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There are two ways.
Dude, is it easy to cut tapes down? Can you just put the end right back in the spool, or are there any other things I need to be aware of?
I've been trying to buy different length tapes and fill them up as best I can so that I don't waste any, but it's hard.
1. Take the very end of the tape where is transparent, or white, or you know...the part that doesn't record at all, so at the tip of it where it meets the actual recording tape, there's a stickers that holds them together, it's very fine but if you peel it, you can then dispose of whatever tape you find unnecessary.
2. Take the tape and a small phillips screw driver keep one side flat on a surface and take the screws off, after that you can get to the wheel with the teeth that has the end of the tape, if you look at the end where it hooks with the tape there's a little piece that just snaps in there, you can remove easily and place the tape wherever you want length wise. Is basically skipping the clear unrecordable tape at the beginning of most tapes.
Suggestions: Always record the longer side first regardless if it's side B, just rewind properly before you start, record the longer side first, give it maybe 10 seconds extra after the longer side is finished, stop it, pull the rest of the tape until you get to the end and do the cut, then you can record the shorter side.
I had a lot of fun recording tapes as a kid, the music, man I got to listen to so much Death, Thrash, all the underground shit at the time that is now big time, it's crazy man, Tapes...