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,.«*%$¤### a   cool  enough  sony   walkman  called ###¤$%*«.,
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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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,.«*%$¤### a  cool thing  is  the  speaker  on  the ###¤$%*«.,
,.«««%$$## front. but isn't that a magnet  close to ##$$%«««.,
,.«*%$¤###               the tape? yes              ###¤$%*«.,
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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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,.«*%$¤###  denoising techniques are simple. actual ###¤$%*«.,
,.«*%$¤### denoising  for the noise,  and  maybe an ###¤$%*«.,
,.«*%$¤###             eq for the motor.            ###¤$%*«.,
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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.             ##¤%«,,,,,
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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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