<font color='black' size='2' face='arial'>Th<font color="black" face="arial" size="2">anks to all who offered an opinion. My feelings are the same as David has expressed below. However, there were many who said (and still believe) we could never land a man on the moon, so I put this in the gray box until some eyewitness comes forth. I would have thought such a monumental achievement should have made a SMPTE journal at the time. <br>
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Thanks, again, for all the interesting input.....now does anyone know of a video tape copy of the very first Telstar transmission from France? I have an audio copy but could find nothing on the web. This was the very first westbound transmission with a French singer (Yves Montand)? I know all the networks recorded it at the time...the audio tape I have was from NBC.....<br>
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Yes, I have spliced 2" tape also, and have made some recently in preparing tape for transfer. It's just part of the routine here.</span></font>
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<div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">In my opinion, any sort of physical "L" cut would mean cutting the video first, where the incision would extend only to within the last few millimeters of the top of the 2" tape where the audio track resides, then precisely making a 90 degree cut to the "in sync" audio down the tape, and finishing the incision with a second 90 degree cut. Then, that exact cut (mirrored) would have to be made to the "B" side, to make a proper and seamless mate. Respectfully, I don't see this happening. And if so, it certainly would warrant a round of drinks at the Tiki Room for all the hear the story of success. </span></font></div>
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<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Having made physical splices on quad tapes, you tend to be pleased if they play without frame rolls, yes the sound edit is about half a second after the video edit, and in theory it could to be cured by an L splice, but then the top of the L would be 9” long,. (for a sound and picture cut in the same place)</span></div>
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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!!<br>
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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?<br>
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