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The Nintendo Entertainment System's audio processing unit (the Ricoh 2A03 chip) includes a Delta Modulation Channel (DMC) to demodulate percussion and sound effects. The DMC reads delta-encoded audio data via direct memory access into a shift register , which gets shifted out serially into an up/down counter acting as the demodulator's integrator.
The effect can make these acoustic instruments sound fuller and louder than by using a single tone generator (b.e.: a single vibrating string or a reed). Some examples: Piano – Each of the hammers strikes a course of multiple strings tuned to nearly the same pitch (for all notes except the bass notes).
A slicer is an effects unit which is similar to a tremolo, vibrato, phaser, or autopan. It combines a modulation sequence with a noise gate or envelope filter to create a percussive and rhythmic effect like a helicopter, with rapid cutting out and coming in—on and off. [1] Most have variable speeds and depths, creating different sounds.
The soundboard, depending on the instrument, is called a soundboard, top, top plate, resonator, table, sound-table, or belly. It is usually made of a softwood, often spruce. [6] More generally, any hard surface can act as a soundboard. An example is when someone strikes a tuning fork and holds it against a table top to amplify its sound.
Guitar feedback effects can be difficult to perform, because it is difficult to determine the sound volume and guitar position relative to a guitar amp's loudspeaker necessary for achieving the desired feedback sound. [112] [113] Guitar feedback effects are used in a number of rock genres, including psychedelic rock, heavy metal music and punk ...
An effects loop is a series of audio effects units, connected between two points of a signal path (the route that a signal would travel from the input to the output); usually between the pre-amp and power amp stages of an amplifier circuit, although occasionally between two pre-amp stages. The two principal uses of effects loops are in ...
A resonator ukulele or "resophonic ukulele" is a ukulele whose sound is produced by one or more spun aluminum cones instead of the wooden soundboard (ukulele top/face). These instruments are sometimes referred to as " Dobro ukuleles," however the term "Dobro" is currently trademarked by the Gibson Guitar Corporation.
Some guitarists, such as K.K. Downing, Glenn Tipton, Jeff Hanneman and Dimebag Darrell have used a variation of this technique in which a harmonic, most commonly a pinch harmonic, is used instead of a normal fretted or open note creating a sound arguably closer to that of a bomb due to the squealing sound created by the harmonic.