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¨¨¨:=*%¤## 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              ###¤%*=:¨¨
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¨¨:=*%¤###             ## 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.           ##¤%*=:¨¨¨
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¨¨:=*%¤### DENOISING FOR  THE NOISE,  AND MAYBE  AN ###¤%*=:¨¨
¨¨¨:=*%¤##            EQ FOR THE MOTOR.             ##¤%*=:¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨:=*%¤ ##     WHAT     IS     IT     FOR     ## ¤%*=:¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨:=*%¤ I  USE IT FOR TALKING TO WHEN I'M DRUNK. ¤%*=:¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨:=*%¤# IT  DOES  THIS  VERY  GOOD.   THE  PAUSE #¤%*=:¨¨¨¨
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¨¨:=*%¤###             IS A MAJOR STOP.             ###¤%*=:¨¨
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¨¨:=*%¤###            ## SOME QUIRKS ##             ###¤%*=:¨¨
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¨¨¨¨:=*%¤#  WHEN UNPAUSING, RECORDING BEGINS BEFORE #¤%*=:¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨:=*%¤ THE ENGINE IS  FULLY SPUN  UP, RESULTING ¤%*=:¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨:=*%¤##        REST IN PIECES, LITERALLY         ##¤%*=:¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨:=*%¤          : MAY TWENTY FIFTEEN :          ¤%*=:¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨:=*%                  ¨ TO ¨                  %*=:¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨:=*%¤         = JULY TWENTY EIGHTEEN =         ¤%*=:¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨:=*%¤##       SUPERSEDED BY THE TCM TWENTY       ##¤%*=:¨¨¨
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