Re: TC DAT for studio features ?

On Dec 29, 2005, Lee Ascher <leeascher@xxxxxxxxxxx> commented:

> Are there any Production Sound Mixers who are still using TC DAT (as
> primary recorder) for studio features, or features over $3M? Replies
> may be emailed to me off list, if you prefer. Thank you!
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We routinely get DAT tapes from several lower-budget feature and TV projects
at Technicolor/Hollywood. Our non-linear department transfers all this
material to DVD-RAM, logs the takes, and we use the discs during the telecine
dailies transfer. There are also a few fairly big-budget shows that used DAT
very recently; INTO THE WEST for Dreamworks/TNT is one I can remember, and it
sounded fine.

Also, my experience is that 90% of the commercial dailies we get are still
being provided on DAT. If there's time available, we'll dub the material
before the dailies session to DVD-RAM, but if not, we transfer directly to
videotape from the DAT. We prefer to do it from DVD simply because that
eliminates any problem with pre-roll, particularly in tail-slate situations.

--MFW



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