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.:-*=@@@ tape dream #&@@@=*-:.
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.:-*=@&@## for storing music on. also data but ##@&@=*-:.
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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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