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so...let me get this straight...
so if I use a DA88 and record the stems...
then find a way to bus them via cell phone  to other locations forprojects there...
would that require Stem-Cell Research, or is everything already inplace...or do I just don't get it???

jonesalley wrote:

Thank you! It seemed like a decent deal. I waste more than that onjunk
food some days...

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> they HAVE dropped that far.
> tape-based digital multitracks are dinosaurs already.
> the ONLY place i know that still uses them at all is
> a local post-house that uses a DA88 for recording
> the 'stems' for film projects.
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> [for those unfamiliar, 'stems' are the separate elements
> that make up a soundtrack: dialogue, ambient sound, special
> effects, music. they are used when making alernate language
> mixes so they ONLY have to re-record dialogue and can keep
> all the other elements the same]
>
> other than that, i have not seen anyone use an ADAT or DA88
> type machine for at least 5 years - possibly a bit longer.
>
> you got a good deal if the thing is useful to you.
> just because other have moved on/abandoned then, does not
> invalidate its usefulness to you.
>
> ...jeff
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