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.~«^†@&£@#                @@@@ #####                #@£&@†^«~.
~«^†@&£@##                tape dream                ##@£&@†^«~
.~«^†@&£@#                #### @@@@@                #@£&@†^«~.
.~«^†@@@@£                                          £@@@@†^«~.
....«^@@&& for  storing  music  on. also  data  but &&@@^«....
.~«^†@&@## at   this  point  in  time   that's  not ##@&@†^«~.
.~«^†@&££@         really important i think.        @££&@†^«~.
.~«^††††&@                                          @&††††^«~.
...~^†††@&                                          &@†††^~...
.....~^†&£      ^^^^^^^^ 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        £££&@†^«~.
....~^^††&                                          &††^^~....
.~«^†@&£@# rumors exist about a secret class v tape #@£&@†^«~.
.~«^†@&£@#         that is actually useful.         #@£&@†^«~.
.~«^†@&£@#                                          #@£&@†^«~.
.~«^†@&£@#                ^^ 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 †††††††††        #@£&@†^«~.
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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.     ##£&@†^«~.
.~«^†@&£@#                                          #@£&@†^«~.
.~«^†@&£@#                                          #@£&@†^«~.
......~^@&       ^^^^^^^^ 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.   @£@@†^««~.
.~«^†@&£@@                                          @@£&@†^«~.
....~^††&£ 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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