Hmm - that should have said ....which I find very worrying especially as it seemed to be identical in both units, pointing to some general problem which might appear in many units....
On 29 April 2013 16:59, Dave Malham <dave.mal...@york.ac.uk> wrote: > A few months ago I had to sort out a PCM701 with one of my spdif cards in > (the ones I used to do for Audio Design). We went through three PCM units > before we found one that worked fully in replay mode (the original, one > from the Uni and the final one, off Ebay). There seems to be something in > the electronics that becomes increasingly unreliable with time in, I think, > the clocking circuits which I find very worrying especially. Given the fact > that archiving houses (in the UK in particular, the British Library) very > sensibly bought up a lot of machines when HHB finally stopped sponsoring > production, there aren't likely to be many working boxes around any more, > so guard any you have that work very carefully! > > Dave > > PS I don't have any more of the spdif and the chip it was based on is no > longer available so I can't make any more! > > > > On 29 April 2013 15:23, umashankar manthravadi <umasha...@hotmail.com>wrote: > >> i work in an ethnomusicology archives here in india, and we have about >> 5000 hours of pcm f1 recordings dating back to 1983 (when I even did >> digital field recordings using the F1). we have two F1s and one 501. None >> have digital outputs, but cricklewood electronics (?) produced a card which >> produced a sdif signal out of the F1 that we are using to convert our pcm >> recordings to wav files without redigitising. umashankar >> > Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:02:32 +0100 >> > From: richarddob...@blueyonder.co.uk >> > To: sursound@music.vt.edu >> > Subject: [Sursound] Sony PCM? (was Re: DTS Headphone:X) >> > >> > On 29/04/2013 11:53, Jon Honeyball wrote: >> > > I have a pcm-f1 tape of the Zuccherelli stuff from 30 years ago, for >> those >> > > with looooong memories. Must pull that into a wav file, but my f1 has >> no >> > > digital output. Hmmm >> > > >> > >> > As it happens, I have a Sony PCM-701ES (incl SPDIF) with the CDP digital >> > port added (designed, along with the "SoundSTreamer" it connected to, by >> > Dave Malham), sitting around doing nothing. It cost several arms and >> > legs when bought new, back in 1987. Last time I used it, several years >> > ago, it recorded 16bit audio nicely to a bog-standard (and cheap) VHS >> > recorder. >> > >> > My question is, simply, are these things still in use/demand anywhere >> > (e.g. for recovering vintage F1 recordings, which I merely assume it can >> > do)? I also used the CDP port to connect (via a tiny bit of DIY buffer >> > electronics) to a now utterly obsolete but cute IDE-based 56001 dsp >> > development card. The port gives you direct access to the otherwise >> > internal serial data and clock lines. >> > >> > There is currently one on Ebay "Buy It Now" for £150 plus shipping. I >> > guess shipping by UK courier would be around £25. I would only take the >> > plunge on Ebay if I could be sure of a price good enough to justify >> > "letting it go". >> > >> > Richard Dobson >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Sursound mailing list >> > Sursound@music.vt.edu >> > https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound >> >> -------------- next part -------------- >> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >> URL: < >> https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20130429/6c6a7dc8/attachment.html >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> Sursound mailing list >> Sursound@music.vt.edu >> https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound >> > > > > -- > As of 1st October 2012, I have retired from the University, so this > disclaimer is redundant.... > > > These are my own views and may or may not be shared by my employer > > Dave Malham > Ex-Music Research Centre > Department of Music > The University of York > Heslington > York YO10 5DD > UK > > 'Ambisonics - Component Imaging for Audio' > > > -- As of 1st October 2012, I have retired from the University, so this disclaimer is redundant.... These are my own views and may or may not be shared by my employer Dave Malham Ex-Music Research Centre Department of Music The University of York Heslington York YO10 5DD UK 'Ambisonics - Component Imaging for Audio' -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20130429/ab1ff00a/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound
