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  2. Burst noise - Wikipedia

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    Each shift in offset voltage or current often lasts from several milliseconds to seconds, and sounds like popcorn popping if hooked up to an audio speaker. [2] Burst noise was first observed in early point contact diodes, then re-discovered during the commercialization of one of the first semiconductor op-amps; the 709. [3]

  3. Slapping (music) - Wikipedia

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    The slap sound comes from the combination of two elements: slapping, which involves striking the string with the side of the bony joint in the middle of the thumb, a harder surface than the pads of the fingers (used in plucked fingering); and intentionally allowing the vibrating string to come into contact with the metal frets, producing a ...

  4. Slap tonguing - Wikipedia

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    The sound is created as a result of the release of suction in the mouth and the popping sound that the reed produces which amplifies as it travels through the horn. This effect is similar to when you would suck on a spoon. To create this effect, lay your tongue against a lot of the reed.

  5. Sound effect - Wikipedia

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    Theater organ sound effects are usually electric or electro-pneumatic, and activated by a button pressed with the hand or foot. Photoplayer operators activate sound effects either by flipping switches on the machine or pulling cow-tail pull-strings, which hang above. Sounds like bells and drums are made mechanically, sirens and horns ...

  6. Crackling noise - Wikipedia

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    Further research into crackling noise was done in the late 1940s by Charles Francis Richter and Beno Gutenberg who examined earthquakes analytically. Before the invention of the well-known Richter scale, the Mercalli intensity scale was used; this is a subjective measurement of how damaging an earthquake was to property, i.e. II would be small vibrations and objects moving, while XII would be ...

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  8. Distortion (music) - Wikipedia

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    The DS-1 was the first ever distortion guitar effect pedal manufactured by Boss An auditory example of the distortion effect with the clean signal shown first.. Distortion and overdrive are forms of audio signal processing used to alter the sound of amplified electric musical instruments, usually by increasing their gain, producing a "fuzzy", "growling", or "gritty" tone.

  9. The Amazing New Electronic Pop Sound of Jean Jacques Perrey

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    The Amazing New Electronic Pop Sound of Jean Jacques Perrey is the sixth studio album by French electronic musician Jean-Jacques Perrey, released in 1968 on the Vanguard Records label. The penultimate song "Four, Three, Two, One" was made together with Billy Mure. The final track "Gypsy in Rio" is a homage to Spike Jones. [1]