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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.         $%:~:.....
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.......:~:                :: bias ::                :~:.......
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.........: class i  uses  one  hundred  and  twenty :.........
..........   micro-something while the others all   ..........
.......... use   seventy   of   the   same    unit. ..........
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.......... class iv  is  apparently  too  strong to ..........
.......... be  used  on class  i  players. it  will ..........
.......... sound  too  lound   and  it   cannot  be ..........
.........: completely  erased. this  is  very well. :.........
........:~  maybe some wonderful blending effects   ~:........
.......:~:            could be achieved?            :~:.......
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.....:~:%$ 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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