Re: [ARSCLIST] Quarter-inch splicing tabs

[Tom Fine <tflists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

By the way, I have an EMITape block that sure is a dead ringer for an EdiTall but has no mention of 
Joel Tall's patent. I wonder how they got away with that? It's slightly longer and fatter than a 
regular S-3 block, but I can't see that as a patent-breaking point of difference since the 
tape-holding grooves and cut lines are the same.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Fine" <tflists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 9:06 PM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Quarter-inch splicing tabs


> It was Joel Tall. If I remember the story correctly, he was a CBS producer or editor in the early 
> days of tape. He invented a better way to splice tapes than a wooden block with markings on it. 
> See patent # 2599667.
>
> The best razor-man I ever saw was a radio commercial guy who's now retired. He would keep notes on 
> the details of ever word of every take, and his ear was trained so that he could hear during a 
> take THAT'S IT for one word out of 20 or 100 or more. He could splice together syllables into 
> words. One 30-second spot I saw him put together (with a not so great v/o guy) had over a hundred 
> splices. It sounded perfect, like the guy just nailed the take and walked away. My friend knew 
> better and has the gray hair to prove it. Like many older guys, he's not that comfortable on a 
> computer, so I helped him out with something he was doing for another friend, using a professional 
> voice-over guy, a couple of years ago. It took us a full day to record and edit the bit. His 
> comment was, it might have gone slightly faster with a blade -- which I chalk up as a credit to 
> his efficiency since we were not wasting time and Soundforge was very cooperative that day. He 
> admitted it's more intuitive to see a waveform on the screen and be able to drop markers and cut 
> and paste stuff (also easier to keep track of edit windows than 6-inch bits of tape).
>
> -- Tom Fine
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "David Lennick" <dlennick@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 7:54 PM
> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Quarter-inch splicing tabs
>
>
> > Jeffrey Kane wrote:
> >
> > > I found a bunch of them in Australia about a year ago and bought 15 or so.
> > > The place may still have them. I'll try to find their URL. They are labeled
> > > BASF and are in a small grey plastic dispenser. The other manufacturer was
> > > Editall. The tabs were branded XEDIT. Last ones I found were at Tape
> > > Warehouse in Atlanta but I think I bought all they had. They still have the
> > > 1/2", 3/4" and 1" tabs in stock if you don't mind cutting them down to size.
> > > The URL is HTTP://www.tapewarehouse.com. I think they're superior to the
> > > BASF tabs.
> >
> > Today's trivia question: Name the person whose surname is part of "Editall".
> > What did he do? Discuss.
> >
> > dl
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List
> > > [mailto:ARSCLIST@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Lennick
> > > Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 5:36 PM
> > > To: ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Quarter-inch splicing tabs
> > >
> > > I used to be able to get those BASF dispensers from an AV distributor in
> > > Edmonton, but that was a LONG
> > > time ago (at least 20 years). Now it's whatever I can get from Tele-Tech,
> > > just north of Toronto, and the
> > > usual half-inch dispenser and a razor blade.
> > > dl
> > >
> > > Tom Fine wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi Marie:
> > > >
> > > > You are correct! It was BASF before Emtec was a glint in a beancounter's
> > > eye. I have one with a BASF
> > > > sticker and one with a Gotham sticker over the BASF sticker. Both are
> > > running low.
> > > >
> > > > -- Tom Fine
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Marie O'Connell" <Marie.OConnell@xxxxxxx>
> > > > To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 5:39 PM
> > > > Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Quarter-inch splicing tabs
> > > >
> > > > >I am holding one of those very 1/4 inch splicing dispensers in my hands
> > > > > now.....BUT, the label has fallen off, so I can't tell you who made
> > > them.  I
> > > > > have a feeling it was EMTEC....but.....my memory fails me.  Otherwise, I
> > > use
> > > > > the blue Quantegy tape and have it on a tape dispenser and just cut off
> > > what
> > > > > I need with a razor blade.  I think the blue is archivally more
> > > acceptable
> > > > > and least sticky than the really handy dispenser one!
> > > > >
> > > > > Cheers
> > > > >
> > > > > Marie
> > > > >
> > > > > Marie O'Connell
> > > > > Sound Archivist/Audio Engineer/Sound Consultant
> > > > > The Center For Oral History & Cultural Heritage
> > > > > The University Of Southern Mississippi
> > > > > 118 College Drive #5175
> > > > > Hattiesburg, MS, 39401-406
> > > > > Ph: 601-266-6514
> > > > > Fax: 601-266-6217
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List
> > > > > [mailto:ARSCLIST@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tom Fine
> > > > > Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 3:45 PM
> > > > > To: ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > > Subject: [ARSCLIST] Quarter-inch splicing tabs
> > > > >
> > > > > Does anyone make/sell quarter-inch splicing tabs anymore? I'm talking
> > > about
> > > > > the white tabs you put
> > > > > over a splice-cut on quarter-inch tape. Back in the tape heyday, places
> > > like
> > > > > Gotham Audio used to
> > > > > give away tab dispensers at trade shows. I thought I had stockpiled
> > > enough,
> > > > > but no. I much prefer
> > > > > the tabs to regular blue splicing tape, tabs take much less time to peel
> > > and
> > > > > stick. I think someone
> > > > > still makes sheets of cassette-splicing tabs, so do the same folks make
> > > 1/4"
> > > > > versions?
> > > > >
> > > > > -- Tom Fine