ABSTRACT
In news and current affairs broadcasting, many compromises have to be made. Elsewhere, there is less excuse. Traditionally, with quarter inch tape, you would spool back from the end, with the tape against the heads, controlling the speed so that you could hear the speech rhythms. A missed edit, a gap or talkback, would show as a break in the rhythm. Any missed edits that were found could be razor-bladed in seconds.
