Reverberation

Real World Example

Imagine trying to have a conversation in a crowded cafeteria where everyone's voices are bouncing around. Just like how these voices create a confusing mix of overlapping sounds, sound waves in a room can bounce off surfaces, creating echoes that interfere with the original sound, known as reverberation. In this scenario, each person's voice is like an initial sound wave, the hard surfaces of the cafeteria are like the walls that reflect sound, and the resulting cacophony is similar to the buildup of sound from multiple echoes that makes it hard to hear clearly.