retrig
retrig verb: to retrigger (a note, or a sample within it).
Verb
retrig (third-person singular simple present retrigs, present participle retrigging, simple past and past participle retrigged)
- To retrigger (a note, or a sample within it).
- This command will retrig the same note before playing the next. Where to retrig depends on the speed of the song. If you retrig with 1 in speed 6 that note will be trigged 6 times in one note slot.1992, Ian Tweedie, “OK here it is!! Mod-File-Format!”, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard (Usenet)
- The clicking during the piano part is specially horrid... It sounds a bit like this: Click! Click-click-click! Whrrrrrr... Click! Click-click-click! Whrrrrrr... etc. (The Whrrrrrr bit sounds a bit like a sample being retrigged at a very high rate (a dozen times per second)).1993, Justin William Brown, “Nausicaa MID... the clicking :(”, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard (Usenet)
Noun
retrig (plural retrigs)
- The retriggering of a note or sample.
Forms of retrig
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | retrigs |
| present participle | retrigging |
| past participle | retrigged |
| past | retrigged |
| Noun | |
| plural | retrigs |
Origin of retrig
From retrigger.
Questions about retrig
- What does retrig mean?
- Retrig means to retrigger (a note, or a sample within it).
- What part of speech is retrig?
- Retrig can be a verb or a noun.
- What is the past tense of retrig?
- The past tense of retrig is retrigged.
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