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356 relations: Acoustic music, Ain't Talkin' 'bout Love, Algorithm, Alice in Chains, AllMusic, Ampeg SVT, Amplifier, Amplifier modeling, Amplitude, Analogue electronics, Artifact (error), Attenuation, Audio engineer, Audio feedback, Audio mixing, Audio plug-in, Audio signal, Audio signal processing, Audio Units, Audioslave, Auto-Tune, Auto-wah, Aux-send, Barracuda (song), Bass amplifier, Bass chorus, Bass effects, Bassline, Big Muff, Billy Joel, Bitcrusher, BJFE, Black Man (song), Black Sabbath, Bon Jovi, Boss Corporation, Boss DS-1, Brand, Carl Perkins, Carrier wave, Chet Atkins, Choir, Chorus (audio effect), Chuck Berry, Clipping (audio), Clonewheel organ, Comb filter, Combo organ, Come as You Are (Nirvana song), Consonant, ... Expand index (306 more) »
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- Rock music
- Sound effects
Acoustic music
Acoustic music is music that solely or primarily uses instruments that produce sound through acoustic means, as opposed to electric or electronic means.
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Ain't Talkin' 'bout Love
"Ain't Talkin' 'bout Love" is a song by American rock band Van Halen.
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Algorithm
In mathematics and computer science, an algorithm is a finite sequence of mathematically rigorous instructions, typically used to solve a class of specific problems or to perform a computation.
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Alice in Chains
Alice in Chains (often abbreviated as AIC) is an American rock band formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1987.
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AllMusic
AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database.
Ampeg SVT
The Ampeg SVT is a bass guitar amplifier designed by Bill Hughes and Roger Cox for Ampeg and introduced in 1969.
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Amplifier
An amplifier, electronic amplifier or (informally) amp is an electronic device that can increase the magnitude of a signal (a time-varying voltage or current).
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Amplifier modeling
Amplifier modeling (also known as amp modeling or amp emulation) is the process of emulating a physical amplifier such as a guitar amplifier.
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Amplitude
The amplitude of a periodic variable is a measure of its change in a single period (such as time or spatial period).
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Analogue electronics
Analogue electronics (analog electronics) are electronic systems with a continuously variable signal, in contrast to digital electronics where signals usually take only two levels.
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Artifact (error)
In natural science and signal processing, an artifact or artefact is any error in the perception or representation of any information introduced by the involved equipment or technique(s).
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Attenuation
In physics, attenuation (in some contexts, extinction) is the gradual loss of flux intensity through a medium.
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Audio engineer
An audio engineer (also known as a sound engineer or recording engineer) helps to produce a recording or a live performance, balancing and adjusting sound sources using equalization, dynamics processing and audio effects, mixing, reproduction, and reinforcement of sound.
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Audio feedback
Audio feedback (also known as acoustic feedback, simply as feedback) is a positive feedback situation that may occur when an acoustic path exists between an audio output (for example, a loudspeaker) and its audio input (for example, a microphone or guitar pickup). Effects unit and audio feedback are rock music.
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Audio mixing
Audio mixing is the process by which multiple sounds are combined into one or more audio channels.
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Audio plug-in
An audio plug-in, in computer software, is a plug-in that can add or enhance audio-related functions in a computer program.
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Audio signal
An audio signal is a representation of sound, typically using either a changing level of electrical voltage for analog signals, or a series of binary numbers for digital signals.
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Audio signal processing
Audio signal processing is a subfield of signal processing that is concerned with the electronic manipulation of audio signals.
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Audio Units
Audio Units (AU) are a system-level plug-in architecture provided by Core Audio in Apple's macOS and iOS operating systems.
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Audioslave
Audioslave was an American rock supergroup formed in Glendale, California, in 2001.
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Auto-Tune
Auto-Tune, or autotune, is an audio processor software released on September 19, 1997 by the American company Antares Audio Technologies. Effects unit and auto-Tune are effects units.
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Auto-wah
Auto-wah is a type of wah-wah effects pedal typically used with electric guitar, bass guitar, clavinet, and electric piano etc. Effects unit and Auto-wah are effects units.
Aux-send
An aux-send (auxiliary send) is an electronic signal-routing output used on multi-channel sound mixing consoles used in recording and broadcasting settings and on PA system amplifier-mixers used in music concerts.
Barracuda (song)
"Barracuda" is a song by American rock band Heart, released in 1977 on their third studio album, Little Queen, and was released as the album's lead single.
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Bass amplifier
A bass amplifier (also abbreviated to bass amp) is a musical instrument electronic device that uses electrical power to make lower-pitched instruments such as the bass guitar or double bass loud enough to be heard by the performers and audience.
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Bass chorus
A bass chorus is an electronic effect used with the electric bass.
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Bass effects
Bass effects are electronic effects units that are designed for use with an electric bass and a bass amplifier, or for an upright bass and a bass amp or PA system.
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Bassline
Bassline (also known as a bass line or bass part) is the term used in many styles of music, such as blues, jazz, funk, dub and electronic, traditional, and classical music, for the low-pitched instrumental part or line played (in jazz and some forms of popular music) by a rhythm section instrument such as the electric bass, double bass, cello, tuba or keyboard (piano, Hammond organ, electric organ, or synthesizer).
Big Muff
The Big Muff Pi (π), often known simply as the Big Muff, is a "fuzzbox" effects pedal produced in New York City by the Electro-Harmonix company, along with their Russian sister company Sovtek, primarily for use with the electric guitar. Effects unit and Big Muff are effects units.
Billy Joel
William Martin Joel (born May 9, 1949) is an American singer, songwriter and pianist.
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Bitcrusher
A Bitcrusher is an audio effect that produces distortion by reducing the resolution or bandwidth of digital audio data.
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BJFE
BJFE Guitar Effects is a company which manufactures effects pedals for use with instruments such as an electric guitar.
Black Man (song)
"Black Man" is a track on the 1976 Stevie Wonder album Songs in the Key of Life.
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Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath were an English rock band formed in Birmingham in 1968 by guitarist Tony Iommi, drummer Bill Ward, bassist Geezer Butler and vocalist Ozzy Osbourne.
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Bon Jovi
Bon Jovi is an American rock band formed in 1983 in Sayreville, New Jersey.
Boss Corporation
Boss is a manufacturer of effects pedals for electric guitar and bass guitar.
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Boss DS-1
The Boss DS-1 is a distortion pedal for guitar, manufactured by the Roland Corporation under the brand name Boss since 1978. Effects unit and Boss DS-1 are effects units.
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Brand
A brand is a name, term, design, symbol or any other feature that distinguishes one seller's good or service from those of other sellers.
Carl Perkins
Carl Lee Perkins (April 9, 1932 – January 19, 1998)Pareles. was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter.
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Carrier wave
In telecommunications, a carrier wave, carrier signal, or just carrier, is a periodic waveform (usually sinusoidal) that carries no information that has one or more of its properties modified (the called modulation) by an information-bearing signal (called the message signal or modulation signal) for the purpose of conveying information.
