SONY PCM 2600 DAT RECORDER FEATURES SUPER BIT MAPPING

Okay...Super Bit Mapping. What the heck is it and why should you want it? Super Bit Mapping (SBM) is a process designed to get the equivalent of 20-bit performance from a 16-bit format like DAT or CD. How does it work? Well, SBM is an intelligent filter process that takes advantage of the human ear's non-linear frequency response. Since our ears are less sensitive to higher and lower frequencies, the process uses noise-shaping to distribute digital quantization noise in the areas of frequency response where the ear is much less likely to perceive it.

So what does this do for recordings made on a DAT machine like the PCM2600 from Sony? Simple, it raises the bit detail and increases the potential auditory dynamic range of music. And it's not a subtle effect, either; it's clearly audible to anyone with a reasonably good set of ears. It's been described as bringing a sense of warmth and true musicality to digital recordings — something we all want, right?

The only DAT machines with SBM are from Sony (these are the people who developed the process, anyway). Like the PCM2600 pictured above. It comes with balanced XLR analog ins and outs, a pro quality AES/EBU digital interface, three sampling rates from 36kHz to 48kHz and a heck of a lot more we haven't got room to tell you about.

We can tell you that this amazing recorder comes with a "sticker price" of $1875, but you won't be paying anything close to that because Sweetwater is pricing these machines to move (we like you and we want you to have Super Bit Mapping on your recordings). So call your Sweetwater sales engineer for further info and pricing right now!

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