To my knowledge, before the use of computers in audio recording, to cut out errors etc. producers had to physically cut the tape from the analogue recorder and glue it back together. Especially the last part I can’t really comprehend. How do you glue together two loose ends of a tape without any overlapping exactly at the right place and without hearing any errors, stutters or something on the final recording?
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[Here is a full video demonstration with explanations.](https://youtu.be/_TARpAdIjRM?si=og8RSYnJf_D_iygj)
The tape is marked where the cut will be.
The tape is then slacked and put on the editing block, which is a rail that contains the tape and also has some cutting guides at several angles.
The editor aligns the mark on the tape with the center of his chosen angle, and cuts along the guide with a razor.
The tape is then joined with adhesive editing tape with another tape that has been similarly cut from another reel.
The editor puts the two ends of the tape on the editing block, meeting the ends together, and securing them with the adhesive editing tape.
The tape is then fed back properly into the machine.
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