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At 11:01 AM -0500 1/14/98, Adam Levin wrote: >On Tue, 13 Jan 1998, Kim Flint wrote: > >> uh, did you guys somehow miss the point that this particular Philips box >> records directly to both CD-R and CD-RW? With both digital and analog >audio >> I/O? And only costs $600? CD-RW media is expensive now because it is >new, >> same as CD-R disks were three years ago. So you could use the cheap >CD-R now >> and switch over whenever the price and extra convenience of CD-RW makes >you >> feel happy. >> >> For me, as someone beginning to contemplate a serious home studio, I had >> been wondering when abouts I should seriously consider getting a DAT >deck >> for master mix downs, live recordings, etc. I would much rather get >> something that can go directly to CD. With that I can easily listen to >it in >> the car, in the boom box at the park, in the stereo, at a friend's >house, >> etc, none of which I can do with DAT or hard disk. I can store it in a >> shoebox in the garage and not worry about tape oxidation. I can pop it >in >> the computer and pull up the data directly and easily. Why would I ever >> consider DAT now? > >As someone who just bought a CD-RW drive, I'll tell you why. With a DAT, >if you screw up, you can just hit rewind and start again with minimum >fuss. Or if you want to pause for a few seconds (or days) and then >continue recording where you left off, you can. With CD-RW, you only get >one pass through. If you screw up, you have to perform an erase on the >media and start all over again. There's no hitting a pause button while >you switch guitars or your drummer leaves his throne to visit the ...um... >throne. Ah, I didn't realize that CD-RW works that way too, like CD-R I guess. Well that sucks! Oh well, I guess I'm back to where I was before, wondering if I need a DAT machine now..... kim ______________________________________________________________________ Kim Flint | Looper's Delight kflint@annihilist.com | http://www.annihilist.com/loop/loop.html http://www.annihilist.com/ | Loopers-Delight-request@annihilist.com