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
Run the D8 via SPDIF into your 680. Copy the SD Card to the PC and coy over the WAV file...
Terry
Unless your friend only has less than 10 DATs I would strongly recommend against using a D8 for xfers
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
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.
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.
Thanks All. My friend has a lot of dats. So will run this by him and see what he thinks...
Thanks again.
-p
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
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.
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
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"
QuoteI never liked the idea of on-the-fly DAT>CD transfers...anything I might have done that way - I have subsequently re-done.
ditto!