.....~~^%$ $%^~~..... ......~~^% %^~~...... .......~~^ ^~~....... ........~~ ~~........ .........~ ~......... .......... A COOL ENOUGH SONY WALKMAN CALLED .......... .......... .......... .......... # # # .......... .........~ ### TCM ONEFIFTY ### ~......... ........~~ # # # ~~........ .......~~^ ^~~....... ......~~^% IT'S BATTERY POWERED (TWO AA BATTERIES) %^~~...... .....~~^%$ 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 ..~~^%$§@# SUPERSEDED BY THE TCM TWENTY #@§$%^~~.. ...~~^%$§@ @§$%^~~... ....~~^%$§ §$%^~~.... .....~~^%$ $%^~~..... ......~~^% %^~~...... .......~~^ ^~~.......