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Re:The spotlight of attention is more like a strobe, say res... by jchanimal on Wednesday November 07, 2018 @04:13PM (#18402461)
Similar to the time distance of an Elvis style slapback vocal echo. Less than ~40ms and it’s not perceived as a distinct sound, more than ~120 ms and it starts to sound obvious like a reggae dub echo. Same sound perception time constants show up all over audio recording.
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Re:The spotlight of attention is more like a strobe, say res... by jerf on Wednesday November 07, 2018 @04:26PM (#18402553)
I did not know exactly what Elvis-style slapback echo is, so here's the fruit of my moments of poking around: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuStmPbG528 About 1:30 long.
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Re:The spotlight of attention is more like a strobe, say res... by bsder on Wednesday November 07, 2018 @05:23PM (#18402884)
It's generically echo or delay.

Normally, it's called slapback when it's used for "rockabilly" (yes, basically sounding like Elvis--specifically his guitarist Scotty Moore).

People emulating Brian Setzer is the more modern thing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PY4CSScCKY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EW54TX4Pwl8

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