DAT-heads Digest #939
Contents:
Sharpies on CD-R's (Keith Bode)
Recent DAT Posts, eating and load errors ("robert t")
Re: DAT-heads Digest #938 ("MattB")
Re: 24bit audio splitting for archiving to FLAC ("R Sheepherder")
Help! Need a CSB battery pack ("Gary Davis")
Another microphone grovel ("Gary Davis")
FT: REM / COLDPLAY / METALLICA 2003 Italian shows ("Matt -")
ISO Mavericks tapers (pwking)
ISO a Taper for "Defiance, Ohio" in Littlerock, AK on Dec 28 (Aaron Parker)
Dats for blanks (DAVEDARC@aol.com)
otr winter tour (sec1968@ezl.com)
RE: Skeriks rules, not my rules (Phil Thenstedt)
From: Keith Bode <t.tunakebo@verizon.net>
Subject: Sharpies on CD-R's
Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2003 14:43:24 -0800
As this was just mentioned in the digest, I thought I'd put in my
annecdotal positive experience. I have been writing on the back of
CD-R's for 3 years with sharpies. I use fine and extra fine point
sharpies. People's CD's I send out, I only write in the center area.
On my own I write anyplace on the non-recorded side. I have never, ever
had any of the discs I wrote on fail for any reason. Several years ago,
I read the same comment from someone else, I believe it was Seth, in
this forum.
Keith
From: "robert t" <jahjah55@hotmail.com>
Subject: Recent DAT Posts, eating and load errors
Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2003 17:33:21 -0500
When I got my Sony D100 walkman deck, I like a lot of others used it for
both playing and recording tapes. Sometimes Fast Forward and Rewind and the
other search options on the deck were used too. Little did I know that
using the deck this much would eventually cause problems later on. It is an
electronic device and like all other electronic devices, it can wear out.
And rather quickly too, given the sensitive nature of this device. So That
day came and it started acting funny, eating tapes and having load errors.
I then searched the net for help and found DAT Heads. I Found out that
these Sony Decks like the D100 and M1 models were way more delicate than I
thought. These decks could not take as much use and abuse than regular
Cassette decks ( which I had been used to using.)
The electronics and the gears inside make these decks so delicate that they
need to be babied and only used for special events like recording at a
concert. This is when I learned that when I'm home, I should be using a
Home DAT deck. Because these Home DAT decks seem to be built tougher and
will have less problems than portables, it only makes sense to use Home
decks when I'm at home and save the life of my portable for when I really
need it, like at a show.
When your at home and want to do some DAT listening or transfers to CD, you
should really invest in a home deck for this type of use. And save the life
of your expensive D100 or M1. I got two really decent second hand Home Use
DAT decks from eBay for $200 (They'd cost me $800 bucks New from a dealer)
that I use to do transfers to CD or other DATs for trading. And they work
GREAT! The eBay seller was Honest and had a good feedback.
Since I've invested in Home decks, I only use my aging D100 for concert
recording now and because I don't use any functions on it but PLAY, STOP and
RECORD. I haven't had a tape eaten or load incorrectly since. Sometimes
not being able to Rewind in D100 is a hassle, but I don't mind too much
because there is usually plenty of tape on the end, that it doesn't matter
if the first five minutes I record crowd noise because the show starts five
minutes late.
Another thing, I've solved the problem with load errors and I don't have to
record a little bit then back the tape up to find out if it's loaded
properly.
What I do is the night before every show I take the blank I'm going to use
and record on it once all the way through at home using a home DAT deck
connected to a radio or CD player. So that when I'm at the show and I'm
getting ready to hit record on the D100, I hit play first and if I see the
LEDs moving up and down, I know that the tape is loaded correctly and I
won't suffer a misload. From there I hit record and play, the deck then
goes from playing the tape to recording. Misloads are a thing of the past
for me and I've never left a concert without a recording of it. When I get
home I rewind the tape in the Home deck.
Just a few ideas. Remember it may be worth it to you as well to get a home
deck for your listening or CD transfers. To save the life and usefulness of
your own portable DAT walkman so you don't have search out and buy a new one
or pay for those extremely high repair prices later on.
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From: "MattB" <matt@mattb.net>
Subject: Re: DAT-heads Digest #938
Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2003 21:12:52 -0700
I got a Denon DA-500 on eBay cheap a few years ago that I use as a switch
box to connect various sources and my PC. The catch is that it's only
16/44.1 so if you're doing 24/96 or whatever it wouldn't work for you. If
that would work it (or similar thing) could save you some money.
It sounds great to me!
Matt
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|
| From: Jan de Bever <jdebever@yahoo.com>
| Subject: DA converters
| Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2003 08:38:24 -0800 (PST)
|
| Hi,
|
| I want to add a DA to my stereo setup to play wav's
| from the pc.
| Has anyone done any comparison between the Benchmark
| DAC1 and the Apogee mini DAC?
| Any thoughts, other DAC's i should consider?
| (budget about $1000)
| Jan.
|
|
| __________________________________
From: "R Sheepherder" <rwsheepherder@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: 24bit audio splitting for archiving to FLAC
Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2003 23:09:00 -0800
Seth wrote:
<< There are several problems with splitting on 0-crossings.
