i have 1000's of dats. probably 500-1000 that are masters. i have been told to transfer them before they stop working. i have final cut 5,6,+7 on 3 dif computers. also have a box that does aes/ebu to firewire. also have a fostex d5 dat with aes/ebu out. with final cut i can log and capture, but it wants to see a video signal. with the video signal it eats up 8-10gb of hd space per hour. i can then convert the audio to aiff and that reduces the file to normal dat size. anyone know of a better way? i have also been told of internal scsi dat readers for sale on ebay for cheap that work with pc's. i am worried about the learning curve with this method, plus it might eat the tapes. anyone know of a "how to" when using these scsi dat readers? thx in advance
Why not use a audio editing/capturing program that doesn't require a video signal instead of Final Cut?
can't you just send the firewire signal into audacity??
1. use an audio program like Cheesecadet suggested
2. your mac probably has an optical in. use the optical out of the d5