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Gear / Technical Help => Recording Gear => Topic started by: Sean Gallemore on April 03, 2005, 08:42:43 PM
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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
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that sux schwill :(
tape is your friend 8)
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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.
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when I played it thru the DA-20, the recording had static and other weird noises. hopefully, this works...
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when 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.
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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.
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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
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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..?
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i'll get on the transfer this afternoon.
it's a good recording of a great band
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! ;)
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does the player switch gears when you play it back?
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does the player switch gears when you play it back?
should i try it on a d8 or da-20 first?
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prolly the d-8 since it was recorded in that
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prolly the d-8 since it was recorded in that
ditto.
for playback, use the machine that you used for recording...
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i think i'll use both eventually... if necessary. time to sleep now - i'll do it tomorrow evening.
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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...
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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.
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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