[QuadList] Mechanical Splices

[trandoc at aol.com]

David,

Thanks for your reply.

A little more background on my question:

My dad, (who worked at CBS 1949-1973, but not in tape) remembers hearing of a 1962 musical show edited with an "L Splice" which was a mechanical cut to include the audio track. This seems to be quite a feat, yet it has been verified by a friend of his who also has memories of such an edit. The editor mentioned might have been a George Hartmann?. This is all I know. Quite a feat and really tough on the headwheel!!

Regards,
Harold

 

 


 

 

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From: David Crosthwait <david at dcvideo.com>
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Sent: Wed, Dec 1, 2010 6:23 pm
Subject: Re: [QuadList] Mechanical Splices


Harold, 


I have not heard of this from a standpoint of physically splicing the tape in a non-straight form. What this "L" cut may be referring to is the practice of cutting the picture and conforming a separate mag or audio tape to have the audio cuts be in-sync with the picture cut. Such a system was in place in the 50's and 60's at NBC Burbank. Having laughs cross the edits also helped in the separate system approach, such as in Laugh-In. On the Cyd Charisse (1959 color) presentation, such a system of post pix edit audio conform was used throughout the program, but was especially critical in the first dance scene, which was heavily spliced. The music track that Cyd danced to was consistent and uninterrupted by the physical cuts.


David
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On Dec 1, 2010, at 3:08 PM, trandoc at aol.com wrote:


 

 Hi all,

I would like to access the experience of the list. I have heard of an "L Splice" which was said to compensate for the separation between the video drum and audio stack on a quad machine. This seems quite amazing to me and I wonder if anyone else has heard of this?

Thanks,
Harold


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