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Chet Atkins
Chester Burton Atkins (June 20, 1924 – June 30, 2001), also known as "Mister Guitar" and "the Country Gentleman", was an American musician who, along with Owen Bradley and Bob Ferguson, helped create the Nashville sound, the country music style which expanded its appeal to adult pop music fans.
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Choir
A choir (also known as a chorale or chorus) is a musical ensemble of singers.
Chorus (audio effect)
Chorus (or chorusing, choruser or chorused effect) is an audio effect that occurs when individual sounds with approximately the same time, and very similar pitches, converge.
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Chuck Berry
Charles Edward Anderson Berry (October 18, 1926 – March 18, 2017) was an American singer, guitarist and songwriter who pioneered rock and roll.
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Clipping (audio)
Clipping is a form of waveform distortion that occurs when an amplifier is overdriven and attempts to deliver an output voltage or current beyond its maximum capability.
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Clonewheel organ
A clonewheel organ is an electronic musical instrument that emulates (or "clones") the sound of the electromechanical tonewheel-based organs formerly manufactured by Hammond from the 1930s to the 1970s.
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Comb filter
In signal processing, a comb filter is a filter implemented by adding a delayed version of a signal to itself, causing constructive and destructive interference.
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Combo organ
A combo organ, so-named and classified by popular culture due to its original intended use by small, touring jazz, pop and dance groups known as "combo bands", as well as some models having "Combo" as part of their brand or model names, is an electronic organ of the frequency divider type, generally produced between the early 1960s and the late 1970s.
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Come as You Are (Nirvana song)
"Come as You Are" is a song by American rock band Nirvana, written by frontman and guitarist Kurt Cobain.
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Consonant
In articulatory phonetics, a consonant is a speech sound that is articulated with complete or partial closure of the vocal tract, except for the h, which is pronounced without any stricture in the vocal tract.
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Dave Davies
David Russell Gordon Davies (born 3 February 1947) is an English guitarist, singer and songwriter.
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David Gilmour
David Jon Gilmour (born 6 March 1946) is an English guitarist, singer and songwriter who is a member of the rock band Pink Floyd.
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Death By Audio
Death By Audio was a warehouse space on the first floor of an industrial building in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York.
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Delay (audio effect)
Delay is an audio signal processing technique that records an input signal to a storage medium and then plays it back after a period of time. Effects unit and Delay (audio effect) are effects units and sound recording.
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Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode are an English electronic music band formed in Basildon, Essex in 1980.
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DI unit
A DI unit (direct input or direct inject) is an electronic device typically used in recording studios and in sound reinforcement systems to connect a high output impedance unbalanced output signal to a low-impedance, microphone level, balanced input, usually via an XLR connector and XLR cable. Effects unit and dI unit are effects units.
Diatonic and chromatic
Diatonic and chromatic are terms in music theory that are used to characterize scales.
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Digital audio workstation
A digital audio workstation (DAW) is an electronic device or application software used for recording, editing and producing audio files.
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Digital data
Digital data, in information theory and information systems, is information represented as a string of discrete symbols, each of which can take on one of only a finite number of values from some alphabet, such as letters or digits.
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Digital electronics
Digital electronics is a field of electronics involving the study of digital signals and the engineering of devices that use or produce them.
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Digital signal processing
Digital signal processing (DSP) is the use of digital processing, such as by computers or more specialized digital signal processors, to perform a wide variety of signal processing operations.
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Digital signal processor
A digital signal processor (DSP) is a specialized microprocessor chip, with its architecture optimized for the operational needs of digital signal processing.
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Digital synthesizer
A digital synthesizer is a synthesizer that uses digital signal processing (DSP) techniques to make musical sounds.
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DigiTech Whammy
The DigiTech Whammy is a pitch shifter pedal manufactured by DigiTech. Effects unit and DigiTech Whammy are effects units.
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Dinosaur Jr.
Dinosaur Jr. is an American rock band formed in Amherst, Massachusetts, in 1984.
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Distortion
In signal processing, distortion is the alteration of the original shape (or other characteristic) of a signal. Effects unit and distortion are effects units.
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Distortion (music)
Distortion and overdrive are forms of audio signal processing used to alter the sound of amplified electric musical instruments, usually by increasing their gain, producing a "fuzzy", "growling", or "gritty" tone. Effects unit and Distortion (music) are effects units and electric guitars.
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DJ mixer
A DJ mixer is a type of audio mixing console used by disc jockeys (DJs) to control and manipulate multiple audio signals.
Donald Leslie
Donald James Leslie (April 13, 1911 – September 2, 2004) created and manufactured the Leslie speaker that refined the sound of the Hammond organ and helped popularize electronic music.
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Doppler effect
The Doppler effect (also Doppler shift) is the change in the frequency of a wave in relation to an observer who is moving relative to the source of the wave.
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Double bass
The double bass, also known as the upright bass, the acoustic bass, or simply the bass, is the largest and lowest-pitched chordophone in the modern symphony orchestra (excluding rare additions such as the octobass).
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Duke University Press
Duke University Press is an academic publisher and university press affiliated with Duke University.
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Dunlop Cry Baby
The Dunlop Cry Baby is a popular wah-wah pedal, manufactured by Dunlop Manufacturing, Inc. The name Cry Baby was from the original pedal from which it was copied, the Thomas Organ/Vox Cry Baby wah-wah, first manufactured in 1966. Effects unit and Dunlop Cry Baby are effects units.
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Dunlop Manufacturing
Dunlop Manufacturing, Inc. is a manufacturer of musical accessories, especially effects units, based in Benicia, California, United States.
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Dynamic range
Dynamic range (abbreviated DR, DNR, or DYR) is the ratio between the largest and smallest values that a certain quantity can assume.
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Dynamic range compression
Dynamic range compression (DRC) or simply compression is an audio signal processing operation that reduces the volume of loud sounds or amplifies quiet sounds, thus reducing or compressing an audio signal's dynamic range.
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Dynamics (music)
In music, the dynamics of a piece are the variation in loudness between notes or phrases.
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EBow
The EBow, short for electronic bow or energy bow, is an electronic device used for playing string instruments, most often the electric guitar. Effects unit and EBow are effects units.
Echo chamber
Echo chamber of the Dresden University of Technology Hamilton Mausoleum has a long-lasting unplanned echo An echo chamber is a hollow enclosure used to produce reverberation, usually for recording purposes.
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Ed O'Brien
Edward John O'Brien (born 15 April 1968) is an English guitarist, songwriter and member of the rock band Radiohead.
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Egnater
Egnater is an American company that manufactures boutique guitar amplifiers.
Electric blues
Electric blues is blues music distinguished by the use of electric amplification for musical instruments.
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Electric organ
An electric organ, also known as electronic organ, is an electronic keyboard instrument which was derived from the harmonium, pipe organ and theatre organ.
