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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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..«\†*§### 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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..«\†*§@##  WHEN UNPAUSING, RECORDING BEGINS BEFORE ##@§*†\«..
.....\†*@@ THE ENGINE IS FULLY  SPUN UP,  RESULTING @@*†\.....
..«\†*§@@# IN   A   NICE  SWOOP   BEING   RECORDED. #@@§*†\«..
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..«\†*§@##        REST IN PIECES, LITERALLY         ##@§*†\«..
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..«\†*§§§#          . MAY TWENTY FIFTEEN .          #§§§*†\«..
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