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efterklangsenheder

English translation: reverberation units

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Danish term or phrase:efterklangsenheder
English translation:reverberation units
Entered by: Charles Ek

11:10 Aug 5, 2010
Danish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Electronics / Elect Eng
Danish term or phrase: efterklangsenheder
Hej there,
I have a list of items and this is one of them. I don't know what these units might be.

The items in the list are not related to each other, but most of them are somehow related to electronic equipment.

Thanks in advance.
Y. Peraza
Local time: 02:01
reverberation unit
Explanation:
"Efterklang" is "reverberation". See the reference link for Google results for "reverberation unit" -- seems to be what you have here.

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Note added at 11 mins (2010-08-05 11:21:46 GMT)
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Sorry, I used plural and singular forms in the wrong way, twice! My answer should be in the plural, and the Google search was for the plural, not the singular form. :-(

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Note added at 37 mins (2010-08-05 11:47:31 GMT)
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I have a nephew who is studying acoustical engineering. I'll try to get an explanation on "repeater" vs. "reverberation unit" from him.

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Note added at 5 hrs (2010-08-05 16:53:28 GMT)
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Well, good news and bad news. You're not alone in being confused. Here's my nephew's response:

"There is a difference and it can get somewhat confusing. A repeater would be more commonly referred to as a delay.
Delays take a signal/sound and [store] it, either digitally in memory or analogously on tape, and [save] the exact copy of the sound to be played later in time. You can repeat the delay as many times as you'd like (or as many times as the unit will allow.)
A reverb unit takes a signal/sound and attempts to imitate decaying reflections of the sound, which can be done digitally or analogously (spring reverb or plate reverb.) You can also throw echo units into the fray.
An echo unit would do the same thing as a delay but it would repeat the sound and the sound would decay with each repetition. The difference between an echo and a reverberation comes down to the time between the original sound and the first repetition (this difference on a unit is called pre-delay.) A reverb has a difference of up to something like 30 milliseconds and an echo is anything after 30 milliseconds.
With digital units it can get even more confusing [since] there are many units that will do all three of these so the terms get thrown around interchangeably."

Note that he uses US English.
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Charles Ek
United States
Local time: 19:01
Grading comment
Thanks a lot. I read carefully your explanation (well, your cousin´s) and I found it very helpful. Thanks for the time and the effort!

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reverberation unit


Explanation:
"Efterklang" is "reverberation". See the reference link for Google results for "reverberation unit" -- seems to be what you have here.

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 11 mins (2010-08-05 11:21:46 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

Sorry, I used plural and singular forms in the wrong way, twice! My answer should be in the plural, and the Google search was for the plural, not the singular form. :-(

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Note added at 37 mins (2010-08-05 11:47:31 GMT)
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I have a nephew who is studying acoustical engineering. I'll try to get an explanation on "repeater" vs. "reverberation unit" from him.

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 5 hrs (2010-08-05 16:53:28 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

Well, good news and bad news. You're not alone in being confused. Here's my nephew's response:

"There is a difference and it can get somewhat confusing. A repeater would be more commonly referred to as a delay.
Delays take a signal/sound and [store] it, either digitally in memory or analogously on tape, and [save] the exact copy of the sound to be played later in time. You can repeat the delay as many times as you'd like (or as many times as the unit will allow.)
A reverb unit takes a signal/sound and attempts to imitate decaying reflections of the sound, which can be done digitally or analogously (spring reverb or plate reverb.) You can also throw echo units into the fray.
An echo unit would do the same thing as a delay but it would repeat the sound and the sound would decay with each repetition. The difference between an echo and a reverberation comes down to the time between the original sound and the first repetition (this difference on a unit is called pre-delay.) A reverb has a difference of up to something like 30 milliseconds and an echo is anything after 30 milliseconds.
With digital units it can get even more confusing [since] there are many units that will do all three of these so the terms get thrown around interchangeably."

Note that he uses US English.


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Charles Ek
United States
Local time: 19:01
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thanks a lot. I read carefully your explanation (well, your cousin´s) and I found it very helpful. Thanks for the time and the effort!
Notes to answerer
Asker: But don't you call those "repeaters"? In Danish they use also the word "repeater", that's why I got confused... Or is it not the same thing?

Asker: Oh, that would be great! Viva your nephew!

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