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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.      #££%$^-:..
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.:-^$%££## 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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