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.....~^^¤& A COOL ENOUGH SONY WALKMAN CALLED &¤^^~.....
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.^~\^¤## ### TCM ONEFIFTY ### ###&¤^\~^.
...^~~^¤#@ # # # @#¤^~~^...
.^~\^¤@# #@#&¤^\~^.
..^~\\¤¤&@ IT'S BATTERY POWERED (TWO AA BATTERIES) @&¤¤\\~^..
.^~\¤@## AND HAS A MICROPHONE. IT DOES FEATURE A ##@#&¤\~^.
.^\^¤@## SPEED HOLE BUT IT'S HIDDEN BENEATH ITS ##@#&¤^\^.
.^~\^¤#@## SHELL. ##@#¤^\~^.
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....^\¤¤#@ A COOL THING IS THE SPEAKER ON THE @#¤¤\^....
.^~\^¤@# FRONT. BUT ISN'T THAT A MAGNET CLOSE TO #@#&¤^\~^.
....^~^^¤# THE TAPE? YES #¤^^~^....
.^~\^^¤¤¤# #¤¤¤^^\~^.
.^~\^¤&@## ## IS IT GOOD ## ##@&¤^\~^.
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.^^~\^^¤## WELL. IT HAS SOME VERY REAL COMPRESSION ##¤^^\~^^.
.^~\^¤#@ GOING ON SO CLOSE VOX AND OTHER HIGH @##&¤^\~^.
.^~\^¤@# VOLUME THINGS ARE VERY CRISP AND WITH #@#&¤^\~^.
.^~\^¤&# KIND OF LOW NOISE. BUT WHEN THERE'S ##&&¤^\~^.
......~\¤# MORE OF AN AMBIENCE, ALL YOU HEAR IS #¤\~......
......~^¤# HISS AND MOTOR NOISE. #¤^~......
.^~\^¤@# #@#&¤^\~^.
......~\^& DENOISING TECHNIQUES ARE SIMPLE. ACTUAL &^\~......
.^~\^¤#@ DENOISING FOR THE NOISE, AND MAYBE AN @##&¤^\~^.
......~~^& EQ FOR THE MOTOR. &^~~......
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.^~\^¤¤¤ ## WHAT IS IT FOR ## #&¤¤¤^\~^.
.^~\^¤@# #@#&¤^\~^.
.^~\^¤@@ I USE IT FOR TALKING TO WHEN I'M DRUNK. @@#&¤^\~^.
.^~\¤@## IT DOES THIS VERY GOOD. THE PAUSE ##@#&¤\~^.
.^~\^¤@# BUTTON IS A SMALL STOP, THE STOP BUTTON #@#&¤^\~^.
.....^~\¤& IS A MAJOR STOP. &¤\~^.....
.^~\^¤@# #@#&¤^\~^.
...^~^¤¤#@ ## SOME QUIRKS ## @#¤¤^~^...
.....~\¤#@ @#¤\~.....
.^~\^¤#@## WHEN UNPAUSING, RECORDING BEGINS BEFORE ##@#¤^\~^.
.....^~^ THE ENGINE IS FULLY SPUN UP, RESULTING #&^~^.....
.^~\^¤¤¤&@ IN A NICE SWOOP BEING RECORDED. @&¤¤¤^\~^.
.^~\^¤@# #@#&¤^\~^.
.^~\^¤## IT MADE ME BUY A VHS CAM ###&¤^\~^.
....~~~^ #&^~~~....
.^~\^¤#@## ##@#¤^\~^.
....^\^^¤# # # # #¤^^\^....
....~\\\^& &^\\\~....
.^~\^¤## REST IN PIECES, LITERALLY ###&¤^\~^.
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.^~\^¤@# ^ MAY TWENTY FIFTEEN ^ #@#&¤^\~^.
....^^~^&@ . TO . @&^~^^....
.^~\^¤@# ~ JULY TWENTY EIGHTEEN ~ #@#&¤^\~^.
.^~\^¤@# #@#&¤^\~^.
.^^^~^^^¤# SUPERSEDED BY THE TCM TWENTY #¤^^^~^^^.
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