Re: [ARSCLIST] DAT frequency problem

[David Lennick <dlennick@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This reminds me of something I've been meaning to ask the group. Last Wednesday 
I heard something impossible..a broadcast concert by the Rochester Philharmonic 
Orchestra in which every piece of music was about a tone sharp, the announcer 
sounded like Minnie Mouse, and the program ended at 9:54 and was followed by 5 
minutes of dead air, then a station break. Is it possible that somehow a 
recording made at 44K was played at 48K? The other scenario is that it was on 
CD and a player with variable pitch is in their control room (and an idiot at 
the console). How could this happen?

As to transcribing DATs , my HHB stand-alone burner automatically converts from 
all rates including 32k but I don't know if it'll convert within programs since 
I've never tried it. I have some DATs that weren't bulk erased and which were 
recorded at a different rate, so the opening few inches may be at 48 and not 
much time to switch to 44 (these also turn out to be dats with no proper real 
time start tone, which have been a major pain to transfer).

dl

Jeffrey Kane wrote:
> DAT2WAV can be set to do this automatically. Can't recall the exact commands
> offhand but if you'd like I can dig them up. In short; there's a setting to
> create a new WAV file when a change in sample rate is detected.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List
> [mailto:ARSCLIST@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tommy Sjöberg
> Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 3:51 PM
> To: ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [ARSCLIST] DAT frequency problem
>
> Hello all,
> thought I'd check the collected wisdom of the
> list for a problem I thought I knew how to
> handle, but didn't.
>
> In our archive we've received a number of DAT
> cassettes from a freelance journalist. He's used
> borrowed DAT machines to make reports, but his
> own cassettes, and this has led to reports
> recorded with both 44.1 kHz and 48 kHz sampling
> frequency on the same cassette.
>
> So, fine, I can record them back into the
> computer and check the machine all the time, and
> switch between two files to record into, when the
> frequency changes. I have to create two files,
> one with each sampling frequency (I'm using
> Audition) before I start.
>
> I guess I can also set the computer hardware to
> use the clock on the DAT, but is there a way that
> I can set the software to change frequency also?
> I would like to just turn the machine on and let
> it run, if possible.
>
> Thanks,
> Tommy
>
> ===
> Tommy Sjöberg
> The Center for Swedish Folk Music and Jazz Research
> Stockholm, Sweden
> www.visarkiv.se