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.,~^*@£@## a cool enough sony walkman called ##@£@*^~,.
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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 ## @*^~,.....
....,~^*@£ £@*^~,....
...,~^*@£@ 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 , ##@£@*^~,.
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...,~^*@£@ ~ july twenty eighteen ~ @£@*^~,...
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