Mark Howell wrote:
On 1 Jul 2004 00:15:17 GMT, (Christopher C.
Stacy) wrote:
What does "cut a tape" mean, and why and where does that come from?
It means "record" a tape. I suspect the origin is from the days
before magnetic recording, when recordings were made mechanically on
discs, literally "cut" into the disc by a stylus.
Perhaps also at least in part a reference to the days when one literally
cut (and spliced) tape as part of the recording/production process.
(To think we now have a generation of radio folks who have never had
to splice tape...)
-Shawn Mamros
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