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works off of

English translation: use, work from

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English term or phrase:work off of
Selected answer:use, work from
Entered by: Andrew Vdovin

13:05 Mar 19, 2008
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Electronics / Elect Eng / sound signal processing
English term or phrase: works off of
A convolution reverb is essentially a "room modeler" that can help drummers especially to sweeten up their tone by adding in sampled room acoustics and reverberation. What convolution reverbs offer are replications of acoustic spaces enhanced with algorithmic reverberation with controllable parameters. A convolution reverb **works off of ** the impulse responses of a room, offering a natural sounding ambience by capturing the response, removing the transient, and adding the decay. It emulates various rooms, allowing you to create the illusion that your drums were recorded some place spiffy instead of, say, your cousin's garage.

Could this probably mean "works regardless of" or something like that?
I'll appreciate any suggestions.
Andrew Vdovin
Local time: 20:48
uses, works from
Explanation:
This is idiomatic US English (and strictly colloquial usage).

For instance, a device that is powered by the AC mains network can be said to 'work off AC power'.

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Note added at 5 mins (2008-03-19 13:11:30 GMT)
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or 'it works off of AC power' -- both forms are used
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Ken Cox
Local time: 15:48
Grading comment
Thank you very much Ken! Thanks everybody!!!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



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4 +6uses, works from
Ken Cox
3см.
Sergey Savchenko


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
uses, works from


Explanation:
This is idiomatic US English (and strictly colloquial usage).

For instance, a device that is powered by the AC mains network can be said to 'work off AC power'.

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Note added at 5 mins (2008-03-19 13:11:30 GMT)
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or 'it works off of AC power' -- both forms are used

Ken Cox
Local time: 15:48
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 128
Grading comment
Thank you very much Ken! Thanks everybody!!!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sergey Savchenko
4 mins
agree  Simon Mac: Yes, "works from"... It's simpler than Andrew V thought! This colloquial usage is also very frequent in the UK
4 mins
agree  PoveyTrans (X): UK too
8 mins
agree  Jack Doughty
11 mins
agree  NancyLynn: yet my father often told me "off of" is ungrammatical. Works from is definitely better, and means the same
14 mins
  -> yeah, when I was in school 'works off of' was guaranteed to provoke a frown or grimace from English teachers, but it's often used colloquially, especially by -- what are they called now? -- 'educationally challenged' people
agree  V_Nedkov
7 days
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
см.


Explanation:
Мне кажется, здесь скорее "использует", "отталкивается" от этих реакций, "перерабатывает" их.

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Note added at 6 mins (2008-03-19 13:11:57 GMT)
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Sorry I didn't see it was an En-En question

Sergey Savchenko
Ukraine
Local time: 16:48
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian, Native in UkrainianUkrainian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Ken Cox: English please\\thanks
1 min
  -> I said quite the same but in Russian :)
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