Re: [ARSCLIST] DAT frequency problem

[Jeffrey Kane <jeffkane@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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.

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Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 3:51 PM
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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

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Tommy Sjöberg
The Center for Swedish Folk Music and Jazz Research
Stockholm, Sweden
www.visarkiv.se