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Electric piano
An electric piano is a musical instrument that has a piano-style musical keyboard, where sound is produced by means of mechanical hammers striking metal strings or reeds or wire tines, which leads to vibrations which are then converted into electrical signals by pickups (either magnetic, electrostatic, or piezoelectric).
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Electro-Harmonix
Electro-Harmonix (also commonly referred to as EHX) is a New York City-based company that makes electronic audio processors and sells rebranded vacuum tubes.
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Electronic circuit
An electronic circuit is composed of individual electronic components, such as resistors, transistors, capacitors, inductors and diodes, connected by conductive wires or traces through which electric current can flow.
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Electronic keyboard
An electronic keyboard, portable keyboard, or digital keyboard is an electronic musical instrument based on keyboard instruments.
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Electronic musical instrument
An electronic musical instrument or electrophone is a musical instrument that produces sound using electronic circuitry.
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Electronic oscillator
An electronic oscillator is an electronic circuit that produces a periodic, oscillating or alternating current (AC) signal, usually a sine wave, square wave or a triangle wave, powered by a direct current (DC) source.
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Electronic piano
An electronic piano is a keyboard instrument designed to simulate the timbre of a piano (and sometimes a harpsichord or an organ) using analog circuitry.
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Electronic tuner
In music, an electronic tuner is a device that detects and displays the pitch of musical notes played on a musical instrument.
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Emlyn Crowther
Paul Emlyn Crowther (born 2 October 1949 in Dunedin, New Zealand) is the former drummer of Split Enz who performed with the band from July 1974 to November 1976.
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Equalization (audio)
Equalization, or simply EQ, in sound recording and reproduction is the process of adjusting the volume of different frequency bands within an audio signal. Effects unit and Equalization (audio) are effects units and sound recording.
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Ernie Ball Inc.
Ernie Ball is an American instrument and guitar accessory company based in San Luis Obispo, California.
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Eruption (instrumental)
"Eruption" is a guitar solo performed by Eddie Van Halen and the second track from Van Halen's self-titled 1978 debut album.
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Expression pedal
An expression pedal is an important control found on many musical instruments including organs, electronic keyboards, and pedal steel guitar.
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Extended play
An Extended Play (EP) is a musical recording that contains more tracks than a single but fewer than an album or LP record.
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Fender (company)
The Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (FMIC, or simply Fender) is an American manufacturer and marketer of musical instruments and amplifiers.
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Fender Tremolux
The Fender Tremolux was a guitar amplifier made by Fender.
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Fire (The Jimi Hendrix Experience song)
"Fire" is a song written by Jimi Hendrix and recorded by the Jimi Hendrix Experience in early 1967.
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Flanging
Flanging is an audio effect produced by mixing two identical signals together, one signal delayed by a small and (usually) gradually changing period, usually smaller than 20 milliseconds. Effects unit and Flanging are sound recording.
Flat (music)
In music, flat means lower in pitch.
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Form factor (design)
Form factor is a hardware design aspect that defines and prescribes the size, shape, and other physical specifications of components, particularly in electronics.
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Frequency
Frequency (symbol f), most often measured in hertz (symbol: Hz), is the number of occurrences of a repeating event per unit of time.
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Frequency divider
A frequency divider, also called a clock divider or scaler or prescaler, is a circuit that takes an input signal of a frequency, f_, and generates an output signal of a frequency: f_.
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Frequency mixer
In electronics, a mixer, or frequency mixer, is an electrical circuit that creates new frequencies from two signals applied to it.
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Frequency multiplier
In electronics, a frequency multiplier is an electronic circuit that generates an output signal and that output frequency is a harmonic (multiple) of its input frequency.
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Fret
A fret is any of the thin strips of material, usually metal wire, inserted laterally at specific positions along the neck or fretboard of a stringed instrument.
Fretless bass
A fretless bass is an electric bass guitar whose neck is smooth like traditional string instruments, and like the acoustic upright double bass.
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Front of house
In the performing arts, the front of house (FOH) is the part of a performance venue that is open to the public.
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Funk
Funk is a music genre that originated in African-American communities in the mid-1960s when musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through a mixture of various music genres that were popular among African-Americans in the mid-20th century.
Future plc
Future plc is a British publishing company. It was started in 1985 by Chris Anderson. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. Among its many titles are Country Life, Homes and Gardens, Decanter, Marie Claire, and The Week. Zillah Byng-Thorne was chief executive officer from 2014 to 2023, when she was replaced by Jon Steinberg.
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Fuzz bass
Fuzz bass is a style of playing the electric bass or modifying its signal that produces a buzzy, distorted, overdriven sound, as the name implies. Effects unit and Fuzz bass are effects units.
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Fuzz Face
The Fuzz Face is an effects pedal for electric guitar, used also by some electric bass players. Effects unit and Fuzz Face are effects units.
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Gain (electronics)
In electronics, gain is a measure of the ability of a two-port circuit (often an amplifier) to increase the power or amplitude of a signal from the input to the output port by adding energy converted from some power supply to the signal.
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Gated reverb
Gated reverb or gated ambience is an audio processing technique that combines strong reverb and a noise gate that cuts the tail of the reverb.
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George Harrison
George Harrison (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001) was an English musician, singer and songwriter who achieved international fame as the lead guitarist of the Beatles.
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Gibson Brands
Gibson, Inc. (formerly Gibson Guitar Corporation and Gibson Brands Inc.) is an American manufacturer of guitars, other musical instruments, and professional audio equipment from Kalamazoo, Michigan, and now based in Nashville, Tennessee.
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Gimme Shelter
"Gimme Shelter" is a song by the English rock band the Rolling Stones.
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Goree Carter
Goree Chester Carter or Christer Carter (December 31, 1930 – December 29, 1990), was an American singer, guitarist, drummer, and songwriter.
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Gretna, Louisiana
Gretna is the second-largest city in, and parish seat of, Jefferson Parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana.
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Grunge
Grunge (sometimes referred to as the Seattle sound) is an alternative rock genre and subculture which emerged during the in the U.S. state of Washington, particularly in Seattle and nearby towns.
Guided by Voices
Guided by Voices (GBV) is an American indie rock band formed in 1983 in Dayton, Ohio.
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Guitar amplifier
A guitar amplifier (or amp) is an electronic device or system that strengthens the electrical signal from a pickup on an electric guitar, bass guitar, or acoustic guitar so that it can produce sound through one or more loudspeakers, which are typically housed in a wooden cabinet. Effects unit and guitar amplifier are electric guitars.
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Guitar pedalboard
A guitar pedalboard is a flat board or panel that serves as a container, patch bay, and power supply for effects pedals for the electric guitar. Effects unit and guitar pedalboard are effects units.
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Guitar Slim
Eddie Jones (December 10, 1926 – February 7, 1959), known as Guitar Slim, was an American guitarist in the 1940s and 1950s, best known for the million-selling song "The Things That I Used to Do", for Specialty Records.
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Guitar solo
A guitar solo is a melodic passage, instrumental section, or entire piece of music, pre-written (or improvised) to be played on a classical, electric, or acoustic guitar.
