Digital Tape Recording System

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).[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 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.

• TASCAM Digital Interface
• ADAT
• Digital Audio Stationary Head
• Multitrack recording

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• [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]

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