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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 ========     @#@%†==^..
.^==†%@#@#                                          #@#@%†==^.
..^==†%@#@           class i - "bad" iron           @#@%†==^..
...^==†%@#         class ii - good chromium         #@%†==^...
....^==†%@       class iii - bad iron part two      @%†==^....
.....^==†%        class iv - dangerous metals       %†==^.....
......^==†                                          †==^......
.......^== rumors exist about a secret class v tape ==^.......
......^==†         that is actually useful.         †==^......
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....^==†%@                == bias ==                @%†==^....
...^==†%@#                                          #@%†==^...
..^==†%@#@ class  i uses  one  hundred  and  twenty @#@%†==^..
.^==†%@#@#   micro-something while the others all   #@#@%†==^.
..^==†%@#@ use   seventy    of   the   same   unit. @#@%†==^..
...^==†%@#                                          #@%†==^...
....^==†%@                                          @%†==^....
.....^==†%       ††††††††† aha and †††††††††        %†==^.....
......^==†                                          †==^......
.......^== 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.   %†==^.....
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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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