Any DCC (Digital Compact Cassette) Users in here?

[DaMarcus]

Hey there,

since 1992 I own quite a few of those magic compac cassettes. O.k. I'm an audio maniac (It's part of my job;-). But does anyone use these strange soring formats as:

DAT - Digital audio Tape
DCC - Digital Compac Cassette
or even ol 19cm/s tapes?

Just give me a feedback:-)

For the technic freaks:
DAT - Technics - the only one
DAT II - Studer/Revox - rock'n roll!
DCC - Phillips (the oroginal)
DCC II - Panasonic (is what the label says;-)
Tape: Nagra + Revox

[MikeCerm]

DAT - Digital audio Tape
DCC - Digital Compac Cassette
or even ol 19cm/s tapes?


The correct answer would be no, nobody uses those formats, or even knows what they are, and with good reason. DAT is highly unstable and prone to failure (as compared to CDs and DVDs). Studios that are stuck in the past are still using DAT, but if you're recording to a PC anyway (ProTools, Nuendo), there's never a reason to use DAT.

DCC was really a Philips competitor with Sony's Minidisc, and while the Minidisc did beat out DCC, even that never really caught on with anyone. Both were too expensive in their initial release, and neither really found a market before CD-R killed DCC in the late '90s. Minidisc has been kept alive by the Japanese market for tiny gadgets, though I will say that it's a good portable recording format (near DAT-quality, but 70% percent cheaper).

19cm/s, or 7 1/2 ips here in the States, is way, way obsolete! Time to pack it away with the 8-track, turntable, and the Betamax that you probably still use, based on your love of outdated and unpopular tape-formats!

[DaMarcus]

Hi Mike,

quite nice answer.

BUT;-)

DCC was killed too, for the codec of Phillips was not that efficient in comparism to the MD. But the spectrum was better.

DAT over here is even used in studios and by maniacs. I don't agree that Dat is higly full of faliures. It depends on how you treat the tapes. And what is even still great. DAT was the only uncompressed media for recording sth. digitallly. I don't think that the CD-R is better, but it's more common.

Last but not least 7 1/2ips still is very common in the radio biz, or for recording high quality non digital e.g. a whole orchestra.

Don't care about my betamax. Yes, I love these ol' formats. But there ist a new thing I explored. Guess it is called mp3. Seems to be brandnew.

Sorr, that I asked such a stupid uninteresting question in here :yawn:

Greez


M.

[Spoon]

DAT was, and still is (slightly different DLT) used for computer backups - they shouldn't be unreliable any more so than CD-R.

[noetude]

hello damarcus, I am bets, and I am in love with the DCC since 1992 and I am daccord with you of the suprematie readers dcc compared to MANDELEVIUM and autres.J' bought a DCC 900 one week ago, the problem it is that I do not have a sound after recording in spite of the reglages effectu
carry out, that think about it is the this tete of reading? or are the cassette too encians and the worn bands? my greetings and keep your DCC. Bruno
Hi Mike, :thumbup:

quite nice answer.

BUT;-)

DCC was killed too, for the codec of Phillips was not that efficient in comparism to the MD. But the spectrum was better.

DAT over here is even used in studios and by maniacs. I don't agree that Dat is higly full of faliures. It depends on how you treat the tapes. And what is even still great. DAT was the only uncompressed media for recording sth. digitallly. I don't think that the CD-R is better, but it's more common.

Last but not least 7 1/2ips still is very common in the radio biz, or for recording high quality non digital e.g. a whole orchestra.

Don't care about my betamax. Yes, I love these ol' formats. But there ist a new thing I explored. Guess it is called mp3. Seems to be brandnew.

Sorr, that I asked such a stupid uninteresting question in here :yawn:

Greez


M.

[DaMarcus]

Hi there,

wow da DCC900. Great - I started with this wonderfull machine on DCC in 1993. Its really good.

About your problem:

a) are you talking about analog or digital input!
b) does the level meter react?
c) you can check the recording by monitoring analog the input over the output plugs - is there sound?
d) are you using a real DCCTape ore a modfied MC?
e) after recording your tape is blank????


I guess it might be a faliure on the internal recording unit. Perhaps the heads on the recorder e.g. This is worse because nearly noone knows about repairing these units anymore and spare parts are hrdly to get.

Give me a feedback or contact me via mail - just leave out the blanks: ich @ dernetscher .de Ok????!

Greez

M.

P.S. If you are interested I could offer a portable Panasonic/Phillips DCC deck. Just a player - norecording. Works fine but the accumulation pack is dead.