I've got a strange problem when transferring my DATs. Here's how I do it:
D8 > sony poc da12sp > optical miniplug to toslink adapter > terratec aureon 5.1 > audacity
The transfers I'm getting are really weird. When having everything connected but the DAT's not playing I get a beeping sound in the right channel. When playing the DAT the sound gets horribly distorted on the right channel and there's nothing on the left.
Attached a screenshot of the waveform (looks really weird) and a mp3 sample of the start of the transfer.
Has anyone experienced the same or knows how to fix this?
thanks
EDIT:
I just tried transferring with my HiMD:
D8 (dat 48 kHz) > sony poc da12sp > sony mz nh600 optical in (HiMD, 44.1 kHz wav)
This worked perfectly (except for 48 kHz > 44.1 kHz). So this eliminates the cable and the digital out on the D8 as the problem. Reall happy about that, since I got them both used from this board almost 2 months ago. Also, this is my first attempt to transfer a dat tape.