Chaining DAT Recorders

[Larry Pham]

I'll let you know how it turns out! I think this will be interesting once I
add a pair of Distressors and an Apogee at the end of the chain :)

On Sat, Apr 23, 2011 at 10:56 AM, Tony Hardie-Bick <tony at entity.net> wrote:

> 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)
>
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