Subject:SCMS problem when transferring to DAT

Posted by: SteveM

Date:3/19/2001 4:24:03 PM

I'm having a problem with SoundForge and my Delta DIO 2496
card. I use the card to transfer concerts from DAT to the
PC. Once I have the .wav file on my PC, I use Sound Forge
and/or Cool Edit to modify the file (EQ, normalizing, etc).

The problem I'm having is that once I make modifications to
the file, I can't copy the modified file back to the DAT.
I've double checked & triple checked my settings &
everything appears to be fine. SCMS is set to 'ignore' on
the Delta DIO 2496 and on the DAT, yet as soon as I hit
record on the DAT (a Sony PCM-M1, which ignores SCMS), the
display on the DAT flashed "Copy Prohibit" & I'm unable to
record from the PC to the DAT. This only seems to occur on
files that have been modified. If I use the PC for DAT
cloning (without making any modifications to the .wav
file), it works fine.

Are there any settings in SoundForge that I could be
missing that would cause this?

Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Steve Marshall
314-951-5544

Subject:RE: SCMS problem when transferring to DAT

Reply by: pwppch

Date:3/22/2001 2:58:48 AM

Forge does not control this in any way. It is a function of
your sound card and the DAT recorder. Forge merely "plays"
the audio to a specific port. There is no means for Forge
to "control" or alter the SCMS bit in the S/PDIF data
stream.

Have you contacted MIDIMan? They are very helpful in this
regard.

Peter Haller
Sonic Foundry, Inc.