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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. ##..##....
####..#### #......###
###....##. ;; 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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