Gallery: Colorful Contraptions Show How Musicians Make Sound Effects
James Boock01Sound Revival
James Boock's Sound Revival project gives sound effects a visual identity.
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His reverb piece uses a metal frame and springs to create a vibrating sound.
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Reverb.
James Boock04Tremolo speaker pulled back
The tremolo machine uses a rotating speaker to reproduce a wavering effect. As the red speaker spins, the volume dips in and out of loudness.
James Boock05Tape Delay close up of path
The delay machine plays recorded music back on multiple tape decks at different times to produce an audio lag.
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For the voice modulator, sound is piped through a speaker inside an airtight chamber into a tube that goes into a person's mouth. As the user moves his or her mouth, the voice is altered.
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