I chose to explore reverb. I added this effect to a snare drum sample because of its transient nature, allowing me to hear the effect in create detail. Reverb had the effect of making the snare sound as though it is coming from a distance. it also makes synthetic sounds (such as sine and square waves) sound more natural, adding space and sometimes warmth to a sound.

I then duplicated the source sound and inverted its phase in an effort to remove the source sound and to only hear what changes the effect makes. This did not seem to make much of a change to the output. Though when listening again to the source sound without the effect, it is clear that reverb creates depth and space but it also attenuates the amplitude of the sound, with the mix of the effect past 50%, the snare loses the majority of its initial ‘punch’.

Reverb has been used in music since it was invented (1930s). Early on reverb was made using springs and plates, this method sounds largely unrealistic but is the signature sound of many genres. In particular, spring reverb and surf music. Most notably to me, Dick Dale’s ‘Misirlou’, where the guitars feature a lot of spring reverb which sound ‘Spanky’.