DAT-heads Digest #428

Contents:
  Serial ATA or SCSI (Charles Quinn)
  DA-20 and "service mode" (Martin Hruschka)
  Re:Stealth-Bust-HD conundrum (michael gilson)
  Re: Getting 'busted' - Social Engineering 101 (swsmith@ix.netcom.com)
  Mule Extras: 2nd Weekend of Jazzfest @ Orpheum ("wboswell@excite.com")
  Mars Volta taping info ("Gary Davis")
  F/S RM-d3 Kit ("Drewboy")
  ISO: Calla shows ("cpr12378")


From: Charles Quinn <cmquinn@mindspring.com>
Subject: Serial ATA or SCSI
Reply-To: Charles Quinn <cmquinn@mindspring.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 09:28:33 -0800 (GMT-08:00)

I have an old Pentium 3 450 system that I built years ago with SCSI drives. It is finally time for a replacement! With the SCSI drives I can load a three hour show and when editing in Soundforge can scroll through the three hour show with no stuttered movement (i.e., the scroll is continuous and the software does not need to wait for the drive to catch up). Can someone with a Serial ATA system give me feedback on their system and if they can scroll without waiting for the drive? Or should I go with SCSI again?

It would help if you describe your brand of drives, the speed of the drive (e.g., 7200 rpm)  and interface card.

Thanks

Chuck Quinn



From: Martin Hruschka <m.hruschka@t-online.de>
Subject: DA-20 and "service mode"
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 18:53:22 +0100

Hello,
I own a Tascam DA-20 (not MKII!) and I'm wondering if it has the ability
to show the error-correction (errors etc...) with some "secret
commands". I know that e.g. the DA-P1 can do this..
Is there a possibilty?

Thanks, Martin



From: michael gilson <tangerine23@sympatico.ca>
Subject: Re:Stealth-Bust-HD conundrum
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 12:59:48 -0500

> From: Richard <wehideandseek@yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re:Stealth-Bust-HD conundrum
> Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 08:58:47 -0800 (PST)

> My suggestion is to carry something small [mini-disc
> recorder] w/ dummy blank loaded, or actually taking
> signal and hand THAT over as the "master".
> Most of these folk will have never seen the newer
> lines of HD [though it is just a matter of time] and
> may just fall for the disc.

Excellent suggestions (and I'm sure we all have a ready supply of dud DAT
tapes or MDs that we can use to stick those dummy stickers to), as long as
you mean hand over the disc or other media, not the recorder itself. :-)
Never surrender your gear, even an outmoded MD recorder!

Thing is, with a HD recorder, and no decoy, one might have no choice but to
erase a just-recorded gem of a show from the drive while they watch--how
painful.

I concur that most goons have no idea that a JB3 isn't a garden-variety CD
walkman (although the form factor is just a tad too small), especially if
one walks into the venue with it in a fanny pack, with headphones jacked
into it and in one's ears or around one's neck.

And surely it isn't coincidence that the only place it says "REC" on a JB3
is on the removable face plate?

Anyway, within a few years I'm sure we'll all have cellphone-based,
Bluetooth-enabled recording devices with decent full frequency range mic
capsules built in and 4 GB flash memory capacity, and the infrastructure of
popular music distribution will truly have changed irrevocably.




From: swsmith@ix.netcom.com
Subject: Re: Getting 'busted' - Social Engineering 101
Reply-To: swsmith@ix.netcom.com
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 12:45:56 -0600 (GMT-06:00)




Do the security guys actually know where the tape loading bay is, or _isn't_,
on a JB3?  Carry a sacrificial tape & social engineer your way out of it... ;)  
(You could hand 'em a micro-cassette & they'd likely not know it from a DAT...)

Having a set of dead batteries on you to do the same sort of okey-doke
manuver with can also be useful... I'd bet they don't know which is the power 
button, either...

