SV: Rewinding a DAT tape

["Per Boysen" <per@boysen.se>]

Hi Marc,

I've been struggling with this problem quite a lot in studios over the
years. It's caused by a broken time code on the tape and some DAT
players (mostly the high quality studio machines, in my experience) can
not pass by a tape region with no time code. Personally I have owned two
cheap DAT recorders from CASIO and both these machines can pass such a
tape area, but only if driven in fast forward/backward. It looks to me
as the cheap machine doesn't have such "sophisticated breaks" as all the
pro gear. It kind of goes. "Oh-oh... Here's an are with no time code
(freaking out), I gotta stop, I gotta stop..... Oh, oh, too late. Oh,
well..."

Once in a studio with a very expensive DAT we got this problem and I
happened to keep my cheapo in my gig bag and was able to "repair" the
tape by first doing a blanc recording over the non-time-stamped area and
then re-indexing it in the Casio DAT. 

To prevent being stuck with this problem always be careful to start a
new recording where the previous one is ending. Then the system of the
tape machine will keep an unbroken line of program numbers for all
recordings on the tape, and everyone should be happy :-)

Best wishes

Per Boysen
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> -----Ursprungligt meddelande-----
> Från: Mark Hamburg [mailto:mark_hamburg@baymoon.com] 
> Skickat: den 2 januari 2003 08:46
> Till: Looper's Delight
> Ämne: OT: Rewinding a DAT tape
> 
> 
> I've got a DAT tape that won't rewind through the first 30 
> seconds or so. Any advice? I'm hoping I have another copy of 
> the original material, but it may be on a cassette that's 
> suffered further aging so I'd like to get it off the DAT if possible.
> 
> Thanks.
> Mark
> 
>