Soon you will find here a description of how we take what we record and manipulate it so that it becomes a finished play. One of the first steps in this process is removing the out-takes (the stuff we don't want you to hear--mistakes in reading, coughing, outbursts of involuntary laughter, gunplay, etc.) The way to remove this extraneous material is to simply cut it out--and yes, we really do cut it out. But we have to be very careful that we cut out what we mean to--and so we mark the tape at the points where the extraneous material begins, and where it ends. This out-take material is then stored elsewhere (and we have a lot of it!). The two cut ends are then taped back together with the coveted magic splicing tape. More details later.
For now, watch as Libby demonstrates the basic cut move, in four (4) easy steps:
Libby finds the section of tape she wants by manually moving the reel of tape forwards and backwards, and listening carefully!
Libby marks the tape with a grease pencil, to indicate the beginning of the segment she wants to remove.
Libby pulls the tape out and positions it in the tape-cutter groove, centering the mark just below the cutter arm.
Libby cuts the tape!
Check this page often for more details on the editing process.