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#@%==~.... ....~==%@#
##@&%%=~.. #### ##### ..~=%%&@##
@%%%~..... tape dream .....~%%%@
##@&%%=~.. #### ##### ..~=%%&@##
@&%=~..... .....~=%&@
##@&%%=~.. 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 == ..~=%%%&&&
&&%%=~.... ....~=%%&&
&%%~...... 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 ======== ..~=%%&@##
&&&%%~.... ....~%%&&&
###@&%%=~. 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 ......=%&@
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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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&%%~...... ......~%%&
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