First, they don't occur on both channels at the same time.
More important, you'll still fill out the remainder of a sector with
0's. Since the signal is already low, you won't hear a "pop", but
you're still distorting the music. (It's probably not noticeable to
most people.) >>
Thanks for this info, Seth. When I contacted Sound Forge regarding the need
to split tracks at sector boundaries in continuous audio programs, the rep
said he was unaware of such a need and advised me to simply mark tracks at
zero crossing to prevent pops.
This has worked very well for me, but I was unaware, until reading your
post, that it adds a silent portion to the audio. My recollection is that a
sector is very short in length (is 1/74th second correct?) so you are
correct in that it would not normally be noticeable coming at a zero point,
but I agree that this procedure would insert very short silent portions into
the program, and could cause audible distortion if both channels were not at
a zero crossing where the track mark was placed.
Rob
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From: "Gary Davis" <g@hoxnet.com>
Subject: Help! Need a CSB battery pack
Reply-to: g@hoxnet.com
Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2003 04:12:26 -0800
My CSB battery pack has mysteriously dissapeared, so if anyone
has an extra one - perhaps you bought the bass roll-off model and
still have your original supply - I'd like to buy or trade for one.
thanks!
--Gary
From: "Gary Davis" <g@hoxnet.com>
Subject: Another microphone grovel
Reply-to: g@hoxnet.com
Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2003 04:29:47 -0800
Faced with recording Culver City's Thursday jazz concert without
my CSB's, I used an old Radio Shack PZM (plate mic) and was
amazed at the clarity of the recording. I was thinking... if I only had
two of these... might make some nice stereo!
But I don't have two ;-(
Mine is the stock, unmodified product. If someone else (especially
in Los Angeles) has one they'd like to loan or donate to this project
- "new jazz recordings" - please write!
thank you,
--Gary
From: "Matt -" <ituim2003@hotmail.com>
Subject: FT: REM / COLDPLAY / METALLICA 2003 Italian shows
Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2003 13:22:39 +0000
Hello,
I have a few copies on CDR of the following shows:
REM Italy July 22 2003 EX-
REM Italy July 23 2003 EX-
COLDPLAY June 24 2003 EX
METALLICA Italy June 13 2003 EX-
I'm interested in RECENTshows on cdr/Dvd (2002-2003) from same bands or
other rock bands.
EMAIL: ituim2003@hotmail.com
Thanks.
Matt
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From: pwking <sleepypedro@yahoo.com>
Subject: ISO Mavericks tapers
Reply-To: sleepypedro@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2003 06:00:02 -0800 (PST)
hi, i made this gem of a recording a couple of months
back and am only now getting around to listening to
it.
would like to trade this out with other mavericks
tapers out there! anyone catch them on their recent
tour?
this is not a b&p offer -- i only want to hear back
from people who have taped the mavericks, and
preferrably with phat gear. thanks.
oh, i should also mention that my source is available
either as 48k shn, 44k shn, or audio CD.
mavericks_030919_mbho_44k
The Mavericks
September 19, 2003
Cingular Stage - Zilker Park
Austin, TX
source: mbho 603a/ka200n > sound devices mp2 > sony
tcd-d8 @ 48k
audio transfer: Conner CTD8000R-S - dat2wav 1.2 -
sf4.5 (fades, tracking, downsample) - shntool - shn2k
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From: Aaron Parker <rustic_live@yahoo.com>
Subject: ISO a Taper for "Defiance, Ohio" in Littlerock, AK on Dec 28
Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2003 07:31:58 -0800 (PST)
Hi All,
I hate to grovel, but i would be forever greatful if
someone would tape this show, great band and there are
NO tapes in circulation. They play sorta punky folk,
with guitar, drums, fiddle and cello. If you want to
check them out they have a ton of mp3s on their site
http://www.keiber.org/defianceohio.terrorware.com/audio.php
Here is the info for the show:
sunday, december 28 - little rock ak - TREE OF
KNOWLEDGE BENEFIT!!! @ vino's (923 West 7th) w/
soophie nun squad + others.
If anyone is interested please drop me a line
Thanks
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From: DAVEDARC@aol.com
Subject: Dats for blanks
Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2003 11:33:51 EST
Have a couple of "batches" that I would like to trade for sealed blank Dats
of same length. Please contact me off list if you are interested.
