio! -- Mark Mayhle mark@mayhle.com ------------------------------ From: Gordon Gidluck Subject: RE: basic DAT-to-computer digital transfer question Date: Sun, 03 Feb 2002 08:36:22 -0600 Marc, All transfers from your DAT machine will be realtime only. On the picking up of start-id's, both the soundcard drivers and the software has to support that feature. SEKD was marketing some cards (made by Marian) which did this, and Samplitude has a checkbox in their software for this. I am not aware of other software which does this, but perhaps there are some. Anyone else know of any? About the levels adjustment. If you have a volume adjustment on an S/PDIF signal, that indicates that a DSP is in use. This is evidently the case of the SoundBlaster Live. S/PDIF between two devices should be bit perfect if there is no DSP involved. Gordon > > From: "Marc Macauley" > Subject: basic DAT-to-computer digital transfer question > Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2002 13:11:22 -0800 > > I have just installed the Hoontech SB DB III, which adds optical and coaxial > in/out capabilities to my SoundBlaster Live card. I recently bought the Sony > POC-DA12P cable, and now that I have the appropriate (optical) input jack in > my computer, I thought I'd try it out with my Sony PCM-M1, intending to > transfer about an hour of music from the DAT to my computer. > > Somehow, I was under the impression that I could digitally 'transfer' the > data from the DAT to my computer, much like I would rip an audio track from > a CD or copy files from a Zip drive. (I may be completely mistaken about > this.) The only way I can figure out how to do the transfer is to play back > the DAT (which I then hear in my speakers) and record it in real-time (from > the "SPDIF-In" recording source) using a program such as Creative Recorder. > Is there any easier or quicker way to transfer music from my PCM-M1 to my > computer? If not, is it possible to at least automatically pick up the > Start-ID's and create a new file for each track (program) on the DAT tape? > Also, is there any way to automatically adjust the recording level on the > computer so that the levels of the resulting wav file on the computer match > those on the DAT? > > Thanks, > Marc Macauley > ------------------------------ From: Joshua Subject: hank 3 for shn trade Date: Sun, 03 Feb 2002 10:38:28 -0600 Howdy y'all- We taped Hank Williams III twice this week on his way through CO - looking for other broadband hank trades - boards or decent mics (no CSB sources) Thanks! -Josh _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ From: ABielefeldt Subject: Re: MORE DEAD DATS UP FOR TRADE!! LOOK! :-) Date: Sun, 03 Feb 2002 09:36:37 -0800 Wavy writes: .....dont send me a list that has shns on it! I do not want to pollute my collection with music that sounds like it has many analog gens!..... Whats wrong with SHNs? I never realized that this non lossy format makes recordings have analog gens. I do have one hell of a nice playback set up and I never heard generation loss in SHNs. Am I missing something? Please explain. Aarne ------------------------------ From: Scott.C.Brown@Dartmouth.EDU (Scott C. Brown) Subject: Mics for sale Reply-To: Scott.C.Brown@Dartmouth.EDU (scb) Date: 03 Feb 2002 13:09:25 EST for sale: package 1: 1 matched pair of Earthworks SR77 cardioid microphones, 1 year old as of last week (earthworks replaced my older pair no questions asked) in the tubes they came in. excellent condition, i treat these very well 1 pair audio technica at8410a shockmounts 1 pair DPA UA0237 (big ass) windscreens. these things will work in any weather/wind 2 pairs Earthworks windscreens 2 pairs earthworks clips 1 Shure A27 vertical mount 1 pair 25 foot XLRs package 2: 1 unmatched pair DPA 4061 microphones DPA MPS 6010 power supply various windscreens/clips for these mics i will not sell these to you if you plan on running them straight into your deck. you need a pre or a/d with separate gain control for channels. DPA fucked me over when i needed to have a connector replaced and sent me a mic that is more sensitive than the other 4061 i had. So these mics work fine, you just need to control gain on each channel to match levels. so if you run an mp2, sonosax, sbm, (v2 but who stealths with a v2?) you're golden with these things if anyone's interested, i also have a pair of 15 foot audiomagic excalibur II xlrs i may part with if the price is right make me an offer scott ------------------------------ From: "Mike Hooker" Subject: way off topic Date: Sun, 3 Feb 2002 15:40:27 -0500 hi, if anyone has any need for some new DC2120 ( QIC-80) data back up tapes, let me know. ive got a shit load, i'll trade them, sell them, practically give them away. thanks BWT: i'm always up for trades, check my list( keep trying, the AOL URL is flaky) take at look at my music trading list ( new URL) http://hometown.aol.com/mhooker216/myhomepage/index.html have fun, Mike Hooker ------------------------------ From: freer@cix.compulink.co.uk (Tim Anderson) Subject: The Who at Watford 31 Jan 2002 Reply-To: freer@cix.compulink.co.uk Date: Sun, 3 Feb 2002 20:45 +0000 (GMT) Did anyone get this? If so