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Gear / Technical Help => Ask The Tapers => Topic started by: NewHomebrew on August 26, 2005, 11:04:32 PM
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What percent of your DATs are totally clean digitally?
Trading on DAT, I am getting a little frustrated combing through my tapes for the inevitable pops and fizzies here and there. Even tapes that have only been through one DAT copy or direct analog transfers. If I transfer the DAT to my PC digitally, and listen to the file and look at it spectrally, there are glitches 99% of the time, even on stuff from very respected traders.
Is this just the nature of DAT clones? Would starting with a completely clean source file and then authoring to, and trading on DVD-A solve this problem?
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I'd try a good wet cleaning on your heads if you're having the problem on that many tapes.
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Is this just the nature of DAT clones? Would starting with a completely clean source file and then authoring to, and trading on DVD-A solve this problem?
hoover's advice is good if you want to continue trading on DAT. but, like... yeah, trade on dvd-r. that's most definitely the way to go. get a clean transfer done the night of the show, FLAC it up, and... it's good to go for all eternity.
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Is this just the nature of DAT clones? Would starting with a completely clean source file and then authoring to, and trading on DVD-A solve this problem?
hoover's advice is good if you want to continue trading on DAT. but, like... yeah, trade on dvd-r. that's most definitely the way to go. get a clean transfer done the night of the show, FLAC it up, and... it's good to go for all eternity.
until corrosion occurs on the DVD-r, then you are fucked again. best way to make sure it lives forever - make a ton of copies and send them to different people. upload them to servers that are backed up. etc.
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Thanks for the ideas, I will make sure the decks are ok and it's not some other issue.