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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. ..:::--†§§
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##@§*†*-:. ** 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 ††††††††† .:-*†*§@##
§*††*:.... ....:*††*§
###@*†*-:. 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 ******** .:-***†**@
§†-....... .......-†§
@§***-:... 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. .:-*†*§@##
§†**:::... ...:::**†§
§††-...... 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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