DAT-heads Digest #946

Contents:
  ACL Festival (Stephen Stroud)
  help needed from 744t users (Adam Smith)


From: Stephen Stroud <stroud@sympatico.ca>
Subject: ACL Festival
Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2006 16:45:21 -0400

Did anyone happen to record The Tragically Hip's set, I think it was on 
Friday.

let me know
Steve
stroud.steveatgmail.com




From: Adam Smith <adaml@lanset.com>
Subject: help needed from 744t users
Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2006 18:23:21 -0700

Hi, I'm hoping someone here can help out or shed some light on this 
problem before contacting Sound Devices. My friend and I are having 
problems connecting a 744 and a DAT deck digitally in the field. The 744 
was the master deck operating at 44.1Khz, 16 bit, 2 channel. The digital 
out of the 744 was set to consumer mode which I believe is the spdif 
setting. Using the 75 ohm bnc to rca adapter ( purchased with the 
recorder) and connecting a digital cable between the two. A Sony D8 gave 
a no input available, Both an HHB portadat and a Tascam DAP1 could lock 
on the signal but were showing that they were recording digitally in 
48K. We both thought that was a little strange but being new users of 
this unit we figured we might have over looked something in the 744 
menu. the 744 recorded flawlessly. Upon playback of the DAT tapes the 
audio on both decks was scrambled and inaudible. We have gone over the 
manual a few times and can't find anything that addresses the problem. 
If I remember correctly AES/EBU is a higher voltage than spdif and will 
usually result in a no input error if you try to connect the two without 
a convertor. I'm wondering if the 744 has a bad clock signal out, but 
that is just a guess. Anyone hear or have a similar problem with this 
unit? My friend contacted the vendor where he purchased the unit but 
they couldn't come come up with a solution.
thanks for the help, Adam



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