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Supported Media:
Audio: DAT Cassette 1/4" reel 1/2" reel 1" reel 2" reel ADAT (16 Bit) ADAT (20 Bit) Tascam DA-88 Tascam DA-38 Tascam DA-78 Tascam DA-98 Sony 3348 Sony 3348 HR Replicated CD Replicated DVD CD-Recordable (CD-R) CD-Rewritable (CD-RW) DVD-Recordable (DVD-R) DVD-Rewritable (DVD-RW) 16 rpm vinyl 33 rpm vinyl 45 rpm vinyl 78 rpm vinyl Speed unknown ATA hard drive IDE Hard Drive SCSI-2 hard drive Firewire Hard drive 8-track cartridge 1GB Jaz 100MB Zip 250MB Zip Syquest 44 Syquest 88 Syquest 200 micro-cassette MiniDisc (Sony ATRAC 3) DLT (up to 40 GB) DVD-RAM (5.2 GB)
Video: Umatic 3/4" 1" C Type" Beta SP Betacam Digibeta Beta Hi Fi VHS NTSC VHS PAL SVHS Video 8 Hi 8mm Laserdisc DV NTSC CD-R (Recordable) CD-RW (Re-Writable) Video CD Super Video CD DVD-Video DVD-R (Recordable) DVD-RW (Re-Writable) DVD-RAM Fisher Price Pixelvision
Formats Supported:
File Formats SD2 (Sound Designer, Mac) AIFF (Mac audio) WAV (PC Audio) VOX (PC Audio SWF (Shockwave Flash) MPG (MPEG Audio) M1A (MPEG-1 Audio, not multiplexed) M2A (MPEG-1 Audio, not multiplexed) M1V (MPEG-1 Video, not multiplexed) M2V (MPEG-1 Video, not multiplexed) AAC (MPEG 4) MP3 AC3 (Dolby Audio for DVD) DV (Digital Video) QuickTime MOV
Sample rates: 32 kHz 44.1 kHz 48 kHz 88.2 kHz 96 kHz
Bit depth: 16 20 24 32 Float
1/4 " Reel to Reel: 1 7/8 ips 2-track 1 7/8 ips 4-track 1 7/8 ips 1/4-track stereo 3.75 ips 2-track 3.75 ips 4-track 3.75 ips 1/4-track stereo 7.5 ips 2-track 7.5 ips 4-track 7.5 ips 1/4-track stereo 15 ips 2-track 15 ips 4-track 15 ips 1/4-track stereo 30 ips 2-track 30ips 4-track 30 ips 1/4-track stereo
1/2 " Reel to Reel: 3.75 ips 2-track 7.5 ips 2-track 15 ips 2-track 30 ips 2-track 3.75 ips 3-track 7.5 ips 3-track 15 ips 3-track 30 ips 3-track 3.75 ips 4-track 7.5 ips 4-track 15 ips 4-track 30 ips 4-track 3.75 ips 8-track 7.5 ips 8-track 15 ips 8-track 30 ips 8-track 7.5 ips 16-track 15 ips 16-track
1" Reel to Reel: 7.5 ips 8-track 15 ips 8-track 30 ips 8-track 7.5 ips 16-track 15 ips 16-track 30 ips 16-track
2" Reel to Reel: 7.5 ips 16-track 15 ips 16-track 30 ips 16-track 7.5 ips 24-track 15 ips 24-track 30 ips 24-track
Vinyl: 16 rpm vinyl 33 rpm vinyl 45 rpm vinyl 78 rpm vinyl Speed unknown
Stereo cassette tape Stereo cassette tape w/Dolby B Stereo cassette tape w/Dolby C Stereo cassette tape w/Dolby S
Noise Reduction Dolby SR Dolby A DBX Type I DBX Type II Dolby C (by arrangement) Dolby S (by arrangement)
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