last night I was recording with a D8 (line-in) and during the set I accidentally switched the frequency from 44.1 to 32. When I listen to it now on the D8, it plays fast and doesn't sound right. Is there anything I can do when I transfer to make it sound alright? I don't really mind it being 32, just want it to sound smooth.
thanx
that sux schwill :(
tape is your friend 8)
Transfer to the PC at 44.1 and then simply change the sample rate in the WAV header. Note that this is NOT resampling, a fairly long process, you're simply changing the WAV header.
when I played it thru the DA-20, the recording had static and other weird noises. hopefully, this works...
Quote from: Draftee #00420666 on April 04, 2005, 03:54:42 PMwhen I played it thru the DA-20, the recording had static and other weird noises. hopefully, this works...
Ewwww...didn't realize that. I wonder if your D8s' heads are going? Definitely try playing back on the D8 and let us know how it goes.
Yeah, I'd play back on the D8. Something in the back of my mind tells me that LP on the D8 and LP on the DA-20 make weird stuff happen.
happens on the D8, too. I hit the switch accidently while recording so it had to switch gears. I don't know how the D8 is suppose to handle switching from 44.1 to 32, but the noise I am hearing sounds like it is on the tape.
I wanted to see if there was a fix for it because it's a good recording of a great band, but the more I think about it, I don't think it can be saved. I suspect the D8 just didn't like the change in frequency, or it doesn't like to write in 32
fwiw, the lineage is at853 > mp-2 > D8
thanx again
bummer, sean. fwiw - that is why i removed the swithes on my sbm1...
when i was trying my cf recorder on the field for the first time, i recorded at 44.1 kHz, yet the sbm1 was set to 48. the wav was 44.1 and it didnt sound funny or slow at all... i just left it as 44.1 wav. should i have done something different in the transfer stage..?
i'll get on the transfer this afternoon.
Quoteit's a good recording of a great bandQuote
to say the least. i would listen to that tape constantly. maybe after we exhaust all our options we can send the tape to bri! ;)
does the player switch gears when you play it back?
Quote from: Bri on April 05, 2005, 09:35:25 PM
does the player switch gears when you play it back?
should i try it on a d8 or da-20 first?
prolly the d-8 since it was recorded in that
Quote from: Bean on April 05, 2005, 10:26:46 PM
prolly the d-8 since it was recorded in that
ditto.
for playback, use the machine that you used for recording...
i think i'll use both eventually... if necessary. time to sleep now - i'll do it tomorrow evening.
Quote from: macdaddy on April 04, 2005, 08:34:18 PM
bummer, sean. fwiw - that is why i removed the swithes on my sbm1...
when i was trying my cf recorder on the field for the first time, i recorded at 44.1 kHz, yet the sbm1 was set to 48. the wav was 44.1 and it didnt sound funny or slow at all... i just left it as 44.1 wav. should i have done something different in the transfer stage..?
There won't be too a huge difference in speed or pitch going 44.1 to 48. I'm a musician and I just barely notice when I come across recordings like this. (If I know the music well enough I usually pick it out right away, but still, it's subtle.)
Or maybe the recorder was smart enough to fix things...
ack!
I can say I've also done this ONCE (I've since taped the selector to 48Khz on my D8).
With mine, it was weird, there was a drop out for like <1sec, then it continued recording. The problem only really became a big issue when transferring to PC (using Cool Edit Pro and an ECHO MIA MIDI card) Once the tape hit the 32Khz poiint, I got nothing but static on the recording. Solution: Once it hit the 32Khz part on tape, I stopped recording on PC, played 1 sec of tape so the card knew what freq it was, then started recording again. Worked out great.
Only other problem, was the fact I was using Sony DG60P's at the time (this was the last show I ran them actually!) so the tape had a bunch of drop outs (well, not a ton, but enough to irritate me) and also some digi noise here and there... (no probs after switching to Maxell HS4's, so it wasn't the deck).
anyway, hope this helps.
thanx for the replies, guys
armen and I are pretty convinced that the noises are on the tape and there's nothing we can do about it. Still wanna transfer it because it sounds so bad ass