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- chord
The sounding of two or more simultaneous notes.
- chorus
A refrain or repeated portion of a song where repeated words are sung over a repeated melody. Also, an effect where the processed audio signal moves slightly out of time and tune with the original signal, creating the illusion of several instruments or singers.
- clipping
When a signal exceeds a circuit's capacity to handle it, causing the signal to be truncated and resulting in a distorted sound.
- compressor
An effect that reduces the overall volume range from the softest to the loudest by boosting lower volume and lessening higher volume parts of a signal.
- cycle
GarageBand's term for looping a portion of a song.
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