On 02.03.2003 15:14 Uhr, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote > I used to be a big fan of DAT, but my experience has taught me otherwise. > It had its day, but I think that day is over; I look forward to being able > to retire it in favor of a laptop. Here are the typical problems with DAT, > and why I do not recommend it anymore.
[...] Just to come back to where we departed: The original question was not what would be the best system to do professional quality high end recordings. We were actually talking about MD versus Digital Video. The situation is a little different with dedicated, Audio only setups on a high end computer, to a normal, consumer type, allround PC that is used for internet, Finale, you name it. I still believe that for a reliable recording setup for a consumer, a laptop based system includes a certain risk of loosing complete recordings that is quite a bit higher than with a MD or DAT recorder. My own recording setup for CD production (which is in fact very small scale) uses a digital mixer, connected digitally to a USB device, and a DAT recorder right at the end of that chain, only for backup. The recording goes straight into the computer in 24 Bit (actually 20 bit, which is what the mixer has got), after each session the complete material is backed up on an external HD, sometimes also on CDR. This has proved to be a pretty fool prove setup. The DATs are only needed if something horrible happens, but it sort of eases my mind that they are there. As for recording resolution: in a non professional environment with a consumer type mic preamp and microphones it makes absolutely no difference whether it is 16 Bit or 24 Bit. In fact there are no mic preamps (not even the ones that cost more than a new Mercedes) that have a noise level low enough to take advantage of 24 Bit resolution. Plus, a high quality 16 Bit converter still beats a medium quality 24 Bit converter. 24 Bit does have certain advantages in professional recording studios, more headroom is one of them. And all editing should be done in at least 24 Bit, but that has little to do with the source file. I totally agree with you that DATs are really a thing of the past. However, I don't see those consumer type dedicated HD recorders with direct backup to CDR at a price comparable to the portable MD or DAT recorders in the shop yet. If I saw them, heard enough good things about them, and they included digital ins and outs, direct import capability to my computer, perhaps even phantom powered Mic inputs of reasonable quality, I would probably save my money for one as it would be ideal for on loacation live recorings. Johannes -- http://www.musikmanufaktur.com http://www.camerata-berolinensis.de _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
