Overview of music/ sound recording techniques that were state of the art in the 80s. Shot of a country scenic country cottage and surrounding green grass and trees. Inside two violinists and a cellist play while a conductor wearing headphones conducts and a tape deck rolls, recording. CUs of tape moving through deck and VU meters. The hosts of the show arrive, a black woman and a white man arrive and listen to the musician. The female host listens to a music box, kneeling down and narrating.