[ProAudio] DAT Transfers

Tue Apr 6 08:23:32 PDT 2021

I was interested to see that your Otari DTR-8 looks almost identical to my
Pioneer 9601 but without the high sample rates and RS422 remote control.

On Tue, 6 Apr 2021 at 12:57, Keith and Mary Taylor <kandmtaylor at bigpond.com>
wrote:

> I have an Otari DTR-8 machine which is still in use. I use a Motu Pre4
> interface, and apart from software settings that mysteriously become miss
> set, the transfer via SPDIF has always been blameless. Around 8 years ago
> the DAT machine had a near death experience! A stylus in the form of an
> aluminium casting that tracks a spiral groove in a nylon disc broke off. I
> was not too hopefull about getting a replacement part, but ordered one from
> the agents in Sydney. They, in turn, contacted Otari in Japan who informed
> them that they already had one in their parts store. Problem solved.
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> Keith
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> *From: *James Perrett via ProAudio <proaudio at bach.pgm.com>
> *Sent: *Tuesday, 6 April 2021 7:02 PM
> *To: *jim at audiosystemsgroup.com; proaudio at bach.pgm.com
> *Subject: *Re: [ProAudio] DAT Transfers
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> I don't know the MOTU 8D but MOTU usually make good gear.
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> I'm using a Zoom U-44 USB audio interface for DAT transfers here and it
> has worked well for the last couple of years. It has both optical and phono
> connectors for S/PDIF and can handle sample rates between 44.1kHz and 96kHz
> (so it won't do long play DAT's but, as quality is unlikely to be critical
> for these I'll transfer them via analogue). I mainly use a Pioneer 96kHz
> capable DAT machine but I also have a Tascam DA20 which currently has an
> intermittent fault but has worked well in the past. Mechanically they are
> just about identical as they're both Pioneer machines under the cover but
> the electronics are much simpler on the DA20. The great thing about the
> DA20 is that you can check error rates with it - the DA20 Mk2 has a button
> for this, while you need to press a particular combination of buttons on
> the original model.
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> The Zoom U-44 is a current model and appears to be in stock at the usual
> online sellers. I picked up a DA20 for a friend for under £100 a while ago
> though prices seem to have crept up a bit.
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> Hope that helps.
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>
> James.
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> On Tue, 6 Apr 2021 at 07:04, Jim Brown via ProAudio <proaudio at bach.pgm.com>
> wrote:
>
> I need to transfer a few dozen DATs to a hard drive for archiving before
> it's too late to find hardware on which to do it. 20-25 years ago when I
> was recording this material, I had a tower machine set up as a DAW with
> all the interfaces needed to do the transfers. It's been 15 years since
> that machine was booted, and it was more than ten years old then. And I
> don't remember the logon. :)
>
>   So I need advice about hardware. I still have the Tascam DA-P1 on
> which they were recorded, but I'm not sure it will live long enough.
> I'll try it first. It outputs S/PDIF, so I need an interface to get into
> my Windoze machines. All use USB, but I think I might have one with
> Firewire.
>
> I found a MOTU 8D with USB 2.0 and S/PDIF I/O. David Josephson has
> cautioned me that some interfaces may not sync well enough to the stream
> for a clean transfer. Can anyone advise about this particular product?
> The material is all acoustic jazz with important artists, so quality is
> paramount. Most if not all of the masters are 44.1.
>
> Can anyone suggest another interface? Also suggestions of a source for a
> good used DAT if mine doesn't make it through the process? I'll be 80 in
> the fall, my last recording was 12 years ago, this project is going to
> be a one-off, so I don't want to spend big bucks if I don't need to.
>
> Thanks, Jim Brown
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