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tape delay

n. (alternative namebroadcast delay)

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Tape delay

Tape delay may refer to:

  • Delay (audio effect), an audio effect reminiscent of an echo
  • Broadcast delay, the practice of intentionally delaying a radio and television broadcast of live material

Usage examples of "tape delay".

The signal to the laboratory receiver will be held in a tape delay deck until the duplicate signal has reached the Moon.

Like a bungled tape delay, the image ran some milliseconds ahead of Robbie's bare whisper as he told them about Evon.