Re: [LAU] ADAT tape transfer

On 02/04/2013 12:11 PM, Peter P. wrote:
> * Arnold Krille <arnold@email-addr-hidden> [2013-02-03 19:08]:
>> On Sun, 3 Feb 2013 08:39:22 -0800 linux-audio@email-addr-hidden wrote:
>>> If I have two ADAT tapes that comprise a 16 track recording but I
>>> only have one ADAT recorder, can I transfer the tapes one at a time
>>> into Ardour on my computer via an ADAT cable and, in the end, be able
>>> to have all 16 tracks still synchronized somehow?
>> So you can just transfer both tapes one at a time, then manually sync
>> the two groups of tracks and they will stay the same till the end of
>> the song.
> That's right, there will be (almost) no drift between the set of eight
> tracks, and unless there is stereo signals between different sets of
> eight, you should be fine aligning them manually (provided you know
> the source material).

why "almost"? if both tapes were part of a 16track session, they are in
perfect sync, unless the original engineer was recording under the
influence.

and as to stereo material, this could actually be a very good clue to
align the material to at least tens of usecs (yeah, sub-sample
accuracy!), if you know the intended source locations well. but then,
unless it is very experimental music, proper alignment is quite easy
anyways...

> I just occurs to me that the RME Multiface has an ADAT Sync input connector,
> that most of us probably have never used.
> The multiface manual mentions tells us about "ADAT Sync In for connection to
> ADAT Sync of an ADAT recorder. Allows for sample-accurate
> synchronization with ASIO 2.0." so this will give you a timecode from
> the ADAT machine, at least into the windowze HDSPsettings application.

yeah, i've had rme cards for ages, but i never used the bloody thing
either... i dimly recall connecting a few adat machines with this thing,
but never to the computer.

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