Date: Tue, 2 Apr 1996 10:46:00 -0600
From: Tom Klingler klingler[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MAILHOST.TCS.TULANE.EDU
Subject: Problems with DAT recordings
I recently began making field recordings in DAT format using a Tascam DA-P1
portable recorder. Just last week a colleague of mine who also does
linguistic field work told that he had decided against making digital
recordings because, he claimed, they distort speakers' voices. Although I
hadn't noticed this before, his comment prompted me to compare analog and
digital recordings I'd made of the same speaker. I was surprised and
somewhat disconcerted to find that there was, indeed, a pretty noticeable
difference between the two. I'm not sure just how to describe the
difference, but in a general way I'd say the speaker's voice sounded less
natural on the DAT recording, and somewhat lower than I recall it to have
been.
I'd be interested in knowing if anyone else who has used DAT recordings has
noticed this problem.
Tom Klingler
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Tom Klingler
Department of French and Italian
Tulane University
New Orleans, LA 70118
(504) 862-3120 (office)
(504) 865-8020
Email: klingler[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu