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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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