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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.                  ,,,,,:~*%@
£@%*~:,,,,                                          ,,,,:~*%@£
@£@%*~:,,, a  cool  thing  is the  speaker  on  the ,,,:~*%@£@
#@£@%*~:,, front. but  isn't that a magnet close to ,,:~*%@£@#
##@£@%*~:,              the tape? yes               ,:~*%@£@##
#@£@%*~:,,                                          ,,:~*%@£@#
@£@%*~:,,,             ## is it good ##             ,,,:~*%@£@
£@%*~:,,,,                                          ,,,,:~*%@£
@%*~:,,,,, 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 ##             ,,,,,:~*%@
£@%*~:,,,,                                          ,,,,:~*%@£
@£@%*~:,,,  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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