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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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.~«^§@£###                ^^ 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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....~«^§@£       §§§§§§§§§ 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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