punkin
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When will they learn 
...don't...I say DON'T...feed the bear.
...don't...I say DON'T...feed the bear.
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I ate my bass
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BAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!!SouthSIDE Glen said:Now there's an idea!
What I can't figure out is how Masters managed to post to the forum from his casette deck.
j/k
G.
nice.
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Masters Of War
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I have a question for you vwcsonic, how well has your cr300 worked out because the price range is right for what I'm looking for (the tascam stuff is just too expensive for me right now). If I were to pick up the cr300 (or something similar) could I go back and invest in something like the sv3700 and use the cr300 simply for making CDs from master dats without losing sound quality? Thanks for all the info, you've been very helpful. Also if anyone recomend some good quality brands to check out (that haven't already been mentioned) that would be awesome, thanks.
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bigtoe
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'If I were to pick up the cr300 (or something similar) could I go back and invest in something like the sv3700 and use the cr300 simply for making CDs from master dats without losing sound quality?'
yep. you can go out of the DAT digitally into the CD burner. i do. loss of sound quality? not that i can tell, but i'm not sure what the implications are digital to digital.
dat tapes are a nitemare though.
oh no...i have a negative reputation? gee golly. what a shame.
pax,
Mike
yep. you can go out of the DAT digitally into the CD burner. i do. loss of sound quality? not that i can tell, but i'm not sure what the implications are digital to digital.
dat tapes are a nitemare though.
oh no...i have a negative reputation? gee golly. what a shame.
pax,
Mike
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Masters Of War
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Really? What's wrong with them, I have no experience with dats so any info would be great, thanks.
SonicAlbert
Super-Sonic "Herb" Albert
I used to use DAT tapes a lot, and man am I glad that's basically a dead format at this point. The tapes are very small and fragile, and DAT machines often had a nasty tendency to eat tapes. It's not just me, I saw it happen with all sorts of different machines. I also found the transports of DAT machines to be fragile, requiring frequent trips to the shop for adjustment or just plain dying young.
The Panasonic 3700 has a special mode you can get into to see the error rate, and keeping the machine aligned to produce a low error rate was an art unto itself. My recording engineer had his machine beautifully maintained so that it produced a very low error rate. But he had it in the shop all the time. And even then, after I had my machine serviced by the same guy that did his mine produced much higher error rates. And you could hear the difference. Subtle but audible.
The Panasonic 3700 has a special mode you can get into to see the error rate, and keeping the machine aligned to produce a low error rate was an art unto itself. My recording engineer had his machine beautifully maintained so that it produced a very low error rate. But he had it in the shop all the time. And even then, after I had my machine serviced by the same guy that did his mine produced much higher error rates. And you could hear the difference. Subtle but audible.
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bigtoe
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Masters Of War said:
my beeg problem which sonic albert brought up - DAT's are easily munchible, (technical term.)
I had mine serviced once a year every year and had no real problems with it besides the usual munched DAT. Sonically, my mixes never wildly changed over time to my ear as the check up drew closer - it was just preventative maintenance.
It's getting hard to find service for 'em...i personally couldn't find anyone local. i went to www.prodigitalinc.com. Excellent service/ good rate.
later,
Mike
LemonTree
Suck 'em and see!
get a wax cylinder