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Gear / Technical Help => Recording Gear => Recording Media => Topic started by: Taper Chris on June 28, 2012, 03:47:51 PM

Title: dat help?
Post by: Taper Chris on June 28, 2012, 03:47:51 PM

I have quite a few dats from 01 and 02 that are all messed up ultrasonically like and not hi fi . Whats with this baking of old school reels of analog, and can this be done w dats?

Title: Re: dat help?
Post by: Taper Chris on June 28, 2012, 03:48:32 PM

they are mostly sony dds1 tapes w the problems.

Title: Re: dat help?
Post by: twatts (pants are so over-rated...) on June 28, 2012, 03:57:39 PM

Are you sure its your DATs and not your player???  I had a friend tell me his DATs were shot, but they played just fine in my Deck...  Turns out his Deck needed a tune-up...

Terry

Title: Re: dat help?
Post by: Taper Chris on June 28, 2012, 04:37:50 PM

we'll see after I get another deck. It seems 03,04 and on are fine.

Title: Re: dat help?
Post by: twatts (pants are so over-rated...) on June 28, 2012, 04:43:48 PM

Next question I have is:  are any of those PH or related???

Terry

Title: Re: dat help?
Post by: capnhook on June 28, 2012, 05:29:19 PM

Quote from: charvey on June 28, 2012, 04:37:50 PM

we'll see after I get another deck. It seems 03,04 and on are fine.

Find a gently-used Sony PCM-R500; it is a full-head deck (or some other full-head) as opposed to something like a Tascam DA20-MKII (half-head).

I have one of both, and the Sony will read everything the Tascam won't.  The Tascam is fast becoming the "rewind mule" around here....

Title: Re: dat help?
Post by: Taper Chris on June 28, 2012, 08:02:02 PM

Yes, T, a grip of them are TAB and a few Vida Blue.  I havent played them yet. Still Going through PLF n Ratdog. And a sick Primus from 03.
I'm using a Sony PCM-M1, Oade concert mod. Really the DDS-1's I taped 03 and after are mostly ok.