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#@#&¤†/«^¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨^^/¤#
###&¤†/«^¨ FRONT. BUT  ISN'T THAT A MAGNET CLOSE TO ¨^«/†¤&###
#@#&¤†/«^¨               THE TAPE? YES              ¨^«/†¤&#@#
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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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#¤¤¤††/«^¨ 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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#@#&¤†/«^¨ 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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