Re: [ARSCLIST] Quarter-inch splicing tabs

["Peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

FYI:

Editall has gone out of the business of making splicing tabs and splicing
blocks.  Is there anyone else who makes blocks or tabs?

We have multiple blocks and a good supply of tabs in-house but, eventually,
we are likely to run out.


Peter Brothers
President
SPECS BROS., LLC
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www.specsbros.com

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List
> [mailto:ARSCLIST@xxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Marie O'Connell
> Sent: Monday, March 13, 2006 10:58 AM
> To: ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Quarter-inch splicing tabs
>
>
> I too have a 1/4 inch EMITAPE splicing block, made in Great
> Britain, AT610 -
> a product from Thorn EMI Tape Ltd, a Thorn EMI company (original box helps
> for that info!).
>
> 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 8:21 PM
> To: ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Quarter-inch splicing tabs
>
> 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
>
>