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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. Typically, a talk box directs sound from the instrument into the musician's ...
The most common device is a handheld, battery-operated device pressed against the skin under the mandible which produces vibrations to allow speech; [1] other variations include a device similar to the "talk box" electronic music device, which delivers the basis of the speech sound via a tube placed in the mouth. [2]
Reverb.com is an online marketplace for new, used, and vintage musical equipment, including instruments used by notable musicians. [1] It was founded in 2013 by David Kalt, shortly after he purchased the musical instrument store Chicago Music Exchange and became frustrated with then-available options for buying and selling guitars online. [2]
An immersive virtual musical instrument, or immersive virtual environment for music and sound, represents sound processes and their parameters as 3D entities of a virtual reality so that they can be perceived not only through auditory feedback but also visually in 3D and possibly through tactile as well as haptic feedback, using 3D interface metaphors consisting of interaction techniques such ...
Peter Frampton's Heil Talk Box from 1973. The Heil Talk Box became famous after being used by Joe Walsh, Peter Frampton, and Richie Sambora. [5] The device blended the sound of voice and guitar. [15] It was the first high-powered talk box on the market which could reliably be used on high-level rock stages. The Heil Talk Box was developed in ...
While the Roland D-50 from 1987 is probably the first affordable virtual analog synthesizer, [1] the term was not used until the 1990s when the Nord Lead came out. [2] Examples of VA synthesizers include: Access Virus line of VA synths; AKAI Miniak virtual analog synthesizer from AKAI Professional; Alesis Ion, Micron and Fusion; Arturia Origin
1811: The first music boxes are produced in Sainte-Croix; an industry which surpasses the watchmaking and lace industries, and rapidly brings renown to the town. At this time, the musical-box industry represents 10% of Switzerland's export. [citation needed] 1865: Charles Reuge, a watchmaker from the Val-de-Travers, settles in Sainte-Croix. He ...
It was a hand-built Talk Box in a fiberglass box using a 100-watt high-powered driver. This was the Heil Talk Box used for the Frampton Comes Alive tour and album.[9][10][11][12] He then promptly locked himself away in a practice space for two weeks, and came out with some mastery of it.