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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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&%~~^^¨¨¨¨ A  COOL  THING IS  THE  SPEAKER  ON  THE ¨¨¨¨^^~~%&
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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 ¨^~////%&&
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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  ¨¨¨¨^//%&#
&&%/~^¨¨¨¨ 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###&%%/~^¨       SUPERSEDED BY THE TCM TWENTY       ¨^~/%%&###
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