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Title: Conversion help
Post by: lstringer on September 21, 2004, 12:27:02 AM

Hey now, 
      Got a stack of dats, a D-8 , a new HP Paviliion with XP Home and Sound Forge installed but can't seem to download anything to it???
How do ya go into the computer??? Have mini input as well as usb???
Where do ya try to send the wav from D-8 to computer???
And how do ya get Sound Forge to pick it up???

Help

Peace Lew

Title: Re: Conversion help
Post by: Gordon on September 21, 2004, 12:44:02 AM

you need a digital soundcard with a coax in.  I suggest the M Audio Delta line.  the audiophile 24/96 is what a lot of us use.  great card. 

Title: Re: Conversion help
Post by: lstringer on September 21, 2004, 12:48:31 AM

can I use an adapter to reduce the coax to mini???
I believe that I have a soundcard in the puter
Lew

Title: Re: Conversion help
Post by: Gordon on September 21, 2004, 12:56:24 AM

you do have a soundcard.  but you need a DIGITAL soundcard that is capable of recording at different sample rates (not resampling on the fly) and that is bit perfect.

Title: Re: Conversion help
Post by: lstringer on September 21, 2004, 01:01:31 AM

any link to start looking for one
Thanks for the info
Lew

Title: Re: Conversion help
Post by: Gordon on September 21, 2004, 01:15:02 AM

this a good deal.  they go for as high as +$150

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here is a very good deal on a delta dio (also a m audio)

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more

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Title: Re: Conversion help
Post by: Ed. on September 21, 2004, 12:34:45 PM

you could technically go line out from the dat to the line in on your computer - but that would be lossy.  a bit perfect digital sound card is definitely worth the money if you can afford it.

edit: this might be helpful (http://www.taperssection.com/yabbse/index.php?topic=26374.msg331296#msg331296)

Title: Re: Conversion help
Post by: creekfreak on September 21, 2004, 07:41:46 PM

you will also need a 7 pin digi cable...unless you want to go line out into an analog soundcard, but that sounds like ass and isn't bit perfect by any stretch of the imagination