soundcheck
English
Etymology
sound + check
Noun
soundcheck (countable and uncountable, plural soundchecks)
- An activity that takes place before a concert, etc., when the performer and sound crew run through a small portion of the upcoming show on the venue's sound system to verify the volume and tonal frequencies.
- 2012, Tom Lamont, How Mumford & Sons became the biggest band in the world (in The Daily Telegraph, 15 November 2012)
- Soundcheck for the band, today, takes place at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. It is late afternoon and while the arena's 17,000 outdoor seats are still empty the four members of Mumford & Sons – prospering British folk band, in the middle of a long tour of Australia, the US and the UK, their newly released album Babel a smash on all fronts – wander to centre stage.
- 2012, Tom Lamont, How Mumford & Sons became the biggest band in the world (in The Daily Telegraph, 15 November 2012)
Swedish
Etymology
From English soundcheck.
Noun
soundcheck c
- (colloquial) a soundcheck
- Jag brukar säga att all väntan, alla soundcheckar, att bo på alla hotellrum, det är det jag tar betalt för och jobbet på scen, det är gratis.
- I used to say that all waiting, all the soundchecks, staying in all these hotel rooms, this is what I charge for, and the performance on stage, that comes for free.
- Jag brukar säga att all väntan, alla soundcheckar, att bo på alla hotellrum, det är det jag tar betalt för och jobbet på scen, det är gratis.
Declension
| Declension of soundcheck | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | soundcheck | soundchecken | soundcheckar | soundcheckarna |
| Genitive | soundchecks | soundcheckens | soundcheckars | soundcheckarnas |
Related terms
- soundchecka
References
- soundcheck in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)