Editing on tape

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I have this awesome song and well a horrible thing happened. There is this one part where the tape is sorta bent and well I want to take the part of the song that didnt come out and take another part of the song and replace the messed up part. I have tried this: I copied the original tape to my ms16 and I slowed the speed down so I can get it in the right spot. Then I bring up the speed. I have my teac 3340 recording (the original tape) and right when the part comes up I try and press play on my ms16 so I can nip it right in the butt. But unfortunately it is still off... very little. I was kinda close... Is there any other way it get this thing right? I was thinking of importing the song into a computer and use some software to fix it. But i dont have any digital stuff and id rather keep it all on tape. Cause Im still not done tracking all the stuff.
 
The greatest thing happened... I found the original tracks to the song!!!! ( i thought i recorded over them) I haven't been this happy in ages... now I can't sleep. : D
 
Happy to hear you didn't record over it. But in the future could you have spliced the tape and put the good part in where you wanted it? Just starting to experiment with this myself.
 
Well, I believe so. I'm not sure how to do it but you definatley need that white pen or chalk that they use and some splicing tape. I tried using a marker and it rubbed off. Also you need a machine that can let you move the reels freely so you can find the right spot. My ms-16 has this edit button which does that function. Its kinda hard to find the right spot though. All the beats sound the same, maybe I was just not paying close attention though. :drunk:
 
AllenM said:
Well, I believe so. I'm not sure how to do it but you definatley need that white pen or chalk that they use and some splicing tape. I tried using a marker and it rubbed off. Also you need a machine that can let you move the reels freely so you can find the right spot. My ms-16 has this edit button which does that function. Its kinda hard to find the right spot though. All the beats sound the same, maybe I was just not paying close attention though. :drunk:
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You need a grease pencil (white), a sharp razor blade (you can get these cheap at hardware stores), some splicing tape (can usually find it cheap enough on ebay), and ideally an editing block for a clean splice. As for all the beats sounding the same, well, it takes a little practice to sharpen your ear up but you get the hang of it fairly quickly. It's actually a lot of fun.

Here's a vid on the basics of cutting tape...this guy is a little ham-fisted about it, but you get the idea.

YouTube - Editing Audio Tape
 
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