Tascam Dual Well Recorder Duplicator and generations

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I have a question concerning generations in duplicating. I do my final mix from a multitrack cassette 4 track to a Tascam CD duplicator recorder dual well machine. The salesman told me this machine was a studio grade machine vs a consumer grade machine. Better recording quality. Something about CD recording standards. Is going from the cassette 4 track (mixed to 2 tracks) to the CD recorder a generation? Is dupicating the CD master recorded from the 4 track in the duplicating well at 4x speed another generation? I guess I am asking is there some fidelity lost at the CD recording level. DB
 
The CD to CD transfer should be an inaudible difference in the transfer as you are merely copying data.

The analog to digital transfer will be a generational transfer as there you are depending on the quality of the A/D converter in the CD recorder to do a decent job of preserving your original analog warmth and detail which 16 bit digital has known short comings in achieving true transparency.

A 24 bit DAT or hard disk recorder would do far better a job but then, does it make sense to use ultra high end digital to preserve a cassette recording?

Cheers! :)
 
I think you would do better just recording to the CD burner from teh 4 track rather than mixing to a two track cassette, and then to a CD. That would be a generation.
 
Outlaws,

I don't believe David was using a two track cassette deck in his situation and question.

Give it a closer read.

Cheers! :)
 
David Benson said:
Is going from the cassette 4 track (mixed to 2 tracks) to the CD recorder a generation?
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I guess I mis-read that.
 
Tascam Dual well and generations

The model number on the Tascam is CD-RW402. It is a dicontinued this year. And yes I do record direct from the csssette 4 track to the CD recorder. Thanks for the replys concerning generations. So then a machine like this is 16 Bit? Dat's and hard drive stuff are 24Bit? DB
 
David Benson said:
Dat's and hard drive stuff are 24Bit? DB
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DATs can also be 20bit, and hardrives are whatever your A/D converters are.

But you just have to remember that this is coming from a cassette...so a CD should have plenty of resolution.
 
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