Digital Tape Recording System

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Digital Tape Recording System
Media type Magnetic cassette tape
Encoding Lossless real-time
Read mechanismRotating head
Write mechanismRotating head, helical scan
Developed by TASCAM
UsageProfessional digital audio
Extended from Hi8
Released1993;32 years ago (1993)

Digital Tape Recording System (DTRS) is a signal recording and playback medium developed by TASCAM, a division of the TEAC Corporation, that was stored on Hi8 video cassettes. It allowed up to 108 minutes of continuous digital multitrack recording on a single tape. [1] [2]

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Overview

The first device to use the format was the DA-88. This modular, digital multitrack device uses tape as the recording medium and could record up to eight tracks simultaneously. It also allowed multiple DA-88 devices to be combined to record 16 or more tracks. [3] The first models in the series (the TASCAM DA-88, DA-38, DA-98 and Sony PCM-800) recorded at 16-bit resolution. TASCAM later introduced the DA-98HR and DA-78HR, which recorded at 24-bit resolution and sample rates up to 48 kHz (for DA-78HR) and 192 kHz (for DA-98HR, suitable for recording high-resolution audio). [4]

In 1995, the TASCAM DA-88 won the Emmy award for technical excellence. [5] The affordability and digital format of the DA-88 led to sales of more than 60,000 units by 1999. At that time, it was the biggest product in the history of TASCAM. [6] Because of its reliability and durability, the DA-88 and its subsequent fellow units continue to be used by aficionados.

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References

  1. ↑ Summers, Jodi (2004). Making and marketing music: the musician's guide to financing, distributing, and promoting albums (2nd ed.). Allworth Communications, Inc. ISBN   1-58115-387-2 . Retrieved 2011-04-12.
  2. ↑ Archived 2020-06-03 at the Wayback Machine The Definitive Guide to The Tascam DA-88 and DTRS-Format Recorders. Retrieved on 2012-05-10.
  3. ↑ Perry, Megan (2004). Wired: musicians' home studios: tools & techniques of the musical mavericks. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 131. ISBN   0-87930-794-3 . Retrieved 2011-04-12.
  4. ↑ The Definitive Guide to The Tascam DA-88 and DTRS-Format Recorders, Chapter 1: Equipment Overview. Retrieved on 2012-12-01.
  5. ↑ Alberts, Randy (2003). TASCAM: 30 years of recording evolution. Recording and Audio Technology Series. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN   0-634-01156-1 . Retrieved 2011-04-12.
  6. ↑ Verna, Paul (September 11, 1999). "Tascam Marks 25 Years of Audio Innovation". Billboard. Retrieved 2011-04-12.
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