varispeed

English

Verb

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

1. To modify the speed of playback of a sound.
   • 2012, David Lewis Yewdall, Practical Art of Motion Picture Sound, page 286:

     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, […]

   • 2019, Kenneth Womack, Solid State, page 155:

     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.

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