DAT Transfers

[Cheesecadet]

What is the best way to back up fresh DAT master transfers these days?

I used to run a digicoax cable from DAT machine to creative extigy sound card and capture in my DAW.

Would it still be the best way or would going line out of DAT player into line in of my Sony 10 be better?

[H₂O]

What is the best way to back up fresh DAT master transfers these days?

I used to run a digicoax cable from DAT machine to creative extigy sound card and capture in my DAW.

Would it still be the best way or would going line out of DAT player into line in of my Sony 10 be better?

How many tapes?

You definitely do not want to go DAT > M10

ideal to go DAT > digital cable > Flash Recorder (D50/D100/JB3/Microtrack/HD-P2/SD 7xx series/etc)

You want to avoid sound cards that have sample rate conversion - I do not know about your modern sound blaster but older sound blasters always sample rate convert on the digital inputs

[Cheesecadet]

Several hundred.  I have already transferred almost every single one of them years ago but thought about maybe retransferring some.  Just snapped An Eddie Speaghetti tape.  Agh!  I think my DAT player has finally seen its last days.

[twatts]

Several hundred.  I have already transferred almost every single one of them years ago but thought about maybe retransferring some.  Just snapped An Eddie Speaghetti tape.  Agh!  I think my DAT player has finally seen its last days.

Run your DATs into your iRiver (optical input).  Do not run your DATs thru the Extigy (automatic resampling), or into your M10 (analog generation).  If you DAT Player doesn't have an optical output, borrow a Hosa ODL-276 (I can lend you one) to convert the coax to optical... 

If you've broken a tape recently, stop listening to your DATs.  At this point, I would only play them once more, when you do the Transfer. 

Terry

[Cheesecadet]

Luckily had a digital copy of the original transfer of the snapped tape.  I will put these on the back burner for a bit until I discover which DATs have yet to be transferred.

[twatts]

Luckily had a digital copy of the original transfer of the snapped tape.  I will put these on the back burner for a bit until I discover which DATs have yet to be transferred.

"Luck"...  yes, you were lucky now...  But the point of this conversation is making it so you can say "wisely", ie "wisely, I had a digital copy"...   

If you're serious about doing this again one last time, I'd got ahead and send your DAT off to Pro-Digital to have a tune-up...  I need to do the same, maybe I'll ask for that for Xmas from the wife???

Terry