Distortion Effects A Level Music Tech

Distortion is created by

• turning the reverb of a sound up too far.

• turning the volume of a sound down too low.

• turning the volume of a sound up too loud.

• keeping the volume the same level

Historically, artists created distortion by

• damaging their amplifiers

• damaging their instrument

• damaging their ears

• damaging their health

When the gain is increased.....

• the wave peaks and troughs are controlled by the musician

• the wave peaks and troughs are not clipped

• the wave peaks and troughs are left untouched

• the wave peaks and troughs are clipped

Soft clipping.....

• rounds the tops of the waves and sounds warmer.

• rounds the bottom of the waves and sounds colder

• rounds the middle of the waves and sounds normal

• is a type of haircut

Hard clipping....

• creates a wave with triangular peaks & troughs and sounds softer

• creates a wave with no peaks & troughs and sounds normal

• creates a wave with square peaks & troughs and sounds harsher

• creates a wave with circular peaks & troughs and sounds normal

A distorted signal has

• a sine wave

• no harmonics

• fewer harmonics

• more harmonics

Fuzz is a .......

• dense distortion used by guitarists such as Jimi Hendrix

• soft distortion used by guitarists such as Ed Sheeran

• slang word for the police

• subtle effect used by guitarists such as Julian Bream

Bit distortion is created

• by raising the bit depth and leads to no distortion

• by lowering the bit depth and leads to distortion of audio

• by keeping the bit depth the same and leads to distortion of the listener

• by removing all bit depths and leads to a clean sound

Which 3 parameters of distortion can we control?

• Gain, Output, Tone

• Gain, Bitdepth, Treble

• Output, Envelopes, Musician

• Input, Cut off Frequency, Speakers

Distortion is

• primarily used as a keyboard effect

• primarily used as a saxophone effect

• primarily used as a drum effect

• primarily used as a guitar effect