sounddrift
nounUK /ˈsaʊnd.drɪft/
US /ˈsaʊnd.drɪft/
Sounddrift is when sound slowly floats or moves away from where it started.
From the hill, we heard the sounddrift of the party music fading into the valley.
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2. A slow, gradual change in how a sound is heard over time.
The sounddrift of the old radio made the song seem to melt.
3. The way music or voices seem to wander across a wide open space.
The sounddrift across the lake made the singers sound far away.
4. A gentle, drifting style of ambient music.
She fell asleep to the soft sounddrift playing in her headphones.
5. The tendency of a recording's pitch to slowly slip.
The tape had a slight sounddrift, so the notes sounded a little lower by the end.