audio glitch
Digital sonic skip
An audio glitch is a brief malfunction or anomaly in recorded or transmitted sound—a pop, skip, stutter, or digital artifact that disrupts normal playback.
Glitches may result from damaged files, hardware failures, or processing errors.
In electronic music, audio glitches are sometimes introduced deliberately for texture: The track builds tension with stuttering audio glitches before the drop.
- staticWithout motion or change
- distortionTwisting from original state
- crackleSharp snapping sounds
- white noiseConstant random sound
- skipTo deliberately exclude
stutter · artifact · pop · hiss · dropout · clipping · digital artifact · buffer · lag · corrupted · corrupted file · digital · noise · feedback · signal interference · scratch · warped · pixelated
- malfunctionsbroken, defective, faulty, error, malfunction
- tech problemsbug, paper jam, low ink, dropped calls, bugs
- glitchesbug, error, malfunction, flaw, fault
- media errorstypo, misquote, factual error, misspelling, correction
- game glitchesbug, clipping, softlock, hardlock, freeze
audio glitchclear signal
Unambiguous transmitted message
high fidelity · hi-fi · broadcast quality · pure tone · master recording
audio, glitch, audible, audibly, audibility, inaudible, inaudibly, audition, auditions