
This occurs when echoes build up in an enclosed space and cause a volume swell, which then decays as the sound slowly escapes. Delay is a customizable thing, and can alter the sound during each iteration. In audio editing terms, though, an echo is considered to be a specific type of delay, one that decays but reproduces the sound otherwise accurately. The sound waves are emanating from your mouth, traveling some distance, bouncing off of a solid surface, and returning back to your ears after a period of time. Shouting into a canyon or wide space will give you an echo. It’s a repeated iteration of a sound that occurs with a diminished volume and after a brief period of time. Delay, echo, and reverb are all different aspects of the same process: repetition of a sound over time.
