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Re: [ARSCLIST] Glitchy dats
On Thu, 3 Aug 2006, David Lennick wrote:
> I've been sent a load of DATs to transfer to CD for auditioning, and I find
> that a number of them dating from 1996 have glitches. I don't know if there's
> one brand more prone than others since I'm not monitoring consistently, but
> they do seem to turn up on Sony PDP-124s. Anyone have similar experiences? Any
> thoughts on whether this was a bad brand (I had problems with it myself) or if
> it was a matter of us not thoroughly erasing the tapes before using them or not
> fast forwarding or rewinding them before using them?
I have had trouble with most DATs including the Sony 124s. I have found
that adjusting the guides/alignment on the tape machine has made them
playable.
Karl