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§@%^-..... IT'S BATTERY POWERED (TWO AA  BATTERIES) .....-^%@§
@%^-...... AND HAS  A MICROPHONE. IT DOES FEATURE A ......-^%@
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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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%^-....... ##     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 ...-^%@§@#
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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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###@§@%^-.         « JULY TWENTY EIGHTEEN «         .-^%@§@###
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