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Title: Sony D8 To PC
Post by: phil_er_up on February 25, 2014, 04:16:55 PM: Hi All,

Friend has a Sony D8 and he wants to transfer his dats to his PC.

What cable would he need?
Any other suggestions?

Thanks in advance. Appreciate it.

-p
Title: Re: Sony D8 To PC
Post by: twatts (pants are so over-rated...) on February 25, 2014, 04:35:12 PM: Run the D8 via SPDIF into your 680. Copy the SD Card to the PC and coy over the WAV file...

Terry
Title: Re: Sony D8 To PC
Post by: H₂O on February 26, 2014, 07:15:34 PM: Unless your friend only has less than 10 DATs I would strongly recommend against using a D8 for xfers
Title: Re: Sony D8 To PC
Post by: twatts (pants are so over-rated...) on February 27, 2014, 07:15:21 AM: Quote from: H₂O on February 26, 2014, 07:15:34 PM
Unless your friend only has less than 10 DATs I would strongly recommend against using a D8 for xfers

Yeah... Try to find a "better" deck... If you have a small amount of DATs, you can probably find someone to do them for you (I might, depending on numbers - PM me)... If you have a large amount, it will be worth the investment...

Terry
Title: Re: Sony D8 To PC
Post by: Len Moskowitz (Core Sound) on February 27, 2014, 07:57:15 AM: Quote from: phil_er_up on February 25, 2014, 04:16:55 PM
What cable would he need?

Our 7-Pin-to-Coax cable: www.core-sound.com/7-pin-coax-blurb/1.php (http://www.core-sound.com/7-pin-coax-blurb/1.php)

Add a S/PDIF interface device to his PC and an audio recording program (like Audacity) and he'll have everything he needs.
Title: Re: Sony D8 To PC
Post by: runonce on February 27, 2014, 08:29:55 AM: Quote from: Len Moskowitz (Core Sound) on February 27, 2014, 07:57:15 AM
Quote from: phil_er_up on February 25, 2014, 04:16:55 PM
What cable would he need?

Our 7-Pin-to-Coax cable: www.core-sound.com/7-pin-coax-blurb/1.php (http://www.core-sound.com/7-pin-coax-blurb/1.php)

Add a S/PDIF interface device to his PC and an audio recording program (like Audacity) and he'll have everything he needs.

Since so many of us already have recorders with digital inputs - its better to use that, rather than tie your computer up doing transfers.
Title: Re: Sony D8 To PC
Post by: phil_er_up on February 28, 2014, 08:08:22 AM: Thanks All. My friend has a lot of dats. So will run this by him and see what he thinks...

Thanks again.

-p
Title: Re: Sony D8 To PC
Post by: phil_er_up on March 03, 2014, 08:07:25 AM: Have a question:

The way this person has been transferring the dats is D8 via RCA connection to a stand alone CD burner.

Does this process transfer the files properly?

Thanks.

Patrick
Title: Re: Sony D8 To PC
Post by: Len Moskowitz (Core Sound) on March 03, 2014, 08:21:24 AM: If by "RCA connection" you mean an analog link, then it's not doing a perfect transfer. It might be "proper" and good enough, depending on what your ears tell you.

If by "RCA connection" you mean that you have a 7-pin-to-coax cable (either Sony's or our's), then if the DAT recording was made as 44.1/16, and as long as the CD recorder isn't resampling, chances are good that it's a perfect transfer.
Title: Re: Sony D8 To PC
Post by: H₂O on March 03, 2014, 09:06:17 AM: Quote from: phil_er_up on March 03, 2014, 08:07:25 AM
Have a question:

The way this person has been transferring the dats is D8 via RCA connection to a stand alone CD burner.

Does this process transfer the files properly?

Thanks.

Patrick

Probably not - I would never suggest going DAT > CDR
Cons:
Assuming it's digital xfer:
- sampling rate conversion occurs if source is not 44.1khz
- limited to 80minutes per cd-r - so you have to stop tape and swap cd-r's

If it's analog:
- your adding an unnecessary DA > AD stage that are probably not the best quality (the D8 isn't just ok)
- you may have to adjust levels

Bottom line is that this not a good approach - Get a good pro dat deck such as a PCM-R500 and a non sample rate converting sound card and be done with it
Title: Re: Sony D8 To PC
Post by: runonce on March 03, 2014, 09:29:41 AM: I never liked the idea of on-the-fly DAT>CD transfers...anything I might have done that way - I have subsequently re-done.

Seemed like subjecting the data to "CD-ification" was a bad idea...and not really an "archive"
Title: Re: Sony D8 To PC
Post by: TaperBryan on March 05, 2014, 05:11:05 PM: Quote
I never liked the idea of on-the-fly DAT>CD transfers...anything I might have done that way - I have subsequently re-done.

ditto!