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##¨#¨####¨                                          ¨¨#¨##¨#¨¨
#¨####¨¨¨# a  cool   enough  sony  walkman   called ¨¨###¨###¨
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¨¨¨#¨¨##¨#                  # # #                   ####¨#¨#¨#
#¨¨##¨#¨##          ###  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.             ¨¨###¨¨#¨¨
#¨¨#######                                          ¨¨#¨¨#¨##¨
##¨#¨¨¨¨¨¨ ##     what     is     it     for     ## #¨##¨###¨#
¨¨###¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨##¨##¨¨##
#¨#¨¨#¨¨¨¨ 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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