Apogee Announces AD8-113 Master DTRS
Tape
January 28, 1999Following the success of its existing digital media products - including
the extraordinarily successful recordable CD, the renowned Apogee Master
DAT, and ADAT - Apogee Electronics, the Santa Monica-based world leader
in digital audio conversion and media products technology, is pleased
to announce the latest addition to the line: Apogee Master DTRS tape
for Tascam and Sony DTRS machines.
The Apogee AD8-113 will be on sale from September 1998, offering 113
minutes of reliable DTRS recording.
"We have delivered a robust, durable metal particle formulation
with a reliable conventional binder system to maximize the tape's durability
in multi-pass operations such as overclubbing and editing," stated
Richard Wilson, Apogee's Media Product Manager. "As a result signal
loss is minimal, even after repeated passes," he noted.
"Enhanced archive capability is another advantage of the Apogee AD8-113
tape construction over other formulations," Wilson went on. "Archiving
is becoming more of an issue, as digital audio packing densities increase,"
he continued, "especially with the use of 'bit-splitting', where
multiple MDM tracks are used to record data streams of higher resolution."
Apogee Bit Splitting, or ABS, is one such 'break-through' technology,
used by an increasing number of audio professionals employing the enhanced
resolution of Apogee analog to digital converters - such as the AD8000
- to produce high resolution stereo and surround-sound masters on modular
digital multitrack machines such as the DA-88. "An increasing number
of mastering houses accept ABS tapes," Wilson commented, "and
the technique allows existing recorders to be used for state-of-the-art
high resolution mastering."
Tapes with alternate playing times are planned for the future and the
AD8-113 DTRS tape comes with a full 90-day replacement warranty. For more information, visit www.apogeedigital.com. |
