,,,,,,,-~= =~-,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,-~ ~-,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,- -,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,, 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~-,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,- , TO , -,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,, ~ JULY TWENTY EIGHTEEN ~ ,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,, SUPERSEDED BY THE TCM TWENTY ,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,