Tascam DA-3000


HI to everyone.
I have 1500 albums that I would like to transfer on to MD
Recorder but I was adviced by one of fellow Audiogoner that the best option would be Tascam DA-3000.
I searched a little bit and it sounds like a good idea but there is a problem. Every 2GB of data the files would be cut
so I would need the software to fix that. Maybe I didn't
understand what he was trying to explain since I never used
that kind of recorders.
I would appreciate opinions.
topten

Showing 2 responses by ozzy

Perhaps I'm not understanding your question but,...
I own and use the Tascam 3000. I use a 32gb SD card with it and I can record many Hi-Rez files on it. Mostly from Blu Ray or DVD-A using the analog outs.

When the SD is full or convenient I transfer the music to an external 2TB Hardrive.

If your just copying CD's to a hard drive, the Tascam is not the way to go. As mentioned earlier you would want to cut the ripping time down to about 10 minutes or less per CD.
Topten, Copying albums? Well if it was me using the Tascam, you could set the bit rate to 24 and the sample rate to 192Hz. While playing the albums you would have to sit there listening to when the track ends in order to place a track number to the digital recording.
Otherwise, you would have one big long track. The Tascam does have a feature that can automatically place tracks when the sound level lowers to any amount you want to preset. This is supposedly places new tracks in between the songs. But, in practice it doesn't work that well.
So, I do it manually like I stated above.
Kind of time consuming, but when its done you will access to the tracks individually.