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Guitar World
Guitar World is a monthly music magazine for guitarists – and fans of guitar-based music and trends – that has been published since July 1980.
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Guns N' Roses
Guns N' Roses is an American hard rock band from Los Angeles, California, formed in March 1985 when local bands Hollywood Rose and L.A. Guns merged.
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Hammond organ
The Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond and John M. Hanert and first manufactured in 1935.
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Harmonic
In physics, acoustics, and telecommunications, a harmonic is a sinusoidal wave with a frequency that is a positive integer multiple of the fundamental frequency of a periodic signal.
Harmonic series (music)
A harmonic series (also overtone series) is the sequence of harmonics, musical tones, or pure tones whose frequency is an integer multiple of a fundamental frequency.
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Harmony
In music, harmony is the concept of combining different sounds together in order to create new, distinct musical ideas.
Heart (band)
Heart is an American/Canadian rock band formed in 1973 in Vancouver, British Columbia.
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Heavy metal music
Heavy metal (or simply metal) is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the United Kingdom and United States.
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High fidelity
High fidelity (often shortened to Hi-Fi or HiFi) is the high-quality reproduction of sound. Effects unit and high fidelity are sound recording.
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Howlin' Wolf
Chester Arthur Burnett (June 10, 1910January 10, 1976), better known by his stage name Howlin' Wolf, was an American blues singer and guitarist.
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Humbucker
A humbucker, humbucking pickup, or double coil, is a guitar pickup that uses two wire coils to cancel out noisy interference from coil pickups.
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Ibanez Tube Screamer
The Ibanez Tube Screamer is a guitar overdrive pedal, made by Ibanez. Effects unit and Ibanez Tube Screamer are effects units.
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Ike Turner
Izear Luster "Ike" Turner Jr. (November 5, 1931 – December 12, 2007) was an American musician, bandleader, songwriter, record producer, and talent scout.
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In the Air Tonight
"In the Air Tonight" is the debut solo single by English drummer and singer-songwriter Phil Collins.
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Inharmonicity
In music, inharmonicity is the degree to which the frequencies of overtones (also known as partials or partial tones) depart from whole multiples of the fundamental frequency (harmonic series).
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Instrument amplifier
An instrument amplifier is an electronic device that converts the often barely audible or purely electronic signal of a musical instrument into a larger electronic signal to feed to a loudspeaker.
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Interval (music)
In music theory, an interval is a difference in pitch between two sounds.
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J Mascis
Joseph Donald Mascis Jr. (born December 10, 1965), better known as J Mascis, is an American musician who is the singer, guitarist and main songwriter for the alternative rock band Dinosaur Jr. He has also released several albums as a solo artist and played drums and guitar on other projects.
Jack White
John Anthony White (born July 9, 1975) is an American musician who served as the guitarist and lead singer of the rock duo the White Stripes.
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James Cotton
James Henry Cotton (July 1, 1935 – March 16, 2017) was an American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter, who performed and recorded with many fellow blues artists and with his own band.
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Jeff Beck
Geoffrey Arnold Beck (24 June 194410 January 2023) was an English guitarist.
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Jimi Hendrix
James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix; November 27, 1942September 18, 1970) was an American guitarist, songwriter and singer.
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Jimmy Page
James Patrick Page (born 9 January 1944) is an English musician and producer who achieved international success as the guitarist and founder of the rock band Led Zeppelin.
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Joe Hill Louis
Lester Hill (September 23, 1921 – August 5, 1957), known professionally as Joe Hill Louis, was an American singer, guitarist, harmonica player and one-man band.
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Joe Walsh
Joseph Fidler Walsh (born Joseph Woodward Fidler; November 20, 1947) is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter.
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Jonny Greenwood
Jonathan Richard Guy Greenwood (born 5 November 1971) is an English musician.
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Joy Division
Joy Division were an English rock band formed in Salford in 1976.
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Just the Way You Are (Billy Joel song)
"Just the Way You Are" is a song by Billy Joel from his fifth studio album The Stranger (1977), released as the album's second single in early November 1977.
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Kaoss Pad
The Kaoss Pad is a sampler and audio effects processor launched by Korg in 1999.
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Keeley Electronics
Keeley Electronics is an American manufacturer of effect units for electric guitars.
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Keyboard amplifier
A keyboard amplifier is a powered electronic amplifier and loudspeaker in a wooden speaker cabinet used for the amplification of electronic keyboard instruments.
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Kickstart My Heart
"Kickstart My Heart" is a song by American heavy metal band Mötley Crüe, originally released on their 1989 album, Dr. Feelgood.
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Korg
, founded as Keio Electronic Laboratories, is a Japanese multinational corporation that manufactures electronic musical instruments, audio processors and guitar pedals, recording equipment, and electronic tuners.
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin were an English rock band formed in London in 1968.
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Les Paul
Lester William Polsfuss (June 9, 1915 – August 12, 2009), known as Les Paul, was an American jazz, country, and blues guitarist, songwriter, luthier, and inventor.
Leslie speaker
The Leslie speaker is a combined amplifier and loudspeaker that projects the signal from an electric or electronic instrument and modifies the sound by rotating a baffle chamber ("drum") in front of the loudspeakers. Effects unit and Leslie speaker are effects units.
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Light-emitting diode
A light-emitting diode (LED) is a semiconductor device that emits light when current flows through it.
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Limiter
In electronics, a limiter is a circuit that allows signals below a specified input power or level to pass unaffected while attenuating (lowering) the peaks of stronger signals that exceed this threshold.
Line 6 DL4
The DL4 by Line 6, introduced in 1999, is a digital delay pedal. Effects unit and Line 6 DL4 are effects units.
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Linear filter
Linear filters process time-varying input signals to produce output signals, subject to the constraint of linearity.
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List of distortion pedals
Distortion pedals are a type of effects unit designed to add distortion to an audio signal to create a warm, gritty, or fuzzy character. Effects unit and List of distortion pedals are effects units.
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List of products manufactured by Fender Musical Instruments Corporation
This is a list of notable products made by the Fender Musical Instruments Corporation.
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Live looping
Live looping is the recording and playback of a piece of music in real-time using either dedicated hardware devices, called loopers or phrase samplers, or software running on a computer with an audio interface.
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Live sound mixing
Live sound mixing is the blending of multiple sound sources by an audio engineer using a mixing console or software.
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Livin' on a Prayer
"Livin' on a Prayer" is a song by the American rock band Bon Jovi, and is the band's second chart-topping single from their third album Slippery When Wet.
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Lo-fi music
Lo-fi (also typeset as lofi or low-fi; short for low fidelity) is a music or production quality in which elements usually regarded as imperfections in the context of a recording or performance are present, sometimes as a deliberate choice.
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Loudness
In acoustics, loudness is the subjective perception of sound pressure.
Loudspeaker
A loudspeaker (commonly referred to as a speaker or speaker driver) is an electroacoustic transducer that converts an electrical audio signal into a corresponding sound.