Batch #1 - Phish (8x60M, 3x90M)
7/11/96 (2x60M)
7/25/97 (1x90M)
7/26/97 (1x90M)
7/1/99 (2x60M)
7/3/99 (2x60M)
7/4/99 (2x60M)
12/3/99 (1x90M)'
Batch #2 - Southern mixed bag (4x60M, 5x90M)
Jerry Joseph + Jackmormons 10/23/03 (1x90M)
WSP 9/28/03 (1x90M)
Siming Assassins 2/22/03 (1 x90M)
DDBB 7/16/99 + Funkey Meters 10/23/99 (1x60M)
Allman Brothers Band 8/14/01 (1x90M)
Gov't Mule 8/8/99 (1x60M)
Taj Mahal 1/20/98 (1 x 90M)
Steve Kimock Band 4/28/01 (2x60M)
Batch #3 - Dead Family (6x60M, 5x90M)
The Other Ones 7/13/98 (2x60M)
The Other Ones 7/24/98 (1x90M)
Phil & Friends 4/16/99 (2x60M) with Trey and Page
Phil & Friends 4/17/99 (2x60M) with Trey and Page
Phil & Friends 5/29/99 (1x90M)
Phil & Friends 10/30/99 (1x90M)
Ratdog 4/16/01 (1x90M)
Zen Tricksters 2/23/00 (1x90M)
Batch #4 - moe and moe summer camp 2002 (10x60M, 3x90M)
moe. 9/22/01 (1x90M)
Yonder Mountain String Band + moe. 9/23/01 (2x60M)
Keller Williams 7/5/02 (1x60M)
Ekoostik Hookah 7/5/02 (1x60M)
Jazz Mandoline Project 7/5/02 (1x60M)
moe. 7/5/02 (2x60M)
Cornmeal 7/6/02 (1x60M)
JMP 7/6/02 + Ekoostok Hookah 7/6/02 (1x90M)
Superjam 7/6/02 + moe. 7/6/02 (2x60M)
moe. 3/29/03 (1x90M)
Batch #5 - Trance.trippy mixed bag (4x60M, 5x90M)
Disco Biscuits 9/19/01 (2x60M)
MErl Saunders, Disco Biscuits, Les Claypool 6/29/01 (1x90M)
Bruce Hornsby, John Schofield, MMW 7/1/01 (1x90M)
Leo Kottke 4/12/01 (1x60M)
Dixie Dregs 2/14/00 (1x60M)
Lake Trout + Les Claypool 2/2/01 (1x90M)
Lec Claypool 8/17/00 (1x90M)
Richard Thompson 2/22/02 (1x90M)
Batch #6 - Keller and Company (1x60M, 6x90M)
Keller Williams 8/25/00 (1x90M)
Keller Williams 9/1/00 (1x90M)
Keller Williams 10/24/02 (1x90M)
Dexter Grove 3/4/00 (1x90M)
Dark Star Orchestra 9/9/00 (1x90M)
Graj Mahal 1/29/03 (1x60M)
Robert Walters 20th Congress 10/18/01 (1x90M)
Whew, thats a lot of typing......I prefer not to split up the batches, and
may offer "volume discount" if person takes more than 1 batch.
Band Width Tax = moe. 5/24/03, Chillicothe, IL "moe. Summer Camp" 90M DAT of
course, for first person to hit my mail box with "Cheers" as subject line.
Be good people,
Dave
From: sec1968@ezl.com
Subject: otr winter tour
Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2003 11:50:05 -0600
Hi all. The Over The Rhine (www.overtherhine.com) winter tour kicks off tonight. I'll be heading to the
Champaign, Il show on 12/13. Special guest Matt Slocum from Sixpence None The Richer will be sitting in playing
guitar & cello on this tour. Should be a good time. They are taper friendly!
shane
My home page http://www.ezl.com/~sec1968/
sec1968@ezl.com (home)
shane.calhoon@anheuser-busch.com (work)
314-765-9187 (work)
From: Phil Thenstedt <phil.thenstedt@zones.com>
Subject: RE: Skeriks rules, not my rules
Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2003 11:29:15 -0800
The Critters Buggin website has 2 references to taping...and this generally
has applied to all of Skerik's bands. I don't think it's a matter of
demanding anything, but more of a 2 way agreement...they allow you to tape
in exchange for a copy. Sounds like a fair deal to me. I wish all bands took
that stance.
Here's the 2 references for Critters Buggin:
From this link: http://www.crittersbuggin.com/nakedpravda.html
"Tapers...if you taped recent shows...please send a copy to the band!
That's their rules...and we wouldn't want them to pull the plugs now would
we...
plus, they really appreciate it!:"
And from this link: http://www.crittersbuggin.com/address.htm
"If you need to send Critters Buggin your recorded media
from a live show..."
Galactic also have a similar policy
From this link: http://fogworld.com/galactic/tape/
"Q: Are you sure you're OK with us taping your band?
A: Yep. We only ask a few things from you:
Send us the best possible copy (metal cassette or DAT) of any recording you
make to the band..."
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From: "Bruce Burnett" <peacefrog@primusvan.zzn.com>
Subject: Skeriks rules, not my rules
Reply-To: peacefrog@primusvan.zzn.com
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 09:45:23 -0800
Is there an actual printed copy, or is it on any website stating
this? or is this just everyones opinion?
Demanding anything, usually gets you nothing.
BB
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