DAT-heads Digest #407

Contents:
  Melt Banana taping policy? ("Bryan Hopkins")
  TCD-D8 ("Joseph S Choghi")
  Re:Re: Best Way to Transefr from DAT to Computer  (Michael)
  Tascam 103 analog deck manual? (James Treworgy)
  Re: Best Way to Transefr from DAT to Computer (Peter DiCamillo)


From: "Bryan Hopkins" <chungas_revenge@hotmail.com>
Subject: Melt Banana taping policy?
Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2005 12:23:45 -0500

Anyone know the deal with taping MB?
Let me rephrase that, Does anyone know the deal with taping Melt Banana and 
would they please let me know if they allow open taping? :)

B.





From: "Joseph S Choghi" <jchoghi@sbcglobal.net>
Subject: TCD-D8
Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 09:27:55 -0800

I am looking for a TCD-D8 in good working condition.
Please let me know.
I've been hearing a lot about the Edirol-R1 but never seen one.
Somebody earlier had recording problem using condenser mikes.
I am not clear about it's SNR and dynamic range.
Any info is appreciated, is it worth $400?

Joe






From: Michael <fmjqm@aol.com>
Subject: Re:Re: Best Way to Transefr from DAT to Computer 
Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 12:44:00 -0600

i have 2 concure w/ bob in that a dds drive is the ezest way ive found 2 
get the dat data 2the computer, altho im not sure Y 2 push the whole 
linux thing  unless that program is free, cuz there r 2 decent windows 
progs that do the job fine & at least dat2wav is fairly ez 2 find 4free 
the other prog is vdat.

as 4 setup the drive & the scsi card r readily avalible i got mine 4 
under $40 4 years ago, & there r quite a few sites that tell ya how 2 
set it up i think 1 of the guys who posts here often has a page that 
tells ya how.
heres 1 that links 2 most others tho: 
http://www.zianet.com/jgray/dat/links.html

 > From: Bob Ramstad <rramstad@gmail.com>
 > Subject: Re: Best Way to Transefr from DAT to Computer
 > Reply-To: rramstad@alum.mit.edu
 > Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 10:30:26 -0800
 >
 > > From: "Vernon Webb" <vernon@cwnj.com>
 > > Subject: Best Way to Transefr from DAT to Computer
 > > Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 14:52:58 -0500

 > I hope this helps.  Obviously many details would require extensive
 > comments on my part to make clear... but this is an outline, and
 > frankly filling in the details is part of the learning process.  Maybe
 > I'll write up a web page someday...
 >
 > -- Bob






From: James Treworgy <jamie@treworgy.com>
Subject: Tascam 103 analog deck manual?
Reply-To: James Treworgy <jamie@trewtech.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 14:04:57 -0500

I realize this is a DAT list, but there's no such thing as an analog
discussion group anymore I and figured someone might still own one of
these.

I picked up a used Tascam 103 deck in order to use a decent quality
cassette deck for transferring a lot of irreplaceable analog tapes to
digital. (Amaazing how hard is is to find a decent used cassette deck
that's not just way too expensive... people apparently still willing
to pay $150+ for a pro deck on ebay that's 10 or 15 years old!!)

Anyway it obviously has no manual. I'm not sure how to adjust the bias
controls on the deck. I wondered if anyone either has a manual for the
deck they'd be willing to scan (at least the relevant sections) or
could explain/direct me to info on setting bias correctly. It has a
single "BIAS" knob with "REF" labelled at the center position, and two
other knobs labelled "PRESET" for the L&R channel that are near the
bias knob with range "MIN" to "MAX". I am not sure if these are also
for bias adjustment or for something else.

Sorry for the non-DAT related content (except that the purpose of this
is to create bits from sine waves...) and any suggestions or help
appreciated.




From: Peter DiCamillo <Peter_DiCamillo@brown.edu>
Subject: Re: Best Way to Transefr from DAT to Computer
Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2005 09:32:37 -0500

Bob Ramstad wrote:

> I can tell you what I use.  I have an audio capable DAT drive that I
> purchased from Mashtek.  I have it connected to a box running a
> version of Linux (White Box Enterprise Linux) but any version of Linux
> would do.  I use read_dat to import from the DATs.
> 
> This avoids the whole soundcard and timing issue entirely, and as a
> bonus, the DATs are read in at 2x normal speed.

I use this method too, and find that it works very well.  I do it using 
an audio-capable Sony SDT-9000 DAT drive, and using Mac OS X with a 
program I wrote, based on the code for read_dat.  The program should 
work with other drives as well.  I'll be glad to provide a copy of the 
program to anyone who requests it.

Peter


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