"tape Splicing" Type Editing Software, Mantronix,Chep Nunez,Latin rascals,edits Options

[keybie]

Is there any software on the Mac that allows me to "edit" (Wikipedia: tape editing) audio much the same way that Mantronix, The latin rascals and others did it back in the days using 1/2" tape and razor blades?

I know that these things are done mostly on computers these days, and so far I've only heard of Windows software
Is there any Mac software that allows me to edit this way, such as "cutting up" and "splicing" audio snippets, repeats, inserting silence, "tape slowdown" and other things?

In case you have no idea what I'm talking about, here are some short example MP3s:

Example 1
Example 2
Example 3

[banevt]

Most audio software can edit audio in all the ways you have described. It's not like doing it with tape though (I've done it). To me it's easier except that you have to learn how to do it in your audio software. There is usually audio scrubbing in case you miss spinning reels back and forth over the tape heads and most editing can be done with cut and paste or duplicate. A lot have tab to transient functions so you can easily find places to make your edits instead of scrubbing. I love tape and think it's great and there are a few effects that only tape can do well but editing seems a lot easier to get right in the digital domain. You can insert silence by putting blank space between your edits. Tape slow down would probably involve pitch shifting and/or time compression/expansion plugins. I don't know of any software that has a user interface that emulates doing it with tape and razor blades though.