digital audio tape


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digital audio tape

n
(Electrical Engineering) magnetic tape on which sound is recorded digitally, giving high-fidelity reproduction. Abbreviation: DAT
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DDS (Digital Data Storage) is a data storage format that grew out of the DAT (Digital Audio Tape) format based on work by Hewlett-Packard and Sony.
tonganus from Tutuila, American Samoa in June 2001 using a Senheiser MKH-70 P 48 directional microphone, Sony digital audio tape recorder TCD D 10 PRO II, and Canary bioacoustical software for analysis.
Despite the efforts of the manufacturers, digital audio tape (DAT) recorders and MiniDisc digital recorders never became popular with American consumers.
Both of them are doctors' sons, and as part of their quest for good vibrations, they set up digital audio tape recorders in clinics and operating rooms and sampled the sounds of surgery--after dealing with patient confidentiality issues, of course.
Both are doctors' sons, and as part of their quest for good vibrations, they set up digital audio tape recorders in clinics and operating rooms where they sampled the sounds of surgery--after taking the necessary precautions regarding patient confidentiality issues, of course.
All data was recorded on a Sony PC204A digital audio tape (DAT) recorder at a 20-20 kHz bandwidth.
This was replaced by Digital Audio Tape (DAT) and then by Compact Disk--Read Only Memory (CD-ROM).

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