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Loudspeaker enclosure
A loudspeaker enclosure or loudspeaker cabinet is an enclosure (often rectangular box-shaped) in which speaker drivers (e.g., loudspeakers and tweeters) and associated electronic hardware, such as crossover circuits and, in some cases, power amplifiers, are mounted.
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Luther Perkins
Luther Monroe Perkins, Jr. (January 8, 1928 – August 5, 1968) was an American country music guitarist and a member of the Tennessee Three, the backup band for singer Johnny Cash.
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Man in the Box
"Man in the Box" is a song by the American rock band Alice in Chains.
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Marshall Amplification
Marshall Amplification is a British company that designs and manufactures music amplifiers and speaker cabinets.
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Matt Bellamy
Matthew James Bellamy (born 9 June 1978) is an English singer, songwriter and producer.
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Mötley Crüe
Mötley Crüe is an American heavy metal band formed in Hollywood, California, in 1981 by bassist Nikki Sixx and drummer Tommy Lee, with guitarist Mick Mars and lead vocalist Vince Neil joining right after.
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Microphone
A microphone, colloquially called a mic, or mike, is a transducer that converts sound into an electrical signal. Effects unit and microphone are sound recording.
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MIDI
MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) is a technical standard that describes a communication protocol, digital interface, and electrical connectors that connect a wide variety of electronic musical instruments, computers, and related audio devices for playing, editing, and recording music.
MIDI controller
A MIDI controller is any hardware or software that generates and transmits Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) data to MIDI-enabled devices, typically to trigger sounds and control parameters of an electronic music performance.
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Mixing console
A mixing console or mixing desk is an electronic device for mixing audio signals, used in sound recording and reproduction and sound reinforcement systems.
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Modulation
In electronics and telecommunications, modulation is the process of varying one or more properties of a periodic waveform, called the carrier signal, with a separate signal called the modulation signal that typically contains information to be transmitted.
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Morley Pedals
Morley Pedals is the name of a guitar effects pedal company, famous for manufacturing wah-wah pedals and other treadle type effects for guitar.
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Mu-Tron
Musitronics, often shortened to Mu-tron, was a manufacturer of electronic musical effects active in the 1970s.
Mudhoney
Mudhoney is an American rock band formed in Seattle, Washington, on January 1, 1988, following the demise of Green River.
Muse (band)
Muse are an English rock band from Teignmouth, Devon, formed in 1994.
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Music technology (electronic and digital)
Digital music technology encompasses the use of digital instruments, computers, electronic effects units, software, or digital audio equipment by a performer, composer, sound engineer, DJ, or record producer to produce, perform or record music. Effects unit and music technology (electronic and digital) are sound recording.
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Musical instrument
A musical instrument is a device created or adapted to make musical sounds.
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MXR
MXR is a New York–based manufacturer of effects pedals from Rochester.
MXR Distortion +
The MXR Distortion + ("Distortion Plus") is a distortion pedal originally designed in the 1970s by MXR Innovations. Effects unit and MXR Distortion + are effects units.
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MXR Dyna Comp
The MXR Dyna Comp is an effects unit, which is an electronic device that alters the sound of a musical instrument. Effects unit and MXR Dyna Comp are effects units.
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MXR Phase 90
The MXR Phase 90 is a phaser effects pedal introduced in 1972 by MXR. Effects unit and MXR Phase 90 are effects units.
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Neil Young
Neil Percival Young (born November 12, 1945) is a Canadian and American singer and songwriter.
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Nevermind
Nevermind is the second studio album by the American rock band Nirvana, released on September 24, 1991, by DGC Records.
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Niche market
A niche market is the subset of the market on which a specific product is focused.
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Nine Inch Nails
Nine Inch Nails, commonly abbreviated as NIN, stylized as NIИ, is an American industrial rock band formed in Cleveland in 1988.
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Nirvana (band)
Nirvana was an American rock band formed in Aberdeen, Washington, in 1987.
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Noise gate
A noise gate or simply gate is an electronic device or software that is used to control the volume of an audio signal.
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Nonlinear filter
In signal processing, a nonlinear (or non-linear) filter is a filter whose output is not a linear function of its input.
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Octave
In music, an octave (octavus: eighth) or perfect octave (sometimes called the '''diapason''') is a series of eight notes occupying the interval between (and including) two notes, one having twice the frequency of vibration of the other.
Octave effect
Octave effect boxes are a type of special effects unit which mix the input signal with a synthesized signal whose musical tone is an octave lower or higher than the original.
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Ogg
Ogg is a free, open container format maintained by the Xiph.Org Foundation.
One-man band
A one-man band is a musician who plays a number of instruments simultaneously using their hands, feet, limbs, and various mechanical or electronic contraptions.
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Opera
Opera is a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers.
Outboard gear
Musical outboard equipment or outboard gear is used to process or alter a sound signal separately from functionality provided within a mixing console or a digital audio workstation. Effects unit and outboard gear are effects units.
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Overtone
An overtone is any resonant frequency above the fundamental frequency of a sound.
Paranoid (Black Sabbath song)
"Paranoid" is a song by English rock band Black Sabbath, released in 1970 off the band's second studio album, Paranoid (1970).
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Pat Hare
Auburn "Pat" Hare (December 20, 1930 – September 26, 1980) was an American electric blues guitarist and singer.
Paul Simon
Paul Frederic Simon (born October 13, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter known both for his solo work and his collaboration with Art Garfunkel.
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Pavement (band)
Pavement is an American indie rock band that formed in Stockton, California, in 1989.
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PBS
The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is an American public broadcaster and non-commercial, free-to-air television network based in Crystal City, Virginia.
Pedal keyboard
A pedalboard (also called a pedal keyboard, pedal clavier, or, with electronic instruments, a bass pedalboard) is a keyboard played with the feet that is usually used to produce the low-pitched bass line of a piece of music. Effects unit and pedal keyboard are pedals.
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Pedal steel guitar
The pedal steel guitar is a console-type of steel guitar with pedals and knee levers that change the pitch of certain strings to enable playing more varied and complex music than other steel guitar designs. Effects unit and pedal steel guitar are electric guitars.
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Pelican Publishing Company
Pelican Publishing Company is a book publisher based in Elmwood, Louisiana, with a New Orleans postal address.
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Pete Cornish
Pete Cornish is a British designer of electric guitar effects and other electronic musical instruments.
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Pete Townshend
Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend (born 19 May 1945) is an English musician.
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Peter Frampton
Peter Kenneth Frampton (born 22 April 1950) is an English-American guitarist, singer and songwriter who rose to prominence as a member of the rock bands the Herd and Humble Pie.
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Phase (waves)
In physics and mathematics, the phase (symbol φ or ϕ) of a wave or other periodic function F of some real variable t (such as time) is an angle-like quantity representing the fraction of the cycle covered up to t. It is expressed in such a scale that it varies by one full turn as the variable t goes through each period (and F(t) goes through each complete cycle).
