¨##¨¨#¨##¨                                          ¨#¨¨#¨¨¨¨¨
¨###¨¨¨##¨                                          ¨¨#¨¨#¨¨¨¨
¨#¨##¨¨###                                          ¨¨¨#¨¨#¨¨¨
¨¨¨###¨#¨#                                          ¨¨¨¨#¨¨#¨¨
¨¨¨#¨#¨¨¨#                                          ¨¨¨¨¨#¨¨#¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨#¨¨# a   cool   enough  sony  walkman  called ¨¨¨¨¨¨#¨¨#
#¨¨¨¨¨¨#¨¨                                          #¨¨¨¨¨¨#¨¨
¨#¨¨¨¨¨¨#¨                  # # #                   ##¨¨¨¨¨¨#¨
¨¨#¨¨¨¨¨¨#          ###  tcm onefifty  ###          ¨##¨¨¨¨¨¨#
#¨¨#¨¨¨¨¨¨                  # # #                   ¨###¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨#¨¨#¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨#¨##¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨#¨¨#¨¨¨¨ 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.           #¨##¨¨¨¨#¨
###¨¨¨¨¨¨#                                          ¨¨###¨¨¨¨¨
#¨##¨¨¨¨¨¨ denoising techniques are simple. actual  ¨¨#¨##¨¨¨¨
¨¨###¨¨¨¨¨ denoising for  the  noise, and maybe  an #¨¨¨###¨¨¨
¨¨#¨##¨¨¨¨             eq for the motor.            ##¨¨#¨##¨¨
¨¨¨¨###¨¨¨                                          ¨##¨¨¨###¨
¨¨¨¨#¨##¨¨ ##     what     is     it     for     ## ¨###¨¨#¨##
#¨¨¨¨¨###¨                                          ¨#¨##¨¨¨##
##¨¨¨¨#¨## 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.             ¨¨¨¨¨#¨##¨
¨¨#¨##¨¨¨¨                                          #¨¨¨¨¨¨###
#¨¨¨###¨¨¨            ## 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 ##¨¨#¨##¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨###¨¨                                          ¨##¨¨¨###¨
¨¨¨¨¨#¨##¨                                          ¨###¨¨#¨##
#¨¨¨¨¨¨###                   # # #                  ¨#¨##¨¨¨##
##¨¨¨¨¨#¨#                                          ¨¨¨###¨¨#¨
###¨¨¨¨¨¨#         rest in pieces, literally        #¨¨#¨##¨¨¨
#¨##¨¨¨¨¨#                                          ¨#¨¨¨###¨¨
¨¨###¨¨¨¨¨          ~ may twenty fifteen ~          ¨¨#¨¨#¨##¨
¨¨#¨##¨¨¨¨                  ¨ to ¨                  ¨¨¨#¨¨¨###
#¨¨¨###¨¨¨         « july twenty eighteen «         ¨¨¨¨#¨¨#¨#
##¨¨#¨##¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨#¨¨¨#
¨##¨¨¨###¨       superseded by the tcm twenty       ¨¨¨¨¨¨#¨¨#
¨###¨¨#¨##                                          #¨¨¨¨¨¨#¨¨
¨#¨##¨¨¨##                                          ¨#¨¨¨¨¨¨#¨
¨¨¨###¨¨#¨                                          ¨¨#¨¨¨¨¨¨#
#¨¨#¨##¨¨¨                                          #¨¨#¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨#¨¨¨###¨¨                                          ¨#¨¨#¨¨¨¨¨