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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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