Name
Echo -- add an echo
Synopsis
echo gain-in gain-out <delay decay>
Function
Add echoing to the audio. Echoes are reflected sound and can occur naturally amongst mountains (and sometimes large buildings) when talking or shouting; digital echo effects emulate this behaviour and are often used to help fill out the sound of a single instrument or vocal. The time difference between the original signal and the reflection is the delay (time), and the loudness of the reflected signal is the decay. Multiple echoes can have different delays and decays.

Each given delay decay pair gives the delay in milliseconds and the decay (relative to gain-in) of that echo. Gain-out is the volume of the output. For example: This will make it sound as if there are twice as many instruments as are actually playing:

 
echo 0.8 0.88 60 0.4

If the delay is very short, then it sound like a (metallic) robot playing music:

 
echo 0.8 0.88 6 0.4

A longer delay will sound like an open air concert in the mountains:

 
echo 0.8 0.9 1000 0.3

One mountain more, and:

 
echo 0.8 0.9 1000 0.3 1800 0.25


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