This article is from the Smashing Pumpkins FAQ, by Mike Hamilton michaelh@ualberta.ca with numerous contributions by others.
One of the cool effects I -can- explain is the 'reverse echo' used on the
"bang bang" part of Silverfuck, as well as other songs. The track is
recorded, then flipped backwards, and echo/reverb is added. It's then
flipped back to forwards, so the effect is that of echoing -into- the
note. Pretty cool, eh? :-) This is also heavily used by the Cure (see
"End" from Wish).
 
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