I'd love to trade. Great concert. Tim ------------------------------ From: "paul gluchanicz" Subject: Jefferson Airplane Delray Beach, FL 2001 Date: Sun, 03 Feb 2002 21:04:50 This is something of a long shot, but would anyone out there have taped the Jefferson Airplane during the Spirit of 67 tour in Delray Beach Fl last year? Really looking for this if anyone can help. _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com ------------------------------ From: "Marc Nutter" Subject: re: VX Pocket Help... Reply-To: "Marc Nutter" Date: Sun, 3 Feb 2002 16:38:11 -0700 Hi Chris (And All), While we are progressively getting further away from "DAT" material with such questions, I guess we are close enough to the topic since we are still talking digital recording. : ) The most common mistake I hear about with the VX Pocket is that users forget to set the Mixer (usually located in the tray on the bottom of the screen) to "digital" for clock select and "digital Input" for record source. Then, when playing back, set it to "automatic." While it seems intuitive that "automatic" would work all the time, the above is generally better. I hope this helps. Marc Marc Nutter Sonic Sense, Inc. 2755 S. Gilpin St. Denver, CO 80210 Toll Free Phone (877) 324-4463 http://www.sonicsense.com ------------------------------ From: Seth Breidbart Subject: Re: MORE DEAD DATS UP FOR TRADE!! LOOK! :-) Date: Sun, 3 Feb 2002 19:51:43 -0500 (EST) Aarne wrote: >Wavy writes: > >>.....dont send >>me a list that has shns on it! I do not want to >>pollute my collection with music that sounds like >>it has many analog gens!..... > > Whats wrong with SHNs? I never realized that this non lossy format makes > recordings have analog gens. I do have one hell of a nice playback set up > and I never heard generation loss in SHNs. Am I missing something? Please > explain. I suspect he means .mp3 rather than .shn (unless some people have been taking .mp3 stuff, decoding it to .wav, and encoding it to .shn). Seth ------------------------------ From: Scott.C.Brown@Dartmouth.EDU (Scott C. Brown) Subject: dpa 402x windscreens Reply-To: Scott.C.Brown@Dartmouth.EDU (scb) Date: 03 Feb 2002 20:40:38 EST what do you recommend for the dpa 402x series for outdoor shows? the ones dpa suggests don't seem to do the job well scott ------------------------------ From: "Wayne D. Hoxsie Jr." Subject: Re: dpa 402x windscreens Reply-To: wayne@hoxnet.com Date: Sun, 3 Feb 2002 20:55:08 -0600 (CST) On 3 Feb 2002, Scott C. Brown wrote: > what do you recommend for the dpa 402x series for outdoor shows? the ones dpa > suggests don't seem to do the job well > > scott > This is true. They are OK for light breezes (up to 8 or 9 mph), but with cardioid and hypercardioid capsules(1), they don't quite cut it. I've found a reasonably effective and inexpensive fix. Radio shack sells a windscreen designed for the "ball" type mics (Shure dynamic vocal types) and these will fit over the DPA screens giving you two levels of wind noise attenuation. 1. I use these with Oktavas -- Wayne D. Hoxsie Jr. wayne@hoxnet.com http://www.hoxnet.com PGP Key ID 138BCEE1 ------------------------------ From: Beast914@aol.com Subject: Re: Optical to Coax Date: Sun, 3 Feb 2002 22:48:53 EST roarke@bigfoot.com wants a box to switch it over; I found PI Manufacturing in CA. Their site sucks; get the catalog. They are CHEEEEPP!!!!!! I think I bought a box from them (the size of 2 DAT Tapes stacked up) for about 12 bucks- walwart included!! D ------------------------------ From: Jude Subject: DAT collection Liquidation Date: Sun, 3 Feb 2002 20:49:27 -0800 (PST) Hey, Since I sold my deck a few months ago and don't plan on buying a new one anytime soon I realized that I should finally get rid of all of my DATs. I should allow someone to listen to then instead of having them just collect dust in my closet. My collection is mostly Phish and Pearl Jam but it includes other stuff as well. You can see some of it on my attached link at the bottom except there is a lot more phish that I haven't updated. I can send anyone the complete list once I actually go through all of my stuff and see what i have. I am looking to get $1.75 for each DAT, not trying to make a profit off of this just trying to sell it for less then the price of a new blank. I would also like to sell all of them to one person. If you are interested please e-mail me at jjmcelro@artsci.wustl.edu Take Care, Jude ===== "I know someday you'll have a beautiful life, I know you'll be a star In somebody else's sky, but why Why, why can't it be, why can't it be mine" -Eddie Vedder DAT List: http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~jjmcelro/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Great stuff seeking new owners in Yahoo! Auctions! http://auctions.yahoo.com ------------------------------ ** FOR YOUR REFERENCE ** To unsubscribe from this digest, please send email to dat-heads-unsubscribe@datheads.phish.net If your email address has changed, you may (optionally) send the message to dat-heads-unsubscribe-oldaddress=olddomain@datheads.phish.net and the old address will be removed. 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