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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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨,~*§
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##@§%*=~,¨               THE TAPE? YES              ¨,~=*%§@##
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§*~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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¶¶¶§%*=~,¨         REST IN PIECES, LITERALLY        ¨,~=*%§¶¶¶
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¶¶%%**=~,¨          , MAY TWENTY FIFTEEN ,          ¨,~=**%%¶¶
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#@¶§%*=~,¨       SUPERSEDED BY THE TCM TWENTY       ¨,~=*%§¶@#
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