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¨,-\*§@@## a   cool  enough  sony  walkman   called ##@@§*\-,¨
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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 @@@*\\-,¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨,--*@                  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 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 ,          ##@@§*\-,¨
¨,-\*§@@@@                  ¨ to ¨                  @@@@§*\-,¨
¨,\*§@@###         - july twenty eighteen -         ###@@§*\,¨
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¨¨¨----\*@       superseded by the tcm twenty       @*\----¨¨¨
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