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Old TripleDAT files

Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2015 8:15 am
by krizrox
Is there any way to salvage or import old TripleDAT files/projects without having TripleDAT?

I have some old demos that were done in TripleDAT but alas... TripleDAT is long gone.

I realize I can't open the *.ARG project files but I was wondering about the individual audio clips (*.TDS). If I could somehow convert them into WAV files or import those into Samplitude (for example) I could possibly re-align them to make sense. I was just curious.

Actually, I still have all the original program files (up to version 2.53) but I assume even trying to install the program is useless without the original TripleBoard.

Ahhh... those were the days lol

btw: does anyone still have TripleDAT and/or using it for anything meaningful?

Re: Old TripleDAT files

Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2015 9:04 am
by dante
What about this

http://forums.planetz.com/viewtopic.php ... =Tripledat

AATranslator http://www.aatranslator.com.au

Or maybe a demo version of TrackCaster ?

Re: Old TripleDAT files

Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2015 11:52 am
by krizrox
dante wrote:What about this

http://forums.planetz.com/viewtopic.php ... =Tripledat

AATranslator http://www.aatranslator.com.au

Or maybe a demo version of TrackCaster ?
Ohhh how cool! Thanks Dante! Just what I needed. Wish this had been around some years ago. I ended up throwing a bunch of early projects away (old studio TDAT archives that I assumed were irretrievable after I ditched TripleDAT back around 2002).

Re: Old TripleDAT files

Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2015 12:30 pm
by astroman
I still have Triple PCI and the version for Scope - just in case things get complicated

cheers, Tom

Re: Old TripleDAT files

Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2015 2:46 pm
by krizrox
astroman wrote:I still have Triple PCI and the version for Scope - just in case things get complicated

cheers, Tom
Interesting! There's still life there lol

TripleDAT was the product I used for the first few years of my studio operation. Once Pulsar/Scope came along though I ditched the TripleBoard and ended up with Pulsar and an A16. That gave me the muscle I needed to run a legit studio operation and start charging actual money lol. But TripleDAT (unfortunately) was left to languish while other products leapfrogged it in terms of features and functionality. I started doing hip hop and other stuff and TripleDat just wasn't going to cut it.

Re: Old TripleDAT files

Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2015 6:21 pm
by astroman
well, to be honest... I don't actually use it atm ...
I happened to buy a TDAT system once dead cheap, with the 2xAdat PCI card including Osiris
the plugins were really good - some even outperformed Pulsar versions
most annoying feature was the DOS file naming
but the Triple license had a price advantage on ProPack back then iirc - it was a good deal

my other license came with a Scope card (TripleDat LE which was sold for a short while)
it's on the allkeys file and can be installed in a few minutes

after weighing options between Reaper and SAW-Studio I stuck with the latter
probably as close to Triple as can be :D
pure chance, I just prefer the tape-machine approach over sequencer
as they added the routing feature to Reaper it was out of the race immediately

probably not the ideal setup when you work for customers, tho... a sequencer can save time
most of my own stuff (90%) I track with an iPad (same old fashioned style with Multitrack-DAW), the rest is VDAT

cheers, Tom