Curious, is the DAT being played on the deck that it was recorded to by chance? Many times you will run into glitch problems if you playback the DAT on a deck that wasn't the one it was used for recording originally.
-Michael Slaboch
The Numero Group
http://www.numerogroup.com
On May 12, 2010, at 2:16 PM, Brian Carpenter wrote:
> Recently I was reviewing some WAV files that I created from DAT and noticed
> a handful of glitches here and there that were clearly digital in origin,
> rather than from the original analog tapes that had been transferred to DAT.
> After doing a retake or two, I discovered that some glitches remained,
> occurring in the same places on both the old and new WAV file, while others
> were no longer there in the new one. So, since these errors didn't appear
> random, it seemed to me they must be caused by physical blemishes on
> particular spots on the tapes, rather than by a dirty head on the machine (a
> Tascam DA-20 MKII). But after having made a few hundred hours of WAVs from
> DATs, the glitch problem had only recently started showing up. The newer the
> files, the more common the glitches. Anyway, long story short, I purchased a
> DAT cleaning cassette just in case, ran it in the machine one time,
> following the instructions exactly, and then actually had more glitches
> showing up, even on tapes that had zero errors when I first did them. I did
> a second cleaning run, found fewer glitches afterwards, but still more than
> originally. Since running the cleaning cassette more than 2 or 3 times in a
> short period is a bad idea, I'm told, does anyone have any suggestons on how
> to address this kind of problem? Any input would be very helpful. Thanks
> very much.
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> Brian Carpenter
> Mellon Digital Audio Technician
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> American Philosophical Society
> 105 South Fifth Street
> Philadelphia, PA 19106-3386
> (215) 440-3418
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