1. EFFECTS AND PROCESSING
Charlie MacArthur Audio Production

2. DELAY
“ 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 track

3. EXAMPLES OF DELAY
I recorded this drum loop in Reason without delay
1.
And then with Delay
2.

4. EXAMPLE OF DELAY IN POPULAR
MUSIC
In this song a delay effect is used on the guitar to change the sound.
Jimmy Hendrix – All along the watch tower
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bng3agUOYiI

5. DISTORTION
“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.

6. EXAMPLES OF DISTORTION
I recorded this drum loop in Reason without distortion
1.
And then with Distortion
2.
This effect makes the drums harsher and louder

7. 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.

8. FILTER
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.

9. EXAMPLE OF FILTER
I recorded this drum loop in Reason without a filter on
1.
And then with a filter on
2.

10. REVERBARATION