Stan Smith

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From: Rob Gronotte <rob@patriot.net>
Subject: Re: DAT-heads Digest #425
Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 12:24:57 -0500 (EST)

Just wondering since you mentioned using this setup in a stealth situation 
- what happens if you get busted taping a show?  I have thought about 
moving to a solution like this, but I have been busted before and 
probably will again; at least now I can usually just give the security my 
tape and get out of there.  I know they don't really have a legal right 
to confiscate equipment since that issue has been discussed on DAT-heads 
in the past, but everyone also knows that venue security isn't always 
as enlightened on legal aspects of taping; how are you going to talk a 
security goon into letting you leave with your equipment if it already 
has a show on the hard equipment?

Rob

Why don't you come up and surf me sometime? --> http://www.patriot.net/users/rob
> From: <fluffhead@cox.net>
> Subject: Re: Edirol R1 vs Marantz 660
> Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 12:49:32 -0500
> 
> > So we continue to search for the holy grail of DAT replacement...
> 
> I don't think I would call it the holy grail,  but other than a few 
> minor complaints I love my JB3 and you can find them for $100-130.  
> Analog/digital in, 3 hour max file length when recording wav at 48k, 6 
> hours recording off 2 rechargable battieries.  Firewire transfer to the PC.
> 
> I have a stealh setup and a full rig... works fine with both.  
> Stealthed cake/everclear last night.  DSM6P -> PA-3SX -> JB3.  Came 
> home... started the transfer... started to get ready for bed... both 
> shows were transferred by the time I was done brushing my teath.






From: "wboswell@excite.com" <wboswell@excite.com>
Subject: Mule Extras: 2nd Weekend of Jazzfest @ Orpheum
Reply-To: wboswell@excite.com
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 17:01:18 -0500 (EST)


I have a pair for each night which I will not be able to use.  Tickets are GA Floor.  I have $175 in it and would like to get that back.  If you've got something else in mind, let me know.  I'm flexible.

Thanks,
William





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From: "Gary Davis" <g@hoxnet.com>
Subject: Mars Volta taping info
Reply-to: g@hoxnet.com
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 14:46:25 -0800

Does anyone know about Mars Volta's taping policies?
Anyone know how to contact them in advance to discuss a 
possible soundboard tape, etc?
thanks
--Gary



From: "Drewboy" <drewboy@twcny.rr.com>
Subject: F/S RM-d3 Kit
Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 07:13:35 -0500


The Sony RM-D3K system integrator kit, expands any TCD series SONY DAT deck
with these features: remote control for the DAT unit, digital SPDIF input /
output (coax or optical), INDEXING, and timer record function

This unit is extremely hard to find and it is no longer manufacured by SONY.

The RM-D3K is compatible with these Sony DAT decks: TCD-D3, TCD-D7, TCD-D8,
M1, and M100.  These DAT recorders implement Sony's proprietary connector
format (7 Pin).
Condition: Excellent, lightly home used.

Sony RM-D3K Features:
• System: infrared pulse method
• Power requirements: 120V AC, 60Hz (USA/Canadian model)
• Power consumption: 2.2W (RMR-D3)
• Inputs: digital coaxial connector (phono-jack), digital optical connector
(optical jack)
• Outputs: digital coaxial connector (phono-jack), 75 ohms, 0.5Vp-p, +-20%,
digital optical connector (optical jack) wavelength: 680nm, -18dBm

Includes: 1 RM-D3K, 1 original retail box (and packing materials),1 remote
control and 1 original owners manual.

$150.00





From: "cpr12378" <cpr12378@hotmail.com>
Subject: ISO: Calla shows
Reply-To: "cpr12378" <cpr12378@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 09:09:15 -0600

i've recorded them twice, once this time last year and the other from last 
week opening for french kicks; both in dallas.  neither has been traded out. 
looking for other shows by them, especially newer ones.  the new songs are 
great!  please send lists.

clint
cpr12378@hotmail.com


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