varispeed

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verb

To modify the speed of playback of a sound.

Scrabble 15

Meanings

verbvarispeed (third-person singular simple present varispeeds, present participle varispeeding, simple past and past participle varispeeded)

present singular third person varispeeds · participle present varispeeding · participle past varispeeded · past varispeeded

  1. To modify the speed of playback of a sound.

    In such instances, Martin discovered that his varispeeded notes bristled with the noise of the tiny hammers striking the piano strings as they were being recorded at half speed.

    2019, Kenneth Womack, Solid State, page 155
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    By exhaustively trolling through the sound library, I found various recordings of junky cars and broken machines, and I began to combine them with the synthetic tones. I spent a considerable amount of time varispeeding the elements, […]

    2012, David Lewis Yewdall, Practical Art of Motion Picture Sound, page 286

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APA

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Chicago

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