EFFECTS

Music Tech Effects

 Dry/wet

The amount of audio signal to which an effect is mixed. Completely set to ‘dry’, no effect will be added, completely set to ‘wet’, only the effected signal will be heard.

TIME DOMAIN EFFECTS

DELAY

Delay is the quick repetition of a sound and can be played at different speeds.  This will sound like an echo.

REVERB

Reverb is like delay but more subtle and the individual repetitions of the sound are not heard.  Adding lots of reverb will make the track sound like it is being played in a large room such as a cathedral.

To apply DELAY or REVERB in a live setting you need an effects pedal, an effects setting on an amplifier or a multi-effects processor which nowadays is often built in to the mixing desk.  To add reverb to a recording, you can add a plugin.

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