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Phase shift module
A phase shift module is a microwave network module which provides a controllable phase shift of the RF signal.
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Phaser (effect)
A phaser is an electronic sound processor used to filter a signal by creating a series of peaks and troughs in the frequency spectrum.
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Phil Collins
Philip David Charles Collins (born 30 January 1951) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, record producer and actor.
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Pickup (music technology)
A pickup is a transducer that captures or senses mechanical vibrations produced by musical instruments, particularly stringed instruments such as the electric guitar, and converts these to an electrical signal that is amplified using an instrument amplifier to produce musical sounds through a loudspeaker in a speaker enclosure.
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Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd are an English rock band formed in London in 1965.
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Pipe organ
The pipe organ is a musical instrument that produces sound by driving pressurised air (called wind) through the organ pipes selected from a keyboard.
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Pitch (music)
Pitch is a perceptual property that allows sounds to be ordered on a frequency-related scale, or more commonly, pitch is the quality that makes it possible to judge sounds as "higher" and "lower" in the sense associated with musical melodies.
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Pitch correction
Pitch correction is an electronic effects unit or audio software that changes the intonation (highness or lowness in pitch) of an audio signal so that all pitches will be notes from the equally tempered system (i.e., like the pitches on a piano).
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Pitch shifting
Pitch shifting is a sound recording technique in which the original pitch of a sound is raised or lowered. Effects unit and pitch shifting are effects units and sound recording.
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Pod (amp modeler)
POD is a series of digital guitar amplifier modelers from Line 6.
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Potentiometer
A potentiometer is a three-terminal resistor with a sliding or rotating contact that forms an adjustable voltage divider.
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Power chord
A power chord, also called a fifth chord, is a colloquial name for a chord on guitar, especially on electric guitar, that consists of the root note and the fifth, as well as possibly octaves of those notes.
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Power conditioner
A power conditioner (also known as a line conditioner or power line conditioner) is a device intended to improve the quality of the power that is delivered to electrical load equipment.
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Preamplifier
A preamplifier, also known as a preamp, is an electronic amplifier that converts a weak electrical signal into an output signal strong enough to be noise-tolerant and strong enough for further processing, or for sending to a power amplifier and a loudspeaker.
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Premier
Premier is a title for the head of government in central governments, state governments and local governments of some countries.
Premier Guitar
Premier Guitar is a media company devoted to guitarists.
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PressReader
PressReader is a digital newspaper distribution and technology company with headquarters in Vancouver, Canada and offices in Dublin, Ireland and Manila, Philippines.
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Pro Co RAT
The Pro Co "The RAT" is a distortion pedal produced by Pro Co Sound. Effects unit and pro Co RAT are effects units.
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Psychedelic rock
Psychedelic rock is a rock music genre that is inspired, influenced, or representative of psychedelic culture, which is centered on perception-altering hallucinogenic drugs.
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Public address system
A public address system (or PA system) is an electronic system comprising microphones, amplifiers, loudspeakers, and related equipment.
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Punk rock
Punk rock (also known as simply punk) is a music genre that emerged in the mid-1970s.
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Purple Haze
"Purple Haze" is a song written by Jimi Hendrix and released as the second single by the Jimi Hendrix Experience on March 17, 1967, in the United Kingdom.
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Rack unit
A rack unit (abbreviated U or RU) is a unit of measure defined as.
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Radiohead
Radiohead are an English rock band formed in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, in 1985.
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Rage Against the Machine
Rage Against the Machine (often abbreviated as RATM or shortened to Rage) was an American rock band formed in 1991 in Los Angeles, California.
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Reel-to-reel audio tape recording
Reel-to-reel audio tape recording, also called open-reel recording, is magnetic tape audio recording in which the recording tape is spooled between reels.
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Reverb effect
A reverb effect, or reverb, is an audio effect applied to a sound signal to simulate reverberation.
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Reverb.com
Reverb.com is an online marketplace for new, used, and vintage musical equipment, including instruments used by notable musicians.
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Reverberation
Reverberation (commonly shortened to reverb), in acoustics, is a persistence of sound after it is produced.
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Riff
A riff is a short, repeated motif or figure in the melody or accompaniment of a musical composition.
Ring modulation
In electronics, ring modulation is a signal processing function, an implementation of frequency mixing, in which two signals are combined to yield an output signal.
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Road case
A road case, ATA case or flight case is a shipping container specifically built to protect musical instruments, motion picture equipment, audio and lighting production equipment, props, firearms, or other sensitive equipment when it must be frequently moved between locations by ground or air.
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Robert Palmer (American writer)
Robert Franklin Palmer Jr. (June 19, 1945 – November 20, 1997) was an American writer, musicologist, clarinetist, saxophonist, and blues producer.
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Robert Pollard
Robert Ellsworth Pollard Jr. (born October 31, 1957) is an American singer and songwriter.
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Robin Trower
Robin Leonard Trower (born 9 March 1945) is an English rock guitarist who achieved success with Procol Harum throughout 1967–1971, and then again as the bandleader of his own power trio known as the Robin Trower Band.
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Rock music
Rock is a broad genre of popular music that originated as "rock and roll" in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of different styles from the mid-1960s, particularly in the United States and the United Kingdom.
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Rockabilly
Rockabilly is one of the earliest styles of rock and roll music.
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Rocky Mountain Way
"Rocky Mountain Way" is a 1973 song by rock guitarist Joe Walsh and his band Barnstorm, with writing credits given to all four band members: Walsh, Rocke Grace, Kenny Passarelli, and Joe Vitale.
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Roger Linn
Roger Curtis Linn is an American designer of electronic musical instruments and equipment.
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Roger Mayer (engineer)
Roger Mayer is an electrical engineer who developed several electric guitar effects, including the Octavia, a fuzz effects pedal which also doubled signal frequency, with a sound that was not attainable by simply connecting an octave pedal and a fuzz pedal together.
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Roland Corporation
is a Japanese multinational manufacturer of electronic musical instruments, electronic equipment, and software.
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Roland Space Echo
The Roland Space Echo is a line of tape delay units introduced by Roland Corporation in 1974. Effects unit and Roland Space Echo are effects units.
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Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone is an American monthly magazine that focuses on music, politics, and popular culture.
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Room acoustics
Room acoustics is a subfield of acoustics dealing with the behaviour of sound in enclosed or partially-enclosed spaces.
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Rowe Industries
Rowe Industries was a manufacturer of guitar pickups and other music-related devices, as well as electrical components utilized in the aerospace industry into the 1980s.
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Roy Orbison
Roy Kelton Orbison (April 23, 1936 – December 6, 1988) was an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist known for his distinctive and powerful voice, complex song structures, and dark, emotional ballads.
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Rumble (instrumental)
"Rumble" is an instrumental by American group Link Wray & His Wray Men.
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Sampler (musical instrument)
A sampler is an electronic musical instrument that records and plays back samples (portions of sound recordings).
