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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 ¨~~\†*#@##
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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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@@@#*†\~~¨ 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 ~ ¨~~\†*#@##
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