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......~«/=          ###  tcm onefifty  ###          =/«~......
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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 @=/«~.....
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..~«/=@§£# a cool  thing  is  the  speaker  on  the #£§@=/«~..
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..~«/=@§£#              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 #£§@=/«~..
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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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......~«/=             ## 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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...~«/=@§£       superseded by the tcm twenty       £§@=/«~...
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