....:=\*$#                                          #$*\=:....
.....:=\*$                                          $*\=:.....
......:=\*                                          *\=:......
.......:=\                                          \=:.......
......:=\*                                          *\=:......
.....:=\*$                @@@@ #####                $*\=:.....
....:=\*$#                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       @#$*\=:...
..:=\*$#@#                                          #@#$*\=:..
.:=\*$#@## rumors exist about a secret class v tape ##@#$*\=:.
..:=\*$#@#         that is actually useful.         #@#$*\=:..
...:=\*$#@                                          @#$*\=:...
....:=\*$#                \\ bias \\                #$*\=:....
.....:=\*$                                          $*\=:.....
......:=\* class  i uses  one  hundred  and  twenty *\=:......
.......:=\   micro-something while the others all   \=:.......
......:=\* use   seventy   of    the   same   unit. *\=:......
.....:=\*$                                          $*\=:.....
....:=\*$#                                          #$*\=:....
...:=\*$#@        ********* 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.     $*\=:.....
....:=\*$#                                          #$*\=:....
...:=\*$#@                                          @#$*\=:...
..:=\*$#@#       \\\\\\\\ 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 $*\=:.....
......:=\* other  if  theyre  alone  for  too  long *\=:......
.......:=\                                          \=:.......
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.....:=\*$                                          $*\=:.....
....:=\*$#                                          #$*\=:....
...:=\*$#@                                          @#$*\=:...
..:=\*$#@#                                          #@#$*\=:..