synthesizer
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Definition
- Noun:
- An electronic musical instrument, typically operated by a keyboard, that generates and modifies sounds electronically. It can imitate the sounds of other musical instruments or create entirely new sounds.
- A person who synthesizes or uses synthetic methods; an intellectual who combines ideas or elements to form a coherent whole.
Examples of Usage
- Noun (Musical Instrument):
- The musician used a synthesizer to create the futuristic soundscape for the film.
- Early synthesizers were large and complex, but modern versions are often compact and portable.
- Noun (Person):
- As a brilliant synthesizer of information, she was able to connect disparate research findings into a groundbreaking theory.
- He is not an original thinker but a talented synthesizer of existing philosophical concepts.
Advanced Usage
- "Analog synthesizer": A synthesizer that generates sound using analog circuits and voltage-controlled oscillators, filters, and amplifiers. It is often prized for its "warm" and organic sound.
- Many electronic musicians prefer the raw sound of an analog synthesizer.
- "Software synthesizer": A computer program or plugin that generates sound digitally, emulating the functions of a