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Paulstretch en · PROPN

Etymology

Paul + stretch, after its inventor Paul Nasca.

Meanings

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:
   • Where most audio time-stretching is usually used for small adjustments, Paulstretch is regularly used to stretch audio by a factor of 5, 10, 20 or much more. 2022 April 1, Colin Malloy, “Timbral effects the Paulstretch audio time-stretching algorithm”, in Journal of the Acoustical Society of America:
   • “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:

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