digital format in the form of the Digital Compact Cassette. Sony would later introduce another rotating head format in the form of NT, which was intended to replace the Microcassette and Mini-Cassette.

The DAT standard allows for four sampling modes: 32 kHz at 12 bits, and 32 kHz, 44.1 kHz or 48 kHz at 16 bits. Certain recorders operate outside the