The term "Mechanical Music" is used when, for example, a music track (usually electronic music) is characterized by elements of "mechanical sound design."

"Mechanical sound design" refers to the use of techniques such as time stretching, re-pitching, and looping (typically with very tight or extremely long loop times) in the sound design process.

IMPORTANT: The warping algorithms offered by Ableton Live are originally the main solution for achieving mechanical sound design in its true essence (beats mode, re-pitch).
Example: I take an electronic music track and stretch it to extreme levels (700-800-999 bpm) until I get interesting textures both audibly and creatively, using Ableton warping modes like beats or re-pitch. Then I can chop most interesting parts to obtain Mechanical Music / Mechanical Sound Design
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homemade mechanic

All that banging I heard last night must have been the homemade mechanic next door
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cyber mechanic

Some who repairs and improves websites
Dude, your website is crap. You need a cyber mechanic.
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mechanics band aid

A Home made band aid made of electrical tape and paper towels
I needed a bandaid so I made a mechanics band aid, made of electrical tape and a paper towel
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Forced Mechanic

Someone who’s a mechanic but collects action figures
The Great Neil Thomas once said, Jerry you are a forced mechanic
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