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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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