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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 ¨-~/^%¤###
###¤%^/~-¨ 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  ¨-~/^%¤###
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#%%^^^/~-¨ I USE IT FOR TALKING  TO WHEN I'M DRUNK. ¨-~/^^^%%#
#%%^~¨¨¨¨¨ IT  DOES   THIS  VERY  GOOD.  THE  PAUSE ¨¨¨¨¨~^%%#
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#%%%^//~-¨             IS A MAJOR STOP.             ¨-~//^%%%#
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###¤%^/~-¨ THE  ENGINE IS FULLY SPUN UP,  RESULTING ¨-~/^%¤###
###¤%^/~-¨ IN   A   NICE  SWOOP   BEING   RECORDED. ¨-~/^%¤###
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