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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 ##$:-:....
.....:-:$# #$:-:.....
......:-:$ 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 :::::::: #####$:-:.
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...:-:$### good tapes are decent and have a good ###$:-:...
....:-:$## high frequency presence, bad tapes are ##$:-:....
.....:-:$# lofi if not outright bad. idk, i kinda #$:-:.....
......:-:$ like it. $:-:......
.......:-: :-:.......
........:- bias loss: if you forget the bias who -:........
.......:-: knows whats even on there anymore :-:.......
......:-:$ $:-:......
.....:-:$# 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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