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##¶@†=~...                TAPE DREAM                ...~=†@¶##
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#¶@†=~.... FOR  STORING  MUSIC  ON. ALSO  DATA  BUT ....~=†@¶#
¶@†=~..... AT  THIS  POINT   IN  TIME   THAT'S  NOT .....~=†@¶
@†=~......        REALLY IMPORTANT I THINK.         ......~=†@
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~.........     ======== TYPES OF TAPE ========      .........~
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..........           CLASS I - "BAD" IRON           ..........
..........         CLASS II - GOOD CHROMIUM         ..........
..........       CLASS III - BAD IRON PART TWO      ..........
..........       CLASS IV - DANGEROUS METALS        ..........
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.......... RUMORS EXIST ABOUT A SECRET CLASS V TAPE ..........
..........         THAT IS ACTUALLY USEFUL.         ..........
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†=~....... CLASS  I  USES ONE  HUNDRED  AND  TWENTY .......~=†
@†=~......   MICRO-SOMETHING WHILE THE OTHERS ALL   ......~=†@
¶@†=~..... USE    SEVENTY   OF   THE   SAME   UNIT. .....~=†@¶
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###¶@†=~..       ††††††††† AHA AND †††††††††        ..~=†@¶###
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#¶@†=~.... CLASS  IV IS  APPARENTLY  TOO STRONG  TO ....~=†@¶#
¶@†=~..... BE  USED ON  CLASS  I PLAYERS.  IT  WILL .....~=†@¶
@†=~...... SOUND   TOO  LOUND  AND   IT  CANNOT  BE ......~=†@
†=~....... COMPLETELY  ERASED. THIS  IS VERY  WELL. .......~=†
=~........   MAYBE SOME WONDERFUL BLENDING EFFECTS  ........~=
~.........            COULD BE ACHIEVED?            .........~
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.......... THEY ALSO GNAW AT  THE  TAPE HEADS A BIT ..........
..........      BETTER THAN EARLIER TAPE TYPES.     ..........
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..........        ======== ARTIFACTS ========       ..........
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.......... GOOD  TAPES ARE  DECENT AND HAVE A  GOOD ..........
.......... HIGH  FREQUENCY PRESENCE,  BAD TAPES ARE ..........
~......... LOFI IF  NOT  OUTRIGHT BAD. IDK, I KINDA .........~
=~........                 LIKE IT.                 ........~=
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@†=~...... BIAS LOSS: IF  YOU FORGET  THE  BIAS WHO ......~=†@
¶@†=~..... KNOWS   WHATS  EVEN   ON  THERE  ANYMORE .....~=†@¶
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##¶@†=~...  FLUTTER: KINDA QUICK PITCH VARIATIONS.  ...~=†@¶##
###¶@†=~..   BEAUTIFUL, WONDERFUL, EXTRAORDINARY.   ..~=†@¶###
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#¶@†=~.... WOW: A SLOWER  FLUTTER,  USUALLY SEVERAL ....~=†@¶#
¶@†=~..... SECONDS LONG.  WHAT  UP.  BOTH  OF THESE .....~=†@¶
@†=~......    INCREASE WHEN TAPE SPEED DECREASES.   ......~=†@
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=~........ PRINT THROUGH:  TAPES RUB SOUND  ON EACH ........~=
~......... OTHER  IF  THEYRE  ALONE  FOR  TOO  LONG .........~
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