Effects and processing

Charlie MacArthur Audio ProductionEffects and processing

Delay takes a sound and then plays it back after a period of time, to create the sound of a repeating, decaying echo.A delay could be used on things like vocals to add a more dramatic intro to a trackDelay

I recorded this drum loop in Reason without delay1.

And then with Delay2.

Examples of delay

In this song a delay effect is used on the guitar to change the sound.Jimmy Hendrix All along the watch towerwww.youtube.com/watch?v=bng3agUOYiI

Example of delay in popular music

distortion refers to any kind of deformation of a waveform, compared to an input, usually Clipping, harmonic distortion and intermodulation distortion.Distortion as an effect is often used in music for example when making Modulated bass lines artists will often add distortion to give a lower, louder and more aggressive sound.

Distortion

I recorded this drum loop in Reason without distortion1.

And then with Distortion2.

This effect makes the drums harsher and louderExamples of distortion

Example of distortion in modern teenage music

The artist Figure has created a bass synth sound and then added a distortion so to it to give it a distorted feel and sound if you look at the wave form for his track you can see that when the bass comes in its stands out massively from the much lower volume intro and breakdowns in the track.

Filters are used to change a sound to suit exactly what you want for a piece of music.For example you might want a lower frequency sound so that you can use it as bass so you might add a Low Pass filter that only lets through the lower frequencies generated by the sound you have placed the filter on.Filter

I recorded this drum loop in Reason without a filter on1.

And then with a filter on 2.

Example of filter

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