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Sampling (music)
In sound and music, sampling is the reuse of a portion (or sample) of a sound recording in another recording. Effects unit and sampling (music) are sound recording.
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Scotty Moore
Winfield Scott Moore III (December 27, 1931 – June 28, 2016) was an American guitarist who formed The Blue Moon Boys in 1954, Elvis Presley's backing band.
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Scratching
Scratching, sometimes referred to as scrubbing, is a DJ and turntablist technique of moving a vinyl record back and forth on a turntable to produce percussive or rhythmic sounds.
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Semitone
A semitone, also called a minor second, half step, or a half tone, is the smallest musical interval commonly used in Western tonal music, and it is considered the most dissonant when sounded harmonically.
Sharp (music)
In music, in English sharp – eqv.
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Shin-ei Companion FY-2
The Shin-ei Companion FY-2 is a discontinued fuzz pedal, made by the Japanese Shin-ei effects pedal company from the late 1960s to the early 1970s. Effects unit and Shin-ei Companion FY-2 are effects units.
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Show Me the Way (Peter Frampton song)
"Show Me the Way" is a song by the English rock musician Peter Frampton.
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Sideband
In radio communications, a sideband is a band of frequencies higher than or lower than the carrier frequency, that are the result of the modulation process.
Signal
Signal refers to both the process and the result of transmission of data over some media accomplished by embedding some variation.
Signal chain
Signal chain, or signal-processing chain is a term used in signal processing and mixed-signal system design to describe a series of signal-conditioning electronic components that receive input (data acquired from sampling either real-time phenomena or from stored data) sequentially, with the output of one portion of the chain supplying input to the next.
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Single coil guitar pickup
A single coil pickup is a type of magnetic transducer, or pickup, for the electric guitar and the electric bass.
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Sitar
The sitar is a plucked stringed instrument, originating from the Indian subcontinent, used in Hindustani classical music.
Slicer (guitar effect)
A slicer is an effects unit which is similar to a tremolo, vibrato, phaser, or autopan. Effects unit and slicer (guitar effect) are effects units and sound recording.
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Slip Slidin' Away
"Slip Slidin' Away" is a 1977 song written and recorded by Paul Simon which appears on his compilation album Greatest Hits, Etc. It was one of two new songs to appear on the album, the other being "Stranded in a Limousine".
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Solid-state electronics
Solid-state electronics are semiconductor electronics: electronic equipment that use semiconductor devices such as transistors, diodes and integrated circuits (ICs).
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Songs in the Key of Life
Songs in the Key of Life is the eighteenth studio album by American singer, songwriter and musician Stevie Wonder.
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Sound effect
A sound effect (or audio effect) is an artificially created or enhanced sound, or sound process used to emphasize artistic or other content of films, television shows, live performance, animation, video games, music, or other media. Effects unit and sound effect are sound effects.
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Sound on Sound
Sound on Sound is a monthly music technology magazine.
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Speak & Spell (album)
Speak & Spell is the debut studio album by English electronic music band Depeche Mode.
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Spectral glide
A spectral glide is a music-composition concept, consisting of a "modification of the vowel quality of a tone" (Erickson 1975, p. 72).
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Square wave
A square wave is a non-sinusoidal periodic waveform in which the amplitude alternates at a steady frequency between fixed minimum and maximum values, with the same duration at minimum and maximum.
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Steel-string acoustic guitar
The steel-string acoustic guitar is a modern form of guitar that descends from the gut-strung Romantic guitar, but is strung with steel strings for a brighter, louder sound.
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Stephen Malkmus
Stephen Joseph Malkmus (born May 30, 1966) is an American musician best known as the primary songwriter, lead singer and guitarist of the indie rock band Pavement.
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Stomp box
A stomp box (or stompbox) is a percussion instrument consisting of a small box placed under the foot, which is tapped or stamped on rhythmically to produce a sound similar to that of a bass drum.
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String orchestra
A string orchestra is an orchestra consisting solely of a string section made up of the bowed strings used in Western Classical music.
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String section
The string section is composed of bowed instruments belonging to the violin family.
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Strymon (company)
Strymon is an American manufacturer of audio equipment, originally called Damage Control Engineering.
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Subaudible tone
A subaudible tone is a tone that is used to trigger an automated event at a radio station.
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Superfuzz Bigmuff
Superfuzz Bigmuff is the debut EP and first major release by the Seattle grunge band Mudhoney.
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Surf music
Surf music (also known as surf rock, surf pop, or surf guitar) is a genre of rock music associated with surf culture, particularly as found in Southern California.
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Suzuki Musical Instrument Corporation
The is a Japanese company that produces a range of musical instruments.
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Synthesizer
A synthesizer (also synthesiser, or simply synth) is an electronic musical instrument that generates audio signals.
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T-Rex Engineering
T-Rex ApS is a manufacturer of handmade electric guitar effects pedals.
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Talk box
A talk box (also spelled talkbox and talk-box) is an effects unit that allows musicians to modify the sound of a musical instrument by shaping the frequency content of the sound and to apply speech sounds (in the same way as singing) onto the sounds of the instrument. Effects unit and talk box are effects units and sound recording.
Tape loop
In music, tape loops are loops of magnetic tape used to create repetitive, rhythmic musical patterns or dense layers of sound when played on a tape recorder.
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Tapping
Tapping is a playing technique that can be used on any stringed instrument, but which is most commonly used on guitar.
TC Electronic
TC Electronic (sometimes stylized as t.c. electronic) is a Danish audio equipment company that designs and imports guitar effects, bass amplification, computer audio interfaces, audio plug-in software, live sound equalisers, studio and post-production equipment, studio effect processors, and broadcast loudness processors and meters.
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The Kinks
The Kinks were an English rock band formed in London in 1963 by brothers Ray and Dave Davies.
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The Police
The Police were an English rock band formed in London in 1977.
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The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones are an English rock band formed in London in 1962.
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The Shadows
The Shadows (originally known as the Drifters between 1958 and 1959) were an English instrumental rock group, who dominated the British popular music charts in the pre-Beatles era from the late 1950s to the early 1960s.
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The White Stripes
The White Stripes were an American rock duo formed in Detroit, Michigan, in 1997.
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The Who
The Who are an English rock band formed in London in 1964.
They Might Be Giants
They Might Be Giants, often abbreviated as TMBG, is an American alternative rock band formed in 1982 by John Flansburgh and John Linnell.
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Timbre
In music, timbre, also known as tone color or tone quality (from psychoacoustics), is the perceived sound quality of a musical note, sound or tone.
ToadWorks
ToadWorks is a guitar effect brand owned by Ryan Dunn and Doug Harrison based in Spokane, Washington.
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Tom Morello
Thomas Baptist Morello (born May 30, 1964) is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, and political activist.
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Tone Bender
Tone Bender is the name of several fuzz distortion effect pedals. Effects unit and Tone Bender are effects units.
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Total Guitar
Total Guitar is a monthly music magazine based in Bath, the United Kingdom, that has been in circulation since 1994.
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Touchpad
A touchpad or trackpad is a type of pointing device.
Transducer
A transducer is a device that converts energy from one form to another.
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Transformer
In electrical engineering, a transformer is a passive component that transfers electrical energy from one electrical circuit to another circuit, or multiple circuits.
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Transistor
A transistor is a semiconductor device used to amplify or switch electrical signals and power.
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Transposition (music)
In music, transposition refers to the process or operation of moving a collection of notes (pitches or pitch classes) up or down in pitch by a constant interval.
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Treadle
A treadle (from tredan, "to tread") is a foot-powered lever mechanism; it is operated by treading on it repeatedly.
Tremolo
In music, tremolo, or tremolando, is a trembling effect.
U2
U2 are an Irish rock band formed in Dublin in 1976.
Ululation
Ululation, trilling or lele, is a long, wavering, high-pitched vocal sound resembling a howl with a trilling quality.
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Uni-Vibe
The Uni-Vibe, also marketed as the Jax Vibra-Chorus,Harry Shapiro, Michael Heatley, Roger Mayer,, Voyageur Press is a footpedal-operated phaser or phase shifter for creating chorus and vibrato simulations for electric organ or guitar. Effects unit and Uni-Vibe are effects units.
Univox
Univox was a musical instrument brand of Unicord from the early 1960s, when they purchased the Amplifier Corporation of America of Westbury, New York, and began to market a line of guitar amplifiers.
Univox Super-Fuzz
The Univox Super-Fuzz was a fuzzbox produced by the Univox company, primarily for use with the electric guitar or bass. Effects unit and Univox Super-Fuzz are effects units.
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Vacuum tube
A vacuum tube, electron tube, valve (British usage), or tube (North America) is a device that controls electric current flow in a high vacuum between electrodes to which an electric potential difference has been applied.
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Valve amplifier
A valve amplifier or tube amplifier is a type of electronic amplifier that uses vacuum tubes to increase the amplitude or power of a signal.
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Van Halen
Van Halen was an American rock band formed in Pasadena, California, in 1973.
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Variable-gain amplifier
A variable-gain (VGA) or voltage-controlled amplifier (VCA) is an electronic amplifier that varies its gain depending on a control voltage (often abbreviated CV).
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Vibrato
Vibrato (Italian, from past participle of "vibrare", to vibrate) is a musical effect consisting of a regular, pulsating change of pitch.
Vibrato systems for guitar
A vibrato system on a guitar is a mechanical device used to temporarily change the pitch of the strings.
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Vintage musical equipment
Vintage musical equipment is older music gear, including instruments, amplifiers and speakers, sound recording equipment and effects pedals, sought after, maintained and used by record producers, audio engineers and musicians who are interested in historical music genres. Effects unit and Vintage musical equipment are effects units, guitars and sound recording.
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Virtual Studio Technology
Virtual Studio Technology (VST) is an audio plug-in software interface that integrates software synthesizers and effects units into digital audio workstations.
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Vocoder
A vocoder (a portmanteau of voice and encoder) is a category of speech coding that analyzes and synthesizes the human voice signal for audio data compression, multiplexing, voice encryption or voice transformation.
Voltage
Voltage, also known as (electrical) potential difference, electric pressure, or electric tension is the difference in electric potential between two points.
Voltage-controlled filter
A voltage-controlled filter (VCF) is an electronic filter whose operating characteristics (primarily cutoff frequency) can be set by an input control voltage.
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Vowel
A vowel is a syllabic speech sound pronounced without any stricture in the vocal tract.
Vox (company)
Vox is a British musical equipment manufacturer founded in 1957 by Thomas Walter Jennings in Dartford, Kent, England.
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Wah-wah (music)
Wah-wah (or wa-wa) is an imitative word (or onomatopoeia) for the sound of altering the resonance of musical notes to extend expressiveness, sounding much like a human voice saying the syllable wah.
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Wah-wah pedal
A wah-wah pedal, or simply wah pedal, is a type of effects pedal designed for electric guitar that alters the timbre of the input signal to create a distinctive sound, mimicking the human voice saying the onomatopoeic name "wah-wah". Effects unit and wah-wah pedal are effects units.
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Walking on the Moon
"Walking on the Moon" is a reggae song by British rock band the Police, released as the second single from their second studio album, Reggatta de Blanc (1979).
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Watkins Copicat
The Watkins Copicat is an effects unit that produces tape delay and reverb effects. Effects unit and Watkins Copicat are effects units.
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Waveform
In electronics, acoustics, and related fields, the waveform of a signal is the shape of its graph as a function of time, independent of its time and magnitude scales and of any displacement in time.
Welcome to the Jungle
"Welcome to the Jungle" is a song by American rock band Guns N' Roses, featured as the opening track on their debut album, Appetite for Destruction (1987).
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Where the Streets Have No Name
"Where the Streets Have No Name" is a song by Irish rock band U2.
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Willie Johnson (guitarist)
Willie Johnson (March 4, 1923 – February 26, 1995) was an American electric blues guitarist.
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Z.Vex Effects
Z.Vex Effects is an effects pedal company based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Z.Vex Fuzz Factory
The Z.Vex Fuzz Factory is a fuzz pedal made by the American inventor and musician Zachary Vex of the Z.Vex Effects company. Effects unit and Z.Vex Fuzz Factory are effects units.
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(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" is a song by the English rock band the Rolling Stones.
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19-inch rack
A 19-inch rack is a standardized frame or enclosure for mounting multiple electronic equipment modules.
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See also
Pedals
- Bicycle pedal
- Effects unit
- Footmouse
- Pedal bin
- Pedal harp
- Pedal keyboard
- Piano pedals
Rock music
- 20th-century music
- Audio feedback
- Band (rock and pop)
- Concert T-shirt
- Effects unit
- Electronics in rock music
- Guitar tech
- Headbanging
- Instrument destruction
- Jewish rock
- List of best-selling music artists
- List of years in rock music
- Loudest band
- Miming in instrumental performance
- Mojo Triangle
- New Primitivism
- Origins of rock and roll
- Popular music pedagogy
- Rock and roll
- Rock concerts
- Rock en tu idioma
- Rock festivals
- Rock music
- Rock music and the fall of communism
- Rock musical
- Rock musicals
- Rock operas
- Rock violin
- Rockism and poptimism
- Sentimental ballad
- Social effects of rock music
- Stage diving
- Women in rock
- World Rock Day
Sound effects
- Audio time stretching and pitch scaling
- BRAAAM
- Castle thunder (sound effect)
- Deep Note
- Dun dun duuun!
- Effects unit
- Electronic music
- Evil laughter
- Foley (filmmaking)
- Kookaburra
- Kouji
- Robotic voice effects
- Sound effect
- Soundrangers
- Sting (percussion)
- Stock sound effect
- Tarzan yell
- Wailing woman
- Walla
- Wild track
- Wilhelm scream
- Wind machine
References
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