DA-1
DA-1 tech specs
- Released: 1989
- Initial price: £550[1]
- Clearance price: £375[2]
- Company: Casio
- Type: Portable recorder (DAT)
- Sample rates (playback): 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz
- Sample rates (record): 48 kHz
- Sample resolution (playback): 16-bit
- Sample resolution (record): 15-bit
- Tracks: stereo
- Audio in: Line, mic
- Audio out: Line, headphones
The DA-1 was a portable DAT recorder released by Casio in 1989. Although it can only record at a 15-bit resolution instead of the format's full 16-bit potential, at half the cost of Sony's own offering a year earlier, it was quite popular amongst electronic musicians of the time.
Notable users
References
- "Turnkey" Turnkey (Vendor), Sound On Sound, Nov 1989, p. 85
- "Turnkey" Turnkey (Vendor), Sound On Sound, Jan 1991, p. 61
- "Lost in Trance" Phil Ward, Music Technology, Apr 1994, pp. 18—20
- "Voodoo Chile" Simon Trask, Music Technology, Apr 1990, pp. 50—54
- "Meet the Beat" Steve Cogan, Music Technology, Jan 1991, pp. 54—58
Further reading
Reviews
- "Casio DA1" Paul Ireson, Sound On Sound, Mar 1989, pp. 34—35
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