My Sony Dat mixdown deck bit the dust and I found a couple of Tascam
DA-40 decks pretty inexpensively in NYC off Craig's list. They both
work fine but neither has the wired remote. Any leads on the RC-D45
remote? I've tried Tascam and Angelfire but no luck. The remote
would make my life much easier!

thanks,

Paul

you can hear projects I've been working on with my son at
www.myspace.com/chriscassonemusic/

In article <d21f3c00-de1f-4251-a9ef-(E-Mail Removed)>,
Lovguitar <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>My Sony Dat mixdown deck bit the dust and I found a couple of Tascam
>DA-40 decks pretty inexpensively in NYC off Craig's list. They both
>work fine but neither has the wired remote. Any leads on the RC-D45
>remote? I've tried Tascam and Angelfire but no luck. The remote
>would make my life much easier!

Check the service manual. I think that the wired remote is just a box
of switches with a connector on the end, and no actual electronics inside.
If that's the case you should be able to build one yourself without too
much trouble, or adapt an old Ampex 350 remote box....
--scott

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On Mar 18, 7:19*am, Laurence Payne <l...@laurencepayne.co.uk> wrote:
> On Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:15:40 -0700 (PDT), Lovguitar
>
> <lovgui...@aol.com> wrote:
> >My Sony Dat mixdown deck bit the dust and I found a couple of Tascam
> >DA-40 decks pretty inexpensively in NYC off Craig's list. They both
> >work fine but neither has the wired remote. *Any leads on the RC-D45
> >remote? *I've tried Tascam and Angelfire but no luck. *The remote
> >would make my life much easier!
>
> >thanks,
>
> >Paul
>
> >you can hear projects I've been working on with my son at
> >www.myspace.com/chriscassonemusic/
>
> While your DAT was working, there was no reason to replace it. *But
> shouldn't you be moving on from an obsolete format now? *It's not as
> if DAT has "analogue magic" or anything :-)
>
> Presumably you're recording to multitrack analogue tape, else you'd
> have no need for a "mixdown deck"?

Correct. I am recording on a Tascam TSR 8. I have a lot of
previously recorded masters that were recorded to DAT, so I needed a
replacement deck. I also saved my later masters on CDR and on an SD
card using a TASCAM DR1. Other suggestions as to a mastering format?
I want my masters to last a long time. My psychic predicted I will
become really popular in 2054.

Thanks!

Paul

Lovguitar <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>Correct. I am recording on a Tascam TSR 8. I have a lot of
>previously recorded masters that were recorded to DAT, so I needed a
>replacement deck. I also saved my later masters on CDR and on an SD
>card using a TASCAM DR1. Other suggestions as to a mastering format?
>I want my masters to last a long time. My psychic predicted I will
>become really popular in 2054.

I hate to tell you this, but the only mixdown format that I know of that
I can _guarantee_ will last a long time is 1/4" tape.

DAT is really a mechanical abomination. I use it too, but I also get all
the decks cleaned and aligned every year and I have Eddie Ciletti make sure
they all meet original specs.
--scott


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"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."