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Old 05-23-2006, 10:26 AM   #15
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Originally Posted by TheJarve
yeah considering its a vibrato unit...
technically, none of the terms are correct, seeing as vibrato means an effect that causes the note to bend in small stages (somewhere around 1/4 to an 1/8 pitch bend is correct), tremolo is the sound dynamics changing in a pre-defined (generally across time, and shape eg triangular or square wave), and whammy, well, whammy isn't actually anything to do with music at all. but i have to say, out of all three, i'd rather hear it called a whammy, because it is the least incorrect.
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