Digital Audio Tape
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| − | '''DAT''' ('''Digital Audio Tape''') is a discontinued [[magnetic tape]] audio format developed by Sony. It was somewhat popular in the professional recording industry, but was not widely used in the home, in part due to efforts by copyright maximalists to kill the format. Though it was designed for audio, it was also used for computer data storage. | + | '''DAT''' ('''Digital Audio Tape''') is a discontinued [[magnetic tape]] audio format developed by Sony. It was somewhat popular in the professional recording industry, but was not widely used in the home, in part due to efforts by copyright maximalists to kill the format. |
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| + | Though it was designed for audio, it was also used for computer data storage. See also [[Digital Data Storage]] (DDS). | ||
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| + | == Software == | ||
| + | * [https://github.com/pdicamillo/datxtract DATXtract - an application for reading audio DAT tapes] | ||
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[[Category:Audio and Music]] | [[Category:Audio and Music]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 02:53, 10 February 2020
DAT (Digital Audio Tape) is a discontinued magnetic tape audio format developed by Sony. It was somewhat popular in the professional recording industry, but was not widely used in the home, in part due to efforts by copyright maximalists to kill the format.
Though it was designed for audio, it was also used for computer data storage. See also Digital Data Storage (DDS).
[edit] Software
[edit] Links
- Wikipedia: Digital Audio Tape
- Digital Audio Tape (DAT), from the Museum Of Obsolete Media
- Techmoan: Digital Audio Tape: The one DAT got away (video)
