†\»,¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨,»\†
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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       ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,
»,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,»
\»,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,»\
†\»,¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨,»\†