DAT-heads Digest #410

Contents:
  Re: Best Way To Convert DAT to Computer ("Richard S. Campbell")
  DAT to WAV ("Vernon Webb")
  Rig for sale (AKG 414's, ad2k+, PortaDat) (ngregory@nc.rr.com)
  Re: Best Way to Transefr from DAT to Computer (Peter DiCamillo)


From: "Richard S. Campbell" <richardscampbell@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Best Way To Convert DAT to Computer
Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2005 11:24:51 -0700


Using DDS Drives:
>1. sounds good because it could be done in 2x speed. but afaik it gives up
> on audio-wise error correction, so if your deck has an error count above 0
> for your tapes i don't think it is such a good a good idea after all.
> Of course in theory the software could try to do some error correction, 
> but does it? will it be a match for the chips in your deck?
> i think not!

From my experience:
I have seen error rates go both ways.  i.e. the Sony DDS-3 drives have some
of the best heads ever put into a DDS drive and I have been able to read
errored audio tapes in this DDS3 drive without any errors.  My Panasonic,
Tascam, Fostex, and Sony decks all can't play the tapes with out audible
diginoise (all in the same spots).  The RIP in the DDS3 is clean as a
whistle.

Also the Seagate/Conner/Archive DDS2 and DDS1 drives do not have these low
error heads so the errors will show up in these rips.  So if you go with DDS
DAT ripping you will need to get a Sony SDT-9000 drive - preferably SGI with
13.1 FW.  

When I was using DDS2 drives and I found a tape with a lot of errors I would
clone it with pro-decks and then rip the clone with the DDS drive - this
only worked for me about 1/4 or less of the time (the errors where to bad
that any deck I tried would clean them up).

It is important to note that the software error correction with DAT2WAV (not
sure with VDAT and others) is not very robust and error correction on a
Pro-DAT deck will be superior than the DAT2WAV DDS option.

Over all I have had excellent results with DDS3 drives and DAT2WAV.  For the
time savings I can't see a better way to transfer.

-Richard




From: "Vernon Webb" <vernon@cwnj.com>
Subject: DAT to WAV
Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2005 16:01:12 -0500

OK, so we've covered the idea of how to get DAT on to a PC. So for the next part of 
the question. DATs are 48k and CDs are 44k. So what format do most people RIP their 
wavs as 48 or 41? I can see the benefit of RIPPING as 48, to preserve the quality of 
the DAT original format, but 48s can't be ripped to CD. So do we rip as 48, convert to 
44, then RIP to CD? Huge job, especially once you've broken the tracks down and so 
forth. Of course we can keep the entire wav as 48k, break down the tracks, save then 
convert to 44k and then to FLAC, but damn, the work and the amount of disk space.

My intended purpose is to create FLAC files, so again, what is everyone else doing?

Thanks



From: ngregory@nc.rr.com
Subject: Rig for sale (AKG 414's, ad2k+, PortaDat)
Reply-to: ngregory@nc.rr.com
Date: Fri, 04 Mar 2005 17:39:53 -0500

Posting for a friend...contact him at the email below:

Rig for sale (AKG 414's, ad2k+, PortaDat)


-Sonic ad2k+ with 12v SLA and battery cable. Excellent cosmetic and working condition. $750 shipped.

-HHb PortaDat in *mint* condition with brand new PortaBrace bag, 3 professionally recelled internal batteries, 1 12v SLA and 2 internal battery chargers that hold 2 batteries each. $750 shipped.

-AKG 414 ULS. Hand matched from the fatctory in brand new, mint condition. They come with the AKG shockmounts and windscreens as well as a heavy duty AKG flight case for each mic. I will also include a smaller padded Apogee case for transporting the mics without having to use the flight cases. $1100 shipped and insured.

Please contact Jason: gottajiboo40@mac.com




From: Peter DiCamillo <Peter_DiCamillo@brown.edu>
Subject: Re: Best Way to Transefr from DAT to Computer
Date: Fri, 04 Mar 2005 17:59:26 -0500

I wrote:

> Due to receiving several requests, I've set up a web page from which you 
> can download my program.  You can get it at: 
> http://buzzlabs.com/~peter/datxtract/  There is more information there 
> as well.

I've had to move this web page to a new location:
   http://pdicamillo.org/~peter/datxtract/


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