Topic: dirty dirty DATs

[NewHomebrew]

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?

[L Ron Hoover]

I'd try a good wet cleaning on your heads if you're having the problem on that many tapes.

[sleepypedro]

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.

[keepongoin]

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. 

[NewHomebrew]

Thanks for the ideas, I will make sure the decks are ok and it's not some other issue.