[QuadList] Mechanical Splices

[tony at sixpints.demon.co.uk]

Steve.Greene at nara.gov wrote:
> I had heard that they usually "developed" tracks using a solvent containing=
>  fine iron powder, so they could cut at field lines for the video.  The =
> control track "should" be in-phase and not jump, if you cut precisely.  =
> The audio was a different story.
> Of course, playing back spliced tapes always seemed like a crap-shoot to =
> me.  Every time I went over a splice, I held my breath for $2000 worth of =
> quad heads.

The heads should pass on either side of the actual join.