Is there a way to make the rotating text start "rotating" the words sooner? I'm not talking about the interval between phrases. I know how to set the pause for each new phrase. What I mean is the very first rotation. 

Right now, when you come to my site, the initial sentence remains in its static state for a longer time than I have the rotating interval set for. People will scroll down the page before they know that the text rotates at all. I need it to start right away. Is there a control for this or a code snippet I can use?

Thanks, Judith. That was cool. I've been adding my custom CSS to the Appearance > Customize > Additional CSS section that comes with standard Wordpress. Is it better to add them to the Salient > General Settings > CSS/Script Related section instead? Is there a difference in performance, or are they simply different ways to do the same thing?

Thanks for the CSS snippet. It wasn't quite what I'm looking for though. I'm happy with the speed of the transitions as-is from one phrase to another. The effect of the animation is fine. The "Rotating Words Title" component works by sequentially displaying words placed in a comma-separated array. It begins by displaying the first array element (the first words) when the page loads. After a few seconds, the title animates to the second array element, then pauses, then the third, etc. 

The initial page loads with the first array element displayed.The effect doesn't really "begin" until the second array element animates in. After that, the effect is clear. But until then, the title looks like an ordinary static title.  It seems to me like this remains on the screen too long. A person loading the site will assume the title displayed (the first array element) is the only title. And since I don't have much content at the top of the page, they may/will scroll down before the animation begins. 

What I would like is to be able to make the animation (the second array element) begin sooner. Not to change the animation speed or transition speed of the general functionality, but to just have the initial title displayed on page load (what looks like the static title) change to the second title almost as soon as the page finishes loading...so it is clear that the title animates. There is a setting in the edit panel for this component that lets me set the timing between animations, but I don't need that. What I need is a setting (or a CSS/JS snippet) that makes the first title animate to the second title right away and then have everything work normally after that.

This was hard to explain. Does it make sense? And is there a solution?

tl;dr — Basically, the Rotating Words Title looks like an ordinary title until the first visible animation appears (which is when the first set of words swaps to the second set of words). Can I make this happen sooner? After that, the component is working fine, so I don't need to change the overall animation speed. Just have the first one start sooner.

Thanks,
Frank