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2. Bass (sound) - Wikipedia

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   In the early 1970s, early disco DJs sought out deeper bass sounds for their dance events. David Mancuso hired sound engineer Alex Rosner [10] to design additional subwoofers for his disco dance events, along with "tweeter arrays" to "boost the treble and bass at opportune moments" at his private, underground parties at The Loft. [11]

3. Bass music - Wikipedia

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   Bass music is a term used to describe several genres of electronic dance music and hip hop music [1] arising from the 1980s on, focusing on a prominent bass drum and/or bassline sound. As one source notes, there are "many different types of bass music to fall into, each putting a different spin on one of music's loudest elements". [ 2 ]

4. Proximity effect (audio) - Wikipedia

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   The proximity effect in audio is an increase in bass or low frequency response when a sound source is close to a directional or cardioid microphone. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Proximity effect is a change in the frequency response of a directional pattern microphone that results in an emphasis on lower frequencies.

5. Equalization (audio) - Wikipedia

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   The bass control may be used, for instance, to increase the drum and bass parts at a dance party, or to reduce annoying bass sounds when listening to a person speaking. The treble control might be used to give the percussion a sharper or more "brilliant" sound, or can be used to cut such high frequencies when they have been overemphasized in ...

6. Bass amplifier - Wikipedia

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   In the 1980s the role of bass in popular and rock music evolved to become more melodic rather than simply providing a rhythmic function. The amplifier brand strongly identified with this new, 'scooped' sound (with strong bass and treble boost and mid-cut) was Trace Elliot. There were several features which made their amplifiers unique: the GP11 ...

7. Smiley face curve - Wikipedia

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   Smiley face curves have been popular with some car audio enthusiasts, disc jockeys, electric bass players, home stereo owners and sound reinforcement operators. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Though the graphic equalizer was intended to tailor a system's response to compensate for venue and performance conditions, the smiley face curve is sometimes applied as a ...

8. Fuzz bass - Wikipedia

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   Fuzz bass is a style of playing the electric bass or modifying its signal that produces a buzzy, distorted, overdriven sound, as the name implies. Overdriving a bass signal significantly changes the timbre, adds higher overtones (harmonics), increases the sustain, and, if the gain is turned up high enough, creates a "breaking up" sound ...

9. Effects unit - Wikipedia

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   Fuzz bass (also called bass overdrive) is a style of playing the electric bass that produces a buzzy, overdriven sound via a tube or transistor amp or by using a fuzz or overdrive pedal. Notable examples of fuzz effect units include the: Arbiter Fuzz Face , Electro-Harmonix Big Muff , Shin-ei Companion FY-2 , Univox Super-Fuzz , Vox Tone Bender ...