# Digital Tape Recording System > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Digital_Tape_Recording_System > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Digital_Tape_Recording_System.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Tape_Recording_System > Source revision: 1328371038 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Digital audio media format}} {{Infobox storage medium | name = Digital Tape Recording System | logo = | image = | caption = | type = [Magnetic cassette tape](/source/Magnetic_cassette_tape) | encoding = Lossless real-time | capacity = | read = Rotating head | write = Rotating head, helical scan | standard = | owner = [TASCAM](/source/TASCAM) | use = Professional [digital audio](/source/digital_audio) | extended from = [Hi8](/source/Hi8) | extended to = | released = {{Start date and age|1993}} }} '''Digital Tape Recording System''' ('''DTRS''') is a signal recording and playback medium developed by [TASCAM](/source/TASCAM), a division of the [TEAC Corporation](/source/TEAC_Corporation), that was stored on [Hi8](/source/Hi8) video cassettes. It allowed up to 108 minutes of continuous [digital](/source/Digital_recording) [multitrack recording](/source/multitrack_recording) on a single tape.[http://www.silentway.com/definitive-guide-tascam-da-88-dtrs-format-recorders] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603210311/http://www.silentway.com/definitive-guide-tascam-da-88-dtrs-format-recorders |date=2020-06-03 }} The Definitive Guide to The Tascam DA-88 and DTRS-Format Recorders. Retrieved on 2012-05-10. ==Overview== The first device to use the format was the DA-88. This modular, digital multitrack device uses tape as the recording medium and could record up to eight tracks simultaneously. It also allowed multiple DA-88 devices to be combined to record 16 or more tracks. The first models in the series (the TASCAM DA-88, DA-38, DA-98 and Sony PCM-800) recorded at 16-bit resolution. TASCAM later introduced the DA-98HR and DA-78HR, which recorded at 24-bit resolution and sample rates up to 48 kHz (for DA-78HR) and 192 kHz (for DA-98HR, suitable for recording [high-resolution audio](/source/high-resolution_audio)).[http://www.silentway.com/definitive-dtrs-guide-chapter-1-equipment-overview] The Definitive Guide to The Tascam DA-88 and DTRS-Format Recorders, Chapter 1: Equipment Overview. Retrieved on 2012-12-01. In 1995, the TASCAM DA-88 won the [Emmy award](/source/Emmy_award) for technical excellence. The affordability and digital format of the DA-88 led to sales of more than 60,000 units by 1999. At that time, it was the biggest product in the history of TASCAM.Because of its reliability and durability, the DA-88 and its subsequent fellow units continue to be used by aficionados. ==See also== * [TASCAM Digital Interface](/source/TASCAM_Digital_Interface) * [ADAT](/source/ADAT) * [Digital Audio Stationary Head](/source/Digital_Audio_Stationary_Head) * [Multitrack recording](/source/Multitrack_recording) ==References== {{cite book | first=Megan | last=Perry | year=2004 | page=131 | title=Wired: musicians' home studios: tools & techniques of the musical mavericks | publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation | isbn=0-87930-794-3 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qR_GKWABvkoC&pg=PA131 | access-date=2011-04-12 }} {{cite book | first=Jodi | last=Summers | year=2004 | title=Making and marketing music: the musician's guide to financing, distributing, and promoting albums | edition=2nd | publisher=Allworth Communications, Inc | isbn=1-58115-387-2 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZHjEM2TnuhAC&pg=PA129 | access-date=2011-04-12 }} {{cite book | first=Randy | last=Alberts | year=2003 | title=TASCAM: 30 years of recording evolution | series=Recording and Audio Technology Series | publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation | isbn=0-634-01156-1 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xbA-0fAi20cC&pg=PA63 | access-date=2011-04-12 }} {{cite news | first=Paul | last=Verna | date=September 11, 1999 | work=Billboard | title=Tascam Marks 25 Years of Audio Innovation | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oggEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT85 | access-date=2011-04-12 }} == External links == * [http://tascam.com/ Tascam Official Site] * [http://tascam.com/legacy/ Tascam legacy (discontinued) products] * [http://www.silentway.com/definitive-guide-tascam-da-88-dtrs-format-recorders The Definitive Guide to The Tascam DA-88 and DTRS-Format Recorders] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603210311/http://www.silentway.com/definitive-guide-tascam-da-88-dtrs-format-recorders |date=2020-06-03 }} * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPeRDQLl3lk Repairing DA-88, DA-98HR and PCM800 and similar DTRS machines which can damage tapes due to a lack of back tension] {{Audio formats}} Category:Recording Category:Digital audio recording Category:Audio storage --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Digital Tape Recording System](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Tape_Recording_System) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Tape_Recording_System?action=history)). 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