Chaining DAT Recorders

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This was a fun idea I saw the other day 

sound and video samples inside

http://createdigitalmusic.com/2011/02/cheap-tape-saturation-hack-delicious-distortion-with-a-tape-to-cd-adapter/

> On 23/04/11 11:46, Larry Pham wrote:
>> From the days I heard music played from DAT, I have always loved the sound.
>> Warm, clean and that je ne sais quoi quality about it. I later learned about
>> AD/DA converters and that was what gave the DAT its "sound". Now that DAT
>> recorders are a dime a dozen, I've managed to score 2 Panasonic SV-4100 and a
>> Tascam DA30MKII. I would like to experiment chaining them together to pass a
>> signal through the AD/DA converters using the spdif and analog inputs. Before I
>> go rush out to buy more spdif cables, I'm wondering if there would be any
>> benefit by doing this? Will I get a super fat coloured and saturated sound or
>> will I just add more noise and end up with crap?? Any opinions?
> 
> Hi Larry
> 
> Yeah - early "pro" ADDA was really crap, hence the "sound", but there are so 
> many variants on conversion. I think generally the terms fat, coloured, 
> saturated, are not associated with these conversion systems.
> 
> By contrast, analogue distortion, whether it be from a filter in a synth, or 
> more subtly from the endless signal paths in a Soundcraft mixing desk, tended to 
> add something musical, even if it was unintended.
> 
> Tony (HB)