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...^==†%@# #@%†==^...
..^==†%@#@ @#@%†==^..
.^==†%@#@# #@#@%†==^.
..^==†%@#@ @#@%†==^..
...^==†%@# @@@@ ##### #@%†==^...
....^==†%@ tape dream @%†==^....
.....^==†% #### @@@@@ %†==^.....
......^==† †==^......
.......^== for storing music on. also data but ==^.......
......^==† at this point in time that's not †==^......
.....^==†% really important i think. %†==^.....
....^==†%@ @%†==^....
...^==†%@# #@%†==^...
..^==†%@#@ ======== types of tape ======== @#@%†==^..
.^==†%@#@# #@#@%†==^.
..^==†%@#@ 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. †==^......
.....^==†% %†==^.....
....^==†%@ == bias == @%†==^....
...^==†%@# #@%†==^...
..^==†%@#@ 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? @#@%†==^..
.^==†%@#@# #@#@%†==^.
..^==†%@#@ they also gnaw at the tape heads a bit @#@%†==^..
...^==†%@# better than earlier tape types. #@%†==^...
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......^==† ======== artifacts ======== †==^......
.......^== ==^.......
......^==† good tapes are decent and have a good †==^......
.....^==†% high frequency presence, bad tapes are %†==^.....
....^==†%@ lofi if not outright bad. idk, i kinda @%†==^....
...^==†%@# like it. #@%†==^...
..^==†%@#@ @#@%†==^..
.^==†%@#@# bias loss: if you forget the bias who #@#@%†==^.
..^==†%@#@ knows whats even on there anymore @#@%†==^..
...^==†%@# #@%†==^...
....^==†%@ flutter: kinda quick pitch variations. @%†==^....
.....^==†% beautiful, wonderful, extraordinary. %†==^.....
......^==† †==^......
.......^== wow: a slower flutter, usually several ==^.......
......^==† seconds long. what up. both of these †==^......
.....^==†% increase when tape speed decreases. %†==^.....
....^==†%@ @%†==^....
...^==†%@# print through: tapes rub sound on each #@%†==^...
..^==†%@#@ other if theyre alone for too long @#@%†==^..
.^==†%@#@# #@#@%†==^.
..^==†%@#@ @#@%†==^..
...^==†%@# #@%†==^...
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