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¨^«^%§¤@##                                          ##@¤§%^«^¨
¨¨^«^%§¤@# 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       %^«^¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^«^                                          ^«^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^«                                          «^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^                                          ^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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