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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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