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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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.....-=%¤& class i uses one hundred and twenty &¤%=-.....
......-=%¤ micro-something while the others all ¤%=-......
.......-=% use seventy of the same unit. %=-.......
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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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....-=%¤&£ 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 -.........
.......... ..........
.......... 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. ..........
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........-= print through: tapes rub sound on each =-........
.......-=% other if theyre alone for too long %=-.......
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