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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 ^          ¨^~/%*¤#@#
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##**%//~^¨         ~ JULY TWENTY EIGHTEEN ~         ¨^~//%**##
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#@#¤*%/~^¨       SUPERSEDED BY THE TCM TWENTY       ¨^~/%*¤#@#
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