soundboard
English
Etymology
sound + board
Noun
soundboard (plural soundboards)
- (music) A board placed within a musical instrument to improve vibrations.
- (audio engineering) A mixing console used to combine and blend different audio sources to a single output.
- (figuratively) A sounding board.
- 2008 February 3, Molly Reid, “Sean Yseult and Chris Lee”, in New York Times:
- 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.
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- (Internet) A control panel offering playback of various sound effects.
- 2007, "starmuscle@gmail.com", Celebrity Soundboards (discussion on Internet newsgroup alt.gossip.celebrities)
- Check out these celebrity soundboards and play prank phone calls on your friends, family, and co workers...
- 2007, "starmuscle@gmail.com", Celebrity Soundboards (discussion on Internet newsgroup alt.gossip.celebrities)