Cave Dweller
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( i realize that this may seem like the wrong forum to post this in, but i consider this subject to be a very important part of each person's "recording techniques")
right now i am recording on 2 fostex D80 harddrive recorders, giving me 16 tracks. recently i purchased a blackface ADAT recorder in a deal with a bunch of other gear. all the units are 16 bit, but i dont care too much about the bit rate ( i do care about sound quality, but lots of great sounding recordings have been been done on 16 bit).
MY PROBLEM: harddrives for the fostex units are hard to find. they will only use harddrives up to about 8 gig. (larger drives work, but they are a waste as only 8 gig of the drive is used). some people have big issues with the ADAT format, they say there are errors and problems and such. i have tried with limited success to sync the fostex units and the adat together
THE BIG QUESTION: should i ditch the fostex units and go adat? i am looking to the future and i dont want to be stuck with machines that i cant find media for. the positives for the adats are the availability of tapes, and compatiblilty with other studios. however i havent worked with adat at all. can anyone enlighten me with some opinions about either format? thanks!
right now i am recording on 2 fostex D80 harddrive recorders, giving me 16 tracks. recently i purchased a blackface ADAT recorder in a deal with a bunch of other gear. all the units are 16 bit, but i dont care too much about the bit rate ( i do care about sound quality, but lots of great sounding recordings have been been done on 16 bit).
MY PROBLEM: harddrives for the fostex units are hard to find. they will only use harddrives up to about 8 gig. (larger drives work, but they are a waste as only 8 gig of the drive is used). some people have big issues with the ADAT format, they say there are errors and problems and such. i have tried with limited success to sync the fostex units and the adat together
THE BIG QUESTION: should i ditch the fostex units and go adat? i am looking to the future and i dont want to be stuck with machines that i cant find media for. the positives for the adats are the availability of tapes, and compatiblilty with other studios. however i havent worked with adat at all. can anyone enlighten me with some opinions about either format? thanks!