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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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~~........ 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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†~~....... 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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