I have a bunch of DAT tapes that were mostly live recordings at 48mhz. I'd like to get them off the dying format onto something else. One deck, a Tascam 20 mark II, appears to be dead so playback will be via a Sony D7 outputing through a coaxial cable.
My question is how to get it into something else. I'm thinking onto the PC. Since the stuff isn't really audiophile quality (mostly recorded with mikes) I could just use the analog output but it seems wasteful.
My soundcard is an M-Audio Revolution 7.1, which is fine for output but no digital imput. I once bought something called a DatPort, which converted from coax to USB, but it was for Win98 and have no idea what it will do if I plug it into XP-pro. I suspect I'm going to find out.
Anyway, if anyone has an idea of what to do, I'd appreciated it. The maker of th DatPort, opcode.com, appears to be gone.
My question is how to get it into something else. I'm thinking onto the PC. Since the stuff isn't really audiophile quality (mostly recorded with mikes) I could just use the analog output but it seems wasteful.
My soundcard is an M-Audio Revolution 7.1, which is fine for output but no digital imput. I once bought something called a DatPort, which converted from coax to USB, but it was for Win98 and have no idea what it will do if I plug it into XP-pro. I suspect I'm going to find out.
Anyway, if anyone has an idea of what to do, I'd appreciated it. The maker of th DatPort, opcode.com, appears to be gone.
