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The DAT works

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Awe-d-o-file

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Geez the DAT market is gone! I remember all my Dead Head and similar buddies had nice rigs like the Panasonic 3700 back in the day. I finally got a buddy to give me a tape to try the one I bought at the College sale a couple of weeks ago for $20 and its fine. I opened it and it like the Otari and Tascam cassette I already sold show signs of very little use.

I was surprised to see there is no market for these anymore. Tapes are cheap as are the players. Check and see they are really cheap.

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RE: The DAT works - stellavox 11:55:29 05/11/15 (1)
From what I've read/heard DAT tapes are increasingly subject to dropouts - my buddies are "dumping them"

Charles
- DAT is dead, for good reason - bshapiro 19:07:20 08/01/15 (0)
  I loved DAT machines, I still have a terrific portable HHB that cost over $2k, had great preamps and functionality. But as a recording technology today DAT makes about as much sense as floppy disks....its a tape drive using a complex spinning head transport and ultra-thin tape that, yes, develops dropouts...and holds less than 1.5gb per tape! I mean, you can buy a far more reliable sd card with 20 times that for $15, and a recorder with fairly decent preamps with that card for a few hundred bucks. Pop the card into any laptop for playback and there ya go.
RE: The DAT works - vinyl survivor 20:46:59 05/08/15 (2)
I still use DAT as as back-up for location recording. Knock on wood I have never had to use it, but it gives me piece of mind. I know of a person who never does back-up and lost two major clients due to hard drive crashes on two separate situations.
- Back-up - Inmate51 08:23:48 08/04/15 (0)
  I record at 24/88.2 and never leave a site without making a CD copy first (not an audio CD, a data file CD).
  DAT is ancient history. Flash in the pan. Cumbersome, limited. When it was new and cool, I wanted an HHB. Fortunately, my limited funds were spent on preamps and microphones. And my 2-track 15 ips Revox A77 is still running just fine, as is my razor blade editing tool.
  Edit: Funny story. After recording a high school band concert a few years ago, I decided to do a bit of editing out some unnecessary time, and it got to where I was the last person in the auditorium. Someone thought the place was empty, and turned off all the lights. Do you have any idea how dark a windowless auditorium is without lights? I was like "hey, I'm still in here!"
  :)
  
  Edits: 08/04/15
- RE: The DAT works - Awe-d-o-file 07:46:03 05/11/15 (0)
  That's a good idea. You never know, insurance is good.
  
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