Music wants to be free (from dead formats)
April 15, 2008 10:56 AM   Subscribe

Is there a reliable service out there that will convert a single DAT tape into .wav files?

I was in a band about 15 years ago, and the last demo recordings we did were ultimately mixed down to a DAT. The studio where we recorded has long since gone out of business, and nobody I know has access to a DAT machine. I'd love to be able to rescue our glorious musical experimentation from the dead format I've been carrying around for years, but the boonies of Central Maine don't appear to be a hotbed of older pro audio equipment.

I've done a bit of googling, and found some places that claim to do DAT - CD conversion, but a lot of the sites seem to be of classic Geocities vintage, so they may not be accurate.

Is there a (currently active) place that can do this? What can I expect to pay for transfering a single tape?
posted by anthom to Technology (3 answers total)
 
Check your local yellow pages for a music recording studio. DAT to CD isn't a service that studios generally advertise, but they will almost certainly have the right equipment.
posted by Uncle Jimmy at 11:47 AM on April 15, 2008


If you already have some recording gear and would be able to do the transfer yourself, you may ask an AV rental company; most of them still carry a couple of DAT machines to accomodate clients. You could rent it for half a day.
posted by ddaavviidd at 11:58 AM on April 15, 2008


Hell, I'll do it for free if you pay the Fed-Ex. I have the equipment right here on my desk (I'm in public radio). Send me a PM.
posted by mykescipark at 1:00 PM on April 15, 2008


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