#ADAT to WAV
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I have a new RCD-1000 and the bundled Easy CD software, which will mainly be
used for ISO9660 CDROM's.
I also need to record some CD Audio discs. We have the music recorded on an
ADAT machine. I'm sure one could capture the output of the ADAT through the
"line in" socket on the computer's soundcard, and this would create the
necessary .WAV files.
Isn't there a better, more direct way? Since the ADAT file is already digital,
it seems like just a simple conversion would do it. But how?
Robert,
<<Since the ADAT file is already digital, it seems like just a simple
conversion would do it.>>
Sorry. It's not so simple. It can be done but requires a high end sound card
in the computer and software to edit/break the files. The signal stays digital
when done correctly but I'm afraid it's not simple and it's not easy and it's
not cheap. It'll cost you about $2400 plus the cost of a Digital DAT player.
Digidesign seems to have the best system I've seen so far.
Beware, there are a lot of sharks who claim to be able to do such a conversion
but very few real solutions. Many of the processes resample the data to analog
then convert back to digital and you'll lose quality in the process. Frankly
the cheapest solution is to take your DAT to a recording studio and have them
record a one-off for you. They'll charge you about $25. Once that's done you
can take the Redbook CD back home to your computer and use one of the many
computer programs, such as DA2WAV.ZIP found in the library here or OMI's Disc
to Disk product, to pull the digital info back to your hard drive where you get
full control back again.
Jerry Warner
CD Solutions, Inc.
Jerry,
Thanks for the info. I had no idea that a one-off would only cost about $25.
Robert,
The audio market has one-offs in that price range but so far CD-ROM prices are
higher than that. Thank God!
Jerry Warner
CD Solutions, Inc.
is there no way to take the output of a dat deck into the cdr how are the
studios doing it.
Don,
Yes you can take an audio DAT tape and record that onto a Redbook CD-R. That's
how some of the recording studios do it. They're units usually have the DAT
player and recorder as part of the same unit. Such services cost in the area
of $30.
I've got to stress however that this won't work for a computer DAT tape, only
for an audio DAT tape. You also don't have the ability to edit the sound files
that way. It involves no premastering software as is normally discussed on
this forum as it's not the same process at all.
Jerry Warner
CD Solutions, Inc.
>> Such services cost in the area of $30. <<
You must be joking! What kind of quality do you expect for that price? I've
heard of people advertising at that price taking your money and your DAT and
disappearing, but never anyone actually doing any work.
Jeff
Jeff,
<<You must be joking!>>
Afraid not. I've got several local companies that will burn a CD-R from audio
DAT tapes for that kind of money. No editing or cleanup of course, just
conversion. CD-ROM prices are still much higher than that but as you know, the
quality has to be higher too and the software is much more expensive. More to
know too.
If someone needs cleanup work or conversion from something like a cassette tape
I'd think $400-600 would be a more accurate quote.
Jerry Warner
CD Solutions, Inc.