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,,,,,«\**§                                          §**\«,,,,,
,,«\*%§###                                          ###§%*\«,,
,,«\*%§### a   cool   enough  sony  walkman  called ###§%*\«,,
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,,«\*%§###                  # # #                   ###§%*\«,,
,,«\*%%§##          ###  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               ###§%*\«,,
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,,«\*%§###             ## 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       ###§%*\«,,
,,,««\***§                                          §***\««,,,
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