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Cheap way to DAT > WAV via USB or Firewire
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July 25, 2010, 04:11:26 PM »
HI,
I've recently gotten the bug to start taping again. I ended up selling my desktop that I used for DAT > WAV via Wave Terminal soundcard. I still have the soundcard somewhere, but have a laptop now that has USB and a Fire-wire connection. Right now I'm looking for something that's fairly inexpensive (~$100). is this possible... ? Obviously I want to stay in the digital realm and don't want to do any unnecessary re-sampling.
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Re: Cheap way to DAT > WAV via USB or Firewire
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July 25, 2010, 04:41:20 PM »
Are you committed to sticking with the DAT?
Instead of investing in that, you could buy a used iriver for close to $100, or for a little more, an R-09. You will love transferring files with either of those!
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def not comminted to using DAT... It's the what i have right now (old D8). I know little to nothing about modern digital recorders... I'm just trying to not spend a lot of money right now
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I have an old D8 as well. Great machine, but tapes are getting hard to find, and transferring stuff is a nightmare compared to the newer stuff.
Before spending money on that, I'd check out some of these:
http://taperssection.com/index.php?topic=137360.0
http://taperssection.com/index.php?topic=136939.0
http://taperssection.com/index.php?topic=137548.0
I've used the older R-09, good stuff. I'm not familiar with the Tascam, but you can find more info on all of these units here:
http://taperssection.com/index.php?board=11.0
And maybe search for an iriver, or post an ISO.
What kind of mics and preamp do you have?
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IMO the only reason to own a DAT deck nowadays is for playback of stuff you're transferring to hard drive. Any DAT repairs are going to cost you more than what a new digital recorder goes for, and you've still got to deal with the cost of physical media (not to mention storage).
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