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Audio Effects

Amplify
Changes volume or loudness.

Chorus
An effect in which multiple copies of a signal are played together slightly off time from each other.

Compressor
Reduces the dynamic range of a signal, making loud sounds quieter and the quiet sounds louder.

Crossfade
Fades out one sound while fading in another.

Delay
An effect in which a copy of a signal is played back later than the original.

Dopler
Dynamically changes a pitch.

Dynamics
Volume changes in audio.

Echo
A delay-based effect where copies of a signal are introduced then trail off to silence.

Expander
Reduces the level of a signal when it falls below a set threshold in order to overemphasize its dynamic range.

Fade In/Out
Changes level over time increasing/decreasing in amplitude from/to silence.

Feedback
Delayed repeated signal that produces multiples of the original signal. Or, a loud squeal created when a channel is receiving its own output.

Flange
Generates a swirling sound by adding a slightly delayed copy of a signal in which the delay time fluctuates.

Harmonizer
Can add odd and even multiples of a fundamental frequency to provide a characteristic (or timbre) to give each instrument or voice a unique sound.

Invert
Changes positive offset to negative and vice versa.

Interpolate
Smoothes out the waveform between start and finish markers, often used to remove a pop or click.



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