In other words, the robot pressed record, started the ADAT playback,
and left the room. It obviously was not checked at any point in time
because the played back audio was faster and pitched up since the
wrong sample rate was selected on the HD-24.

i recently had a situation where a band brought in .wav files on a
dvd-rom that were transfered from a da-88's. it was the strangest
thing, becasue they were pitched up, but were at 44.1 (i still don't
quite understand it).

it was such a mess we ended up getting the original tapes and two
da-88's and retransferring the tracks. the band paid someone for the
transfer -- don't know if they got their money back. as the studio
owner, i comped the retransfer time.

here's my question to the panel: how realistic would it have been to
walk in to the mess of pitched up tracks and no tech and demand the
deposit back and cancel the whole thing? i know the studio owner
comped you a day, and the band would've been out the airfare, and it's
hard to walk away in the heat of the moment, but talk about having the
tables turned against you.

anyway, best of luck, david.

chris deckard
saint louis moe