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@££@¤%/~^.          ###  tcm onefifty  ###          .^~/%¤@££@
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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 ....~%¤¤@@
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££¤/^..... front. but isn't that a magnet close  to .....^/¤££
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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 techniques are simple. actual  ....^~%@£@
@@£@¤%/~^. 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 .....^^/¤@
@£¤/~~^... button is a small stop, the  stop button ...^~~/¤£@
#@£@¤%/~^.             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 ....^^~%@@
@@£@¤%/~^. in   a  nice   swoop   being   recorded. .^~/%¤@£@@
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@¤/~...... it    made    me    buy   a   vhs    cam ......~/¤@
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@¤%~^.....        rest in pieces, literally         .....^~%¤@
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@££@¤%/~^.          ^ may twenty fifteen ^          .^~/%¤@££@
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#@£@¤%/~^.         ~ july twenty eighteen ~         .^~/%¤@£@#
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@@£@¤%/~^.       superseded by the tcm twenty       .^~/%¤@£@@
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