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.~«*%%%%¤# A COOL ENOUGH SONY WALKMAN CALLED #¤%%%%*«~.
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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. ###&¤%*«~.
.~«*%¤## ###&¤%*«~.
.~«*%¤## 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.~«*%¤## SUPERSEDED BY THE TCM TWENTY ###&¤%*«~.
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