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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 -,........
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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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