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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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##@§$%/~-.      //////// types of tape ////////     .-~/%$§@##
@$%%%~~...                                          ...~~%%%$@
§§§§$%/~-.           class i - "bad" iron           .-~/%$§§§§
§$%%%/~...         class ii - good chromium         ...~/%%%$§
##@§$%/~-.       class iii - bad iron part two      .-~/%$§@##
§%/~~-....       class iv - dangerous metals        ....-~~/%§
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#@§§$%/~-. rumors exist about a secret class v tape .-~/%$§§@#
#@$/~.....         that is actually useful.         .....~/$@#
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##@§$%/~-.                // bias //                .-~/%$§@##
###@§$%/~-                                          -~/%$§@###
##@§$%/~-. class  i  uses  one hundred  and  twenty .-~/%$§@##
##@§$%/~-.   micro-something while the others all   .-~/%$§@##
@$%%%%/~-. use    seventy   of   the   same   unit. .-~/%%%%$@
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##@§$%/~-.       %%%%%%%%% aha and %%%%%%%%%        .-~/%$§@##
@$/~~~....                                          ....~~~/$@
#@§$/~~~-. class iv  is apparently  too  strong  to .-~~~/$§@#
##@§$%/~-. be  used  on  class i players.  it  will .-~/%$§@##
###@§$/~-. sound   too  lound  and  it  cannot   be .-~/$§@###
##@§$%/~-. completely erased. this  is  very  well. .-~/%$§@##
##@§$%/~-.   maybe some wonderful blending effects  .-~/%$§@##
##@§$%/~-.            could be achieved?            .-~/%$§@##
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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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