What Is Digital Audio Tape?

Digital audio cassette

Digital audio cassette

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Digital audio cassette
DAT (Digital Audio Cassette) is a professional-quality standard media and technology for digital recording of magnetic tape. A DAT device is a digital tape recorder with a rotary head similar to a video recorder. Most DAT equipment can record at 44.1 kHz, CD audio standard, and 48 kHz sampling rate. DAT has become the standard archiving technology in professional and semi-professional environments that master recording. Professional-level DAT digital inputs and outputs allow users to transfer from one DAT tape to another audio workstation for precise editing. Its compact size and low cost make DAT media an excellent way to organize recordings and make them into CD quality.
As an archive medium, in addition to DAT, there are several options to consider:
  • Digital data storage (from DDS1 to DDS3)
  • CD
  • VHS tape [1]

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