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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 /=~.......
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.....~=/=& RUMORS EXIST ABOUT A SECRET CLASS V TAPE &=/=~.....
....~=/=&¤ THAT IS ACTUALLY USEFUL. ¤&=/=~....
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..~=/=&¤@# // 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? =/=~......
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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. @¤&=/=~...
..~=/=&¤@# #@¤&=/=~..
.~=/=&¤@## PRINT THROUGH: TAPES RUB SOUND ON EACH ##@¤&=/=~.
..~=/=&¤@# OTHER IF THEYRE ALONE FOR TOO LONG #@¤&=/=~..
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