ducker
9.4
A tool that makes background music quieter when someone speaks
- noun
- /ˈdʌkər/
- Specialized
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compresor de audio
- The sound engineer used a ducker to automatically lower the background music when someone spoke.
Examples
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Modern radio stations often rely on a ducker to keep the announcer's voice clear over music.
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By adjusting the ducker, the technician ensured the interview was always easy to hear.
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The ducker adjusted the audio levels perfectly.
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We need a better ducker for this live broadcast.
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The sound engineer used a ducker to automatically lower the background music when someone spoke.
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Modern radio stations often rely on a ducker to keep the announcer's voice clear over music.
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By adjusting the ducker, the technician ensured the interview was always easy to hear.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Ducker comes from the verb duck 'to lower the head or move down' plus -er for 'one or something that does', so a ducker is a device that makes one sound 'duck' or get quieter when another sound appears.
