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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.        ##@@\~....
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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        #@##@§\~:.
.:~\§@####                                          ####@§\~:.
....:\\§## 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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