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Get That Sound: Where the Streets Have No Name Have you ever listened to U2′s “Where the Streets Have No Name” and wondered, “How in the world is he making his guitar sound like that?!” Well, If you’ve found this web page, there’s a decent chance you have. In the following article I’ll explain, in depth, how The Edge accomplishes that rhythmic, chiming tone ...
The Types and Origins of Reverb What are the different types of reverb, and where did they originate?
Editor’s Note: A reverb effect is based on an acoustic phenomenon created when a sound is produced in an enclosed space. The reverb sound effect mimics the echoes and decays of the sound as they build up and then dissapate.
Analog Reverb
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In my teaching practice, we usually start at any of these places:
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