Distortion
Distortion, or harmonic distortion, is a sonic effect with extra harmonics, especially created on an electric guitar by an overdriven amplifier, or a guitar distortion devices, electronic processors, such a fuzz box.
Power chords is used to reduce dissonance on a distorting setup.
External links
- A Musical Distortion Primer by R.G. Keen.
- GuitarFX Software - “Guitar FX transforms your PC into guitar effects processor… GUITAR EFFECTS SOFTWARE (GuitarFX) for Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP. The purpose of my GuitarFX is to turn Personal Computer with Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP and a sound card into a GUITAR EFFECTS PROCESSOR. GuitarFX applies audio effects like reverb, chorus, flanger, delay, SMART DISTORTION, filters to electic guitar signals. Note: your guitar must be plug-in(ed) into microphone or line input of your sound card. GuitarFX works like standard hardware “stompboxes” and makes guitar sounds more impressive to play blues and hardrock.”