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Disputed

Several origin stories in this subject have more than one claimant, and the accounts do not agree. Where that is so, this magazine says that it is contested rather than choosing the version that tells best.

2 entries · Origin stories that do not agree.

Rack-mounted studio gear including a TC Electronic delay, Lexicon MX400, and dbx 160A compressor — Hands on a panel, in a room, with more than one person present. That is the situation every contested origin in this section starts from.Photo: Alena Sharkova / Pexels

Every entry in Disputed

One machine, room or technique each

7.1 Who invented gated reverb Several people were in the room and the accounts do not agree; the honest answer is that it is contested.
7.2 The first sampled record A claim that depends entirely on what counts as sampling.

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