digital audio tape

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digital audio tape

(Electrical Engineering) magnetic tape on which sound is recorded digitally, giving high-fidelity reproduction. Abbreviation: DAT

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If I could locate the grave of John Wyatt in St Philips churchyard - I can't because there wasn't enough money to buy him a gravestone, but I believe he's near Rackhams - I might be tempted to dig down and bury next to him my mini disk player, Philips recorder, On Digital set top box, Apple Mac and DAT recorder. Unlike myself, Mr Wyatt may well find it comforting to have them near him.

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Most people are familiar with recording using a cassette tape, portable DAT recorder or a MIDI disc recorder.

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for the marketing of its DigiCon2 device, a device specifically advertised as circumventing the SCMS by allowing copying from one DAT recorder to another.

The Audio Home Recording Act of 1992: a digital dead duck, or finally coming home to roost?

The package also provides optical digital output that enables users to transfer recordings to external devices, such as a MiniDisc or DAT recorder, at a sample rate of 48KHz.