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Acoustic Feedback

Author: HOWARD FERSTLER

Acoustic Feedback A recording situation where the sound from a speaker system is picked up by the microphone feeding it, re-amplified to the same loudspeaker, picked up by the microphone again, and so forth. With each complete cycle, the signal becomes larger until the loop rapidly runs wild and produces the squeal often accidentally heard during programs that feature sound reinforcement. Howard Ferstler

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