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#@**:..... ### TCM ONEFIFTY ### .....:**@#
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###¤@*:=.. IT'S BATTERY POWERED (TWO AA BATTERIES) ..=:*@¤###
#@#¤@*:=.. AND HAS A MICROPHONE. IT DOES FEATURE A ..=:*@¤#@#
###¤@*:=.. SPEED HOLE BUT IT'S HIDDEN BENEATH ITS ..=:*@¤###
¤*:==..... SHELL. .....==:*¤
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#¤**==.... 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 ## ..=:*@¤#@#
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#@#¤@*:=.. 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. ..=:*@¤#@#
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#@#¤@*:=.. DENOISING TECHNIQUES ARE SIMPLE. ACTUAL ..=:*@¤#@#
###¤@*:=.. DENOISING FOR THE NOISE, AND MAYBE AN ..=:*@¤###
#¤*=...... EQ FOR THE MOTOR. ......=*¤#
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#¤*:=..... ## WHAT IS IT FOR ## .....=:*¤#
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¤@:====... 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. ..=:*@¤###
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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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¤*=....... IT MADE ME BUY A VHS CAM .......=*¤
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@¤**==.... REST IN PIECES, LITERALLY ....==**¤@
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#@#¤@*:=.. . MAY TWENTY FIFTEEN . ..=:*@¤#@#
##@#@*:=.. . TO . ..=:*@#@##
#@#¤@*:=.. = JULY TWENTY EIGHTEEN = ..=:*@¤#@#
#@#¤@*:=.. ..=:*@¤#@#
#@****:=.. SUPERSEDED BY THE TCM TWENTY ..=:****@#
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