aftertouch means pressure sensitivity on an electronic synthesizer, allowing the musician to change the tone or sound of a note after it is struck. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 89 out of 100.
Etymology
From after- + touch.
noun
- Pressure sensitivity on an electronic synthesizer, allowing the musician to change the tone or sound of a note after it is struck.
- A touch (feature or characteristic) added finally or as an afterthought.
- A feature in football/soccer games allowing the player to swerve the ball immediately after kicking it.“KO2 ruins every other football game you'll ever play; I never got good at SWOS - the controls were all wrong. And the aftertouch was stupid. And the computer keepers were always hopeless on free kicks.”