{"id":56283,"date":"2023-04-05T06:34:32","date_gmt":"2023-04-05T10:34:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=56283"},"modified":"2023-04-05T06:34:32","modified_gmt":"2023-04-05T10:34:32","slug":"what-does-the-beat-cut-function-actually-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/04\/what-does-the-beat-cut-function-actually-do\/","title":{"rendered":"What does the &#8220;Beat Cut&#8221; function actually do?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Cassette-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-56284\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Cassette-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"847\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Cassette-1.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Cassette-1-300x212.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Cassette-1-1024x723.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Cassette-1-768x542.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Cassette-1-624x440.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><strong>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, John, who writes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The video below started with a curious investigation of a mysterious button found on 1980\/90 era cassette recorders&#8230;. just to end up as being essential knowledge that we probably never had back on the day during our listening sessions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">I think the blog readers will love the most recent video from VWestlife:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gm0dT-vi0XU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/gm0dT-vi0XU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to view on YouTube.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Thank you for sharing, John!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, John, who writes: The video below started with a curious investigation of a mysterious button found on 1980\/90 era cassette recorders&#8230;. just to end up as being essential knowledge that we probably never had back on the day during our listening sessions. I think the blog readers will love [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3,305],"tags":[10182,4093],"class_list":["post-56283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-nostalgia","tag-beat-cut","tag-videos"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-eDN","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10576,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/john-follows-radio-australia-schedule-changes\/","url_meta":{"origin":56283,"position":0},"title":"John follows Radio Australia schedule changes","author":"Thomas","date":"August 20, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Yesterday, John Figliozzi (editor of The Worldwide Listening Guide) followed Radio Australia schedule changes as he heard them online and over the air: \"Listening in now (1415 GMT\/UTC) on 12065 kHz. and via the internet, the scheduled program (up to now) \"Late Night Live\" is missing with alternative rock music\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Broadcasters&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Broadcasters","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/broadcasters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"SX-99-Dial","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/SX-99-Dial.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/SX-99-Dial.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/SX-99-Dial.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/SX-99-Dial.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/SX-99-Dial.jpg?resize=1050%2C600 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/SX-99-Dial.jpg?resize=1400%2C800 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":35878,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/02\/pacific-beat-government-considers-report-into-asia-pacific-broadcasting\/","url_meta":{"origin":56283,"position":1},"title":"Pacific Beat: Government considers report into Asia-Pacific broadcasting","author":"Thomas","date":"February 4, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: ABC's Pacific Beat via Michael Bird) https:\/\/abcmedia.akamaized.net\/radioaustralia\/radioaustralia\/audio\/201902\/pba-2019-02-04-restoring-shortwave.mp3 The Australian government is considering the findings of a long-awaited report reviewing broadcasting to the Asia Pacific but it hasn't revealed when they might be made public. One of the key questions under consideration is whether to reinstate the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Broadcasters&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Broadcasters","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/broadcasters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/ATS-405-9580kHz-1024x576.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/ATS-405-9580kHz-1024x576.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/ATS-405-9580kHz-1024x576.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":22081,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/update-north-american-dx-contest\/","url_meta":{"origin":56283,"position":2},"title":"Update: North American DX Contest","author":"Thomas","date":"November 5, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, John Cooper, who writes: THE FINAL COUNTDOWN NASWA, Universal Radio, Inc. and CIDX, is sponsoring the North American Shortwave DX contest \"The Final Countdown\" which will start on 00:00 UTC hours on 7 January 2017. The contest is open to all North American SWLers\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Contests&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Contests","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/contests\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Zenith-Dial-2","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Zenith-Dial-2.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Zenith-Dial-2.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Zenith-Dial-2.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":3325,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/rci-action-committee-what-you-can-do\/","url_meta":{"origin":56283,"position":3},"title":"RCI Action Committee: What you can do","author":"Thomas","date":"April 16, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: RCI Action) How can you help? How can you help stop this drastic cut of 80% of Radio Canada International\u2019s budget? Please write to Canada\u2019s Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, and Canadian Heritage Minister James Moore.\u00a0 (See addresses below.) 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