reverb

American  

[ri-vurb] / rɪˈvɜrb /

verb (used with or without object)

1. to reverberate.

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reverb British  

/ ˈriːvɜːb /

noun

1. an electronic device that creates artificial acoustics

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Etymology

Origin of reverb

1595–1605; irregular < Latin reverberāre to cause to rebound

Example Sentences

Drew Sensue-Weinstein’s sound design, which included adroit use of reverb on voices and instruments, dovetailed with Gabriel Crouch’s skillful conducting, which brought out the score’s transparent, early music-style radiance.

From The Wall Street Journal

Mr. Ellis’s voice couldn’t be better suited to convey this particular mix of feelings, and it’s all there on the beautiful opener, “Little Left Hope,” a dead-simple production with just a handful of ingredients—strummed acoustic guitar, occasional splashes of drums—and everything recorded with very little reverb.

From The Wall Street Journal

On “Cherry Blue,” piano-like tones echo inside a canyon of reverb, triggering pangs of loneliness.

From The Wall Street Journal

That’s up 2.4% on an as-reported, consolidated basis, or up 6.1% when excluding Reverb from the prior-year period, Etsy said.

From The Wall Street Journal

Bach’s music has a circular spell quality and the pipe organ, resounding with reverb in gargantuan cathedrals, was the original synthesizer.

From Los Angeles Times