grease pencil or china marker (white, yellow, any color that stands out against brown tape).editing block (usually mounted on your console reel to reel recorder with grooves for hard cuts or soft ).adhesive splicing tape (blue, best on a weighted desk dispenser, 1' for 2' tape, otherwise).recording tape (basic magnetic tape, e.g.Who among us hasn't wanted to take a razor blade to our tapes for no other purpose than malicious destruction? Through the ancient art of manual tape editing and splicing, you now have a practical reason for doing just that!īasic materials for tape splicing and editing.