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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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