DAT Recorder for Doc Film

[dehilster]

I'm looking for a dat recorder for a documentary film. What are the standard units that are being used out there between $1000-$3000?

 

[moe_snodgrass]

Re: DAT Recorder for Doc Film

Dehilster:

Check out this resource for independent NPR radio producers. It seems reasonably current. The site is full of great audio production advice and and tips/guidelines for interviewing technique.

http://www.transom.org/tools/recording_interviewing/200306.minidisc.html

-Snoddy

 

[dehilster]

Re: DAT Recorder for Doc Film

Thanks. I will check it out.

Another question is, is DAT tape better or are people starting to use the solid state recorders into flash memory?

 

[Dave_Fisk]

Re: DAT Recorder for Doc Film

Don't waste your money on a portable dat recorder. No manufacturer is making them new anymore. They've all been discontinued, and people like Fostex aren't even servicing their DAT machines. If you are looking for a non-timecode device that is solid state, then I would go with the Marantz PMD-670. If you need timecode, then you should check out the Sound Devices 744t, which won't be out until the end of the year.

-Dave

 

[dehilster]

Re: DAT Recorder for Doc Film

Thanks Dave for the advice. What would work best with Final Cut Pro? The time-coded solution?

 

[Dave_Fisk]

Re: DAT Recorder for Doc Film

Anything that writes broadcast wave files should work with final cut pro. FCP does some funky stuff with timecode. I know with files burned from a Deva, FCP removes the timestamps from the metadata, and there is a program out there (I don't know the name), that puts it back. What I don't know is if the same thing will happen with files made from a Sound Devices 744t. The 744t is the machine I would go with.

-Dave

 

[Lsdsound]

Re: DAT Recorder for Doc Film

also for a non tc, check the FR2, nice and cheap

 

[oleg]

Re: DAT Recorder for Doc Film

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