[BC] Getting the Commercials on

[Richard Rudman]

"Splicing" as Tom so well explained it was the main editing technique for years.

Some us, probably including Tom, go back to the days of wire recorders. Splicing was done a little differently with wire. You used a non-magnetized wire cutter, then tied a knot in the pieces that were to be spliced together. This technique was also used when the wire broke, a frequent occurrence.

Intense splicing sessions for magnetic tape (and wire) also lead many of us to a nautical tradition called "splicing the main brace" where quantities of liquid were ingested by the splicer to deal with the stress and pressure of the act of splicing.

For more details on "splicing the mainbrace" for those not familiar with the phrase, and under what conditions said splicing was done, see the Wikipedia lest I get further off topic on this thread.

Richard Rudman
(recommending Dewars on the Rocks)

On Nov 20, 2010, at 12:17 PM, Thomas G. Osenkowsky wrote:

>> "spliced ??   What's that ??
> 
> Splicing was a method by which one could edit audio recorded on magnetic
> tape.