david@infopro.UUCP (David Fiedler) (05/31/91)
Hi, does anyone know of any reasonably-priced (<$10,000) multitrack DAT or
other digital recording devices, or a way of recording multiple channels
digitally onto a Mac? Thanks in advance.
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David Fiedler UUCP:{ames,mrspoc,hoptoad}!infopro!david AIR: N3717R
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USMail:InfoPro Systems, PO Box 220 Rescue CA 95672 Phone:916/677-5870 FAX:-5873tonyb@titania.juliet.ll.mit.edu ( Tony Berke) (05/31/91)
In article <383@infopro.UUCP> david@infopro.UUCP (David Fiedler) writes:
Hi, does anyone know of any reasonably-priced (<$10,000) multitrack DAT or
other digital recording devices, or a way of recording multiple channels
digitally onto a Mac? Thanks in advance.
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As far as digital tape with > 4 tracks for < $10000, you're out of
luck until this winter. The closest you can get for now is from Akai
(or Aiwa, I always get them messed up), which will sell you a $10,000+
12-track toy.
This winter Alesis is promising to ship the ADAM (ADAT? I'm not doing
too well this morning), an 8-track machine that uses VHS tape for
storage. For another $2000 they'll sell you a remote controller with
SMPTE and multi-deck synch capability (up to 16 decks for 128 tracks!)
If they can really deliver the product, it is going to wind up in my
studio right quick, unless I get hung up on direct-to-hard-disk
recording before then and break my budget. Alesis has plenty of
experience with digital audio, and VCR transports aren't too hard to
come by, so I expect that it will really happen.
I don't know too much about Mac's, but I know that 4 channels is about
all anyone has managed to get working on an IBM-compatible system, due
to bus-bandwidth limitations. "Tracks" can go a lot farther on a hard
disk system than on tape, though, due to the entertaining editing that's
possible with the former.
Have fun (and let us know if you find out about any other 'inexpensive'
tape formats!)
Tony Berke