In audio signal processing and acoustics, an echo is a reflection of sound that arrives at the listener with a delay after the direct sound. The delay is directly proportional to the distance of the reflecting surface from the source and the listener. Typical examples are the echo produced by the bottom of a well, by a building, or by the walls of an enclosed room and an empty room. A true echo is a single reflection of the sound source.[citation needed]
The word echo derives from the Greek ἠχώ (ēchō),[1] itself from ἦχος (ēchos), "sound".[2]Echo in the Greek folk story is a mountain nymph whose ability to speak was cursed, leaving her able only to repeat the last words spoken to her. Some animals use echo for location sensing and navigation, such as cetaceans (dolphins and whales) and bats in a process known as echolocation. Echoes are also the basis of Sonar technology.
Acoustic waves are reflected by walls or other hard surfaces, such as mountains and privacy fences. The reason of reflection may be explained as a discontinuity in the propagationmedium. This can be heard when the reflection returns with sufficient magnitude and delay to be perceived distinctly. When sound, or the echo itself, is reflected multiple times from multiple surfaces, the echo is characterized as a reverberation.
This illustration depicts the principle of sediment echo sounding, which uses a narrow beam of high energy and low frequency
The human ear cannot distinguish echo from the original direct sound if the delay is less than 1/10 of a second.[3] The velocity of sound in dry air is approximately 343 m/s at a temperature of 25 °C. Therefore, the reflecting object must be more than 17.2m from the sound source for echo to be perceived by a person located at the source. When a sound produces an echo in two seconds, the reflecting object is 343m away. In nature, canyon walls or rock cliffs facing water are the most common natural settings for hearing echoes. The strength of echo is frequently measured in dB sound pressure level (SPL) relative to the directly transmitted wave. Echoes may be desirable (as in sonar) or undesirable (as in telephone systems).
Echo in music
In music performance and recording, electric echo effects have been used since the 1950s. The Echoplex is a tapedelayeffect, first made in 1959 that recreates the sound of an acoustic echo. Designed by Mike Battle, the Echoplex set a standard for the effect in the 1960s and was used by most of the notable guitar players of the era; original Echoplexes are highly sought after. While Echoplexes were used heavily by guitar players (and the occasional bass player, such as Chuck Rainey, or trumpeter, such as Don Ellis), many recording studios also used the Echoplex. Beginning in the 1970s, Market built the solid-state Echoplex for Maestro. In the 2000s, most echo effects units use electronic or digital circuitry to recreate the echo effect.
Famous echoes
Echolocation organs of a toothed whale, which produce echoes and receive sounds. Arrows illustrate the outgoing and incoming path of sound.
^ἠχώ, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, on Perseus
^ἦχος, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, on Perseus
^Wölfel, Matthias; McDonough, John (2009). Distant Speech Recognition. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons. p. 48. ISBN978-0470714072.
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echo, this, article, about, acoustic, phenomenon, echoes, telecommunications, signal, reflection, other, uses, disambiguation, audio, signal, processing, acoustics, echo, reflection, sound, that, arrives, listener, with, delay, after, direct, sound, delay, dir. This article is about the acoustic phenomenon For echoes in telecommunications see Signal reflection For other uses see Echo disambiguation In audio signal processing and acoustics an echo is a reflection of sound that arrives at the listener with a delay after the direct sound The delay is directly proportional to the distance of the reflecting surface from the source and the listener Typical examples are the echo produced by the bottom of a well by a building or by the walls of an enclosed room and an empty room A true echo is a single reflection of the sound source citation needed The word echo derives from the Greek ἠxw echō 1 itself from ἦxos echos sound 2 Echo in the Greek folk story is a mountain nymph whose ability to speak was cursed leaving her able only to repeat the last words spoken to her Some animals use echo for location sensing and navigation such as cetaceans dolphins and whales and bats in a process known as echolocation Echoes are also the basis of Sonar technology Contents 1 Acoustic phenomenon 2 Echo in music 3 Famous echoes 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksAcoustic phenomenon EditAcoustic waves are reflected by walls or other hard surfaces such as mountains and privacy fences The reason of reflection may be explained as a discontinuity in the propagation medium This can be heard when the reflection returns with sufficient magnitude and delay to be perceived distinctly When sound or the echo itself is reflected multiple times from multiple surfaces the echo is characterized as a reverberation This illustration depicts the principle of sediment echo sounding which uses a narrow beam of high energy and low frequency The human ear cannot distinguish echo from the original direct sound if the delay is less than 1 10 of a second 3 The velocity of sound in dry air is approximately 343 m s at a temperature of 25 C Therefore the reflecting object must be more than 17 2m from the sound source for echo to be perceived by a person located at the source When a sound produces an echo in two seconds the reflecting object is 343m away In nature canyon walls or rock cliffs facing water are the most common natural settings for hearing echoes The strength of echo is frequently measured in dB sound pressure level SPL relative to the directly transmitted wave Echoes may be desirable as in sonar or undesirable as in telephone systems Echo in music EditIn music performance and recording electric echo effects have been used since the 1950s The Echoplex is a tape delay effect first made in 1959 that recreates the sound of an acoustic echo Designed by Mike Battle the Echoplex set a standard for the effect in the 1960s and was used by most of the notable guitar players of the era original Echoplexes are highly sought after While Echoplexes were used heavily by guitar players and the occasional bass player such as Chuck Rainey or trumpeter such as Don Ellis many recording studios also used the Echoplex Beginning in the 1970s Market built the solid state Echoplex for Maestro In the 2000s most echo effects units use electronic or digital circuitry to recreate the echo effect Famous echoes Edit Echolocation organs of a toothed whale which produce echoes and receive sounds Arrows illustrate the outgoing and incoming path of sound Inchindown oil tanks current record holder for longest echo Hamilton Mausoleum Hamilton South Lanarkshire Scotland Its high stone means it takes 15 seconds for the sound of a slammed door to delay Gol Gumbaz of Bijapur India Any whisper clap or sound gets echoed repeatedly The Golkonda Fort of Hyderabad India The Echo Wall at the Temple of Heaven Beijing China The Whispering Gallery of St Paul s Cathedral London England UK Echo Point the Three Sisters Katoomba Australia The Temple of Kukulcan El Castillo Chichen Itza Mexico The Baptistry of Pisa Pisa Italy The echo near Milan visited by Mark Twain in The Innocents Abroad The echo in Chinon France which is used in a traditional local rhyme The gazebo of Napier Museum in Trivandrum Kerala IndiaSee also EditLight echoReferences Edit ἠxw Henry George Liddell Robert Scott A Greek English Lexicon on Perseus ἦxos Henry George Liddell Robert Scott A Greek English Lexicon on Perseus Wolfel Matthias McDonough John 2009 Distant Speech Recognition Chichester John Wiley amp Sons p 48 ISBN 978 0470714072 External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Echo Wikiquote has quotations related to Echo More information on Chinon echo Listen to Duck echoes and an animated demonstration of how an echo is formed Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Echo amp oldid 1128358762, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
