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Paulstretch

Paulstretch proper noun: a certain audio time stretching algorithm.

Proper noun

Paulstretch

  1. A certain audio time stretching algorithm.
    • Pittsinger says he used a program called PaulStretch to slow the track down. So I tracked down the software's creator, Paul Nasca, to find out how the program works.2010 August 18, Sami Yenigun, “How It Works: The Art Of Time-Stretching Bieber”, in NPR Music
    • “I took a portion of what I was working on and took it into PaulStretch and then bring it back into the track to sit low in the mix as a drone version of itself. It gives the track a good base and a haunting texture to it. I use the PaulStretch audio as a sound bed to further build the track from.”2020 July 16, Aykan Esen, quoting Bonobo, “Bonobo-Style Haunting Ambience with PaulStretch”, in Attack Magazine

Forms of Paulstretch

alternative formPaulStretch

Origin of Paulstretch

Paul + stretch, after its inventor Paul Nasca.

Questions about Paulstretch

What does Paulstretch mean?
Paulstretch means a certain audio time stretching algorithm.
What part of speech is Paulstretch?
Paulstretch is a proper noun.

Words near Paulstretch in the dictionary

  1. pauls
  2. Pauls Valley
  3. paulscherrerite
  4. Paulsen
  5. Paulson
  6. Paulstretch
  7. Paultard
  8. Paultards
  9. paulter
  10. paultered
  11. paultering

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