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.~=/*$####                                          ####$*/=~.
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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 &*****/=~.
.~=/*$&### kind  of low  noise.  but  when  there's ###&$*/=~.
.~=/*$&### more  of an ambience,  all  you  hear is ###&$*/=~.
.~=/*$&###           hiss and motor noise.          ###&$*/=~.
.~=/*$&###                                          ###&$*/=~.
~=/*$&####  denoising techniques are simple. actual ####&$*/=~
.~=/*$&### denoising  for  the noise, and maybe  an ###&$*/=~.
.~=/*$&###             eq for the motor.            ###&$*/=~.
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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 &**/~.....
......~/$& button is  a small stop, the stop button &$/~......
.~=/*$&###             is a major stop.             ###&$*/=~.
.~=/*$&###                                          ###&$*/=~.
.~=/*$&###            ## some quirks ##             ###&$*/=~.
.~=/*$&&&#                                          #&&&$*/=~.
.~=/*$&###  when unpausing, recording begins before ###&$*/=~.
.......=*& the engine is fully spun  up,  resulting &*=.......
......~/*& in   a   nice   swoop   being  recorded. &*/~......
....~/$$##                                          ##$$/~....
....~=**&# it   made    me    buy    a    vhs   cam #&**=~....
.~=/*$&###                                          ###&$*/=~.
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......~/$#         rest in pieces, literally        #$/~......
.~=/*$&###                                          ###&$*/=~.
.~=/****$&          ~ may twenty fifteen ~          &$****/=~.
.~=/*$&###                  . to .                  ###&$*/=~.
.~=/*$$&##         = july twenty eighteen =         ##&$$*/=~.
.~=/*$&&&&                                          &&&&$*/=~.
.~=///$$##       superseded by the tcm twenty       ##$$///=~.
.~=/*$&###                                          ###&$*/=~.
.~=/*$$&&&                                          &&&$$*/=~.
.~=/*$&###                                          ###&$*/=~.
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