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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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###&&$†~.¨ A  COOL  THING  IS  THE  SPEAKER  ON THE ¨.~†$&&###
&$$††††~.¨ FRONT. BUT ISN'T THAT A MAGNET  CLOSE TO ¨.~††††$$&
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&&&&&$†~.¨ WELL. IT  HAS SOME VERY REAL COMPRESSION ¨.~†$&&&&&
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@@#&&$†~.¨ KIND  OF LOW  NOISE.  BUT  WHEN  THERE'S ¨.~†$&&#@@
#&&$~.¨¨¨¨ MORE  OF  AN AMBIENCE, ALL  YOU HEAR  IS ¨¨¨¨.~$&&#
@##&&$†~.¨           HISS AND MOTOR NOISE.          ¨.~†$&&##@
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&&&†~.¨¨¨¨ DENOISING TECHNIQUES ARE SIMPLE. ACTUAL  ¨¨¨¨.~†&&&
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###&&$†~.¨ ##     WHAT     IS     IT     FOR     ## ¨.~†$&&###
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&&$~~~~~.¨ I  USE IT FOR TALKING TO WHEN I'M DRUNK. ¨.~~~~~$&&
#@#&&$†~.¨ IT  DOES   THIS  VERY  GOOD.  THE  PAUSE ¨.~†$&&#@#
###&&$†~.¨ BUTTON IS A  SMALL STOP, THE STOP BUTTON ¨.~†$&&###
#&&&&$†~.¨             IS A MAJOR STOP.             ¨.~†$&&&&#
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##@&&$†~.¨  WHEN UNPAUSING, RECORDING BEGINS BEFORE ¨.~†$&&@##
###&&$†~.¨ THE ENGINE IS FULLY SPUN  UP,  RESULTING ¨.~†$&&###
&&$††.¨¨¨¨ IN   A   NICE   SWOOP   BEING  RECORDED. ¨¨¨¨.††$&&
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#@#&&$†~.¨        REST IN PIECES, LITERALLY         ¨.~†$&&#@#
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