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: an electronically produced echo effect in recorded music
also
: a device for producing reverb
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Each character is given bespoke vocal processing: reverb for the God of Love, a vocoder for Lady Reason, microtonal distortion for Shame.
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Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2023
Miguel Zazueta executed these quick changes with verve, a virtuosic performance enhanced by live electronics adding reverb and spatialization to his sounds.
—Christian Hertzog, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Feb. 2023
While Rev playing distorted riffs on a Farfisa organ and programming primitive beats on an early drum machine, Vega sang dark, strange lyrics through heavy reverb and wielded a motorcycle chain onstage.
—Al Shipley, SPIN, 22 Feb. 2023
The piece experiments with giving each of the three main allegorical foils a distinctive live-electronic vocal processing identity — Lady Reason, angular vocoding; the God of Love, echoey reverb; Shame, angry distortion.
—Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2023
The fairies dress in marvelous, Afro-futurist costumes and wigs, and their voices are miked with an echoey reverb.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Aug. 2022
With the reverb from his mic serving Pride of the Yankees realness, Washington kicked off the big game with his tribute to Robinson.
—Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 20 July 2022
Last year his team sonified a spiderweb into an eerie melody of rustles and turned a flame’s vibration into a meditation-like reverb of gongs.
—Sofia Quaglia, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 May 2022
The drums sat in front of the door, which was left open so the sound would bounce around and create natural reverb.
—Aaron Carnes, Rolling Stone, 30 Apr. 2021
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Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2023
Miguel Zazueta executed these quick changes with verve, a virtuosic performance enhanced by live electronics adding reverb and spatialization to his sounds.
—Christian Hertzog, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Feb. 2023
While Rev playing distorted riffs on a Farfisa organ and programming primitive beats on an early drum machine, Vega sang dark, strange lyrics through heavy reverb and wielded a motorcycle chain onstage.
—Al Shipley, SPIN, 22 Feb. 2023
The piece experiments with giving each of the three main allegorical foils a distinctive live-electronic vocal processing identity — Lady Reason, angular vocoding; the God of Love, echoey reverb; Shame, angry distortion.
—Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2023
The fairies dress in marvelous, Afro-futurist costumes and wigs, and their voices are miked with an echoey reverb.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Aug. 2022
With the reverb from his mic serving Pride of the Yankees realness, Washington kicked off the big game with his tribute to Robinson.
—Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 20 July 2022
Last year his team sonified a spiderweb into an eerie melody of rustles and turned a flame’s vibration into a meditation-like reverb of gongs.
—Sofia Quaglia, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 May 2022
The drums sat in front of the door, which was left open so the sound would bounce around and create natural reverb.
—Aaron Carnes, Rolling Stone, 30 Apr. 2021
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Word History
Etymology
short for reverberation
First Known Use
1953, in the meaning defined above
Dictionary Entries Near reverb
Cite this Entry
“Reverb.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reverb. Accessed 28 Mar. 2023.
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