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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.           ¨^«^=&¤@##
##@¤&=^«^¨                                          ¨^«^=&¤@##
¤=«¨¨¨¨¨¨¨  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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