Recent content by sterling1

I'm still using DAT for field recording and mastering, as well as some archiving. Am I alone. My circa 1995 Sony PCM-7010F recorders and RM-D7200 edit controller are still going strong and the sound is so far unsurpassed.

Well, after trial and error, recording a few more thundershowers this last month, I now have about an hours worth of really good material, having, it appears, properly set the recording level on the Sony DAT recorder to the 12 db indication, pursuant to the recorder's operating manual . And...

Thanks all, I do not have any way to monitor, but that can be easily remedied. Will that help me set levels? There seems to be so much contrast between the sound of rain and thunder that only one or the other sound good.

O.K. my adult son wanted me to record a recent thundershower. He said he wanted it to help him nod off to bed. So, to help him out, I got out some old gear, of which I know little about, to start recording. This recording gear consists of a Sony TCD-D8 DAT recorder connected to a Sony SBM-1 fed...

To any out there using this CD Recorder, how's it workin' out for ya?

Well, I guess I am alone with these DAT recorders.

I'm as new to this forum as I am to home recording. I have a pair of Sony PCM-7010F time-code DAT recorders connected to a Sony RM-D7200 wired remote controller, which allows for automatic edits within 3 frame accuracy. Since I purchased these units, back in 1994, or thereabouts, I've used them...