[ARSCLIST] DAT transfers and bit depth

[andy kolovos <akolovos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Posted for Steve Green of the Western Folklife Center, he's out of the 
office and is having some difficulty getting this out to the list:

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Hi, While on this subject, could someone comment on bit depth when 
dubbing from DAT? I am using an AES/EBU set-up and the sampling rate 
(usually 48K) is recognized automatically but it has been suggested that 
dubbing DAT at 24-bit is overkill and wastes hard drive storage space. 
Is there a standard bit depth associated with DAT? In other words should 
I switch from 48/24 to 48/16? The content is both live music and spoken 
word, recorded professionally in most cases. Obviously, any audio CDs 
burned for backup will be at 44.1/16 but I'm wondering what is most 
appropriate for the WAV and/or AIFF files stored on hard drives?

Thanks!
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Andy Kolovos
Archivist/Folklorist
Vermont Folklife Center
P.O. Box 442
Middlebury, VT 05753
(802) 388-4964
akolovos @ vermontfolklifecenter.org
http://www.vermontfolklifecenter.org