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.:~/§@@£@# it's battery powered  (two aa batteries) #@£@@§/~:.
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.:~/§@@££@ speed hole but it's hidden  beneath  its @££@@§/~:.
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.:~/§@@£@# volume  things  are very  crisp and with #@£@@§/~:.
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.:~/§@£@## more  of  an ambience, all you  hear  is ##@£@§/~:.
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.:~/§@@£££  denoising techniques are simple. actual £££@@§/~:.
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.:~§@@£@## it  does   this  very  good.  the  pause ##@£@@§~:.
.:~/§@@£@# button is a small stop, the stop  button #@£@@§/~:.
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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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...:~/§@£@          : may twenty fifteen :          @£@§/~:...
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.:~/§@@£@@         ~ july twenty eighteen ~         @@£@@§/~:.
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