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@£&*=--...          ###  TCM ONEFIFTY  ###          ...--=*&£@
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--........ SPEED HOLE BUT  IT'S  HIDDEN BENEATH ITS ........--
-.........                  SHELL.                  .........-
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#@£&*=--.. GOING  ON  SO CLOSE VOX  AND  OTHER HIGH ..--=*&£@#
@£&*=--... VOLUME THINGS ARE VERY  CRISP  AND  WITH ...--=*&£@
£&*=--.... KIND  OF LOW  NOISE.  BUT  WHEN  THERE'S ....--=*&£
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*=--......          HISS AND MOTOR NOISE.           ......--=*
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-......... DENOISING  FOR  THE NOISE, AND MAYBE  AN .........-
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#@£&*=--.. BUTTON  IS A SMALL STOP, THE STOP BUTTON ..--=*&£@#
##@£&*=--.             IS A MAJOR STOP.             .--=*&£@##
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@£&*=--...             ## SOME QUIRKS ##            ...--=*&£@
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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 -          ..--=*&£@#
##@£&*=--.                  . TO .                  .--=*&£@##
#@£&*=--..         - JULY TWENTY EIGHTEEN -         ..--=*&£@#
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£&*=--....       SUPERSEDED BY THE TCM TWENTY       ....--=*&£
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