soundboard
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]soundboard (plural soundboards)
- (music) A wide, flat board placed within, or forming part of the body of, a musical instrument in order to improve vibrations and increase volume.
- (audio engineering) A mixing console used to combine and blend different audio sources to a single output.
- (figurative) A sounding board.
- 2008 February 3, Molly Reid, “Sean Yseult and Chris Lee”, in New York Times[1]:
- Then, as now, they spent their days walking around the city they love, frequenting favorite restaurants or cooking meals at home, and serving as each other’s creative soundboard.
- (Internet) A control panel offering playback of various sound effects.
- 2007, [email protected], “Celebrity Soundboards”, in alt.gossip.celebrities (Usenet):
- Check out these celebrity soundboards and play prank phone calls on your friends, family, and co workers...
Translations
[edit]A mixing console
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