DAT Recorders/Players

[fldrummer]

So who is using DAT's these days? It seems that DATs and tapes have died or is it just me?

For those who do mastering ect.. Do you prefer a redbook CD over DAT?

 

[Harvey Gerst]

We use both DATs (4 Tascam DA-30 MkII's) and CD recorders (4 HHB's) to transfer our 2 track mixes into the mastering computer.

 

[Massive Master]

More accurately in my case, I *have* a DAT machine. It's pretty rare that projects come in on DAT, but it happens here and there.

 

[Harvey Gerst]

More accurately in my case, I *have* a DAT machine. It's pretty rare that projects come in on DAT, but it happens here and there.

We've had DAT's here for years and I've never sent a project out on DAT to be mastered. We use the DATs to get projects into the computer for cleanup, then it goes to CD-R's.

 

[Halion]

Aren't DATs still used for field recordings, for film stuff for example?

 

[SouthSIDE Glen]

I've had a DA-30mkII in my rack for about seven years. In the first year-and-a-half I used it a few times, Since then it's done nothng but collect dust. Everything comes to me and goes out on optical disc these days. I expect to see that start changing to memory sticks and flash cards pretty soon.

Yeah, DAT is still used in many location film jobs, but even there you're starting to see the move more and more to non-tape recording (disc or solid state.)

G.