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Dry/wet
Dry/wet describes the balance between the original sound and the effected sound.
Level relevance: introduced at Nat 3; tagged for every later level where the same concept remains useful.
Explanation
A dry signal has no effect added, while a wet signal includes the processed effect. Dry/wet balance is used with effects such as reverb, delay, chorus, distortion, and modulation.
Topics
EffectsMixingControl
Curriculum statusofficial concept
Review statusdraft
Sources
- National 5 Music Technology course specification, May 2023, version 3.0 · accessed 2026-07-08
Used for the National 3, National 4, and National 5 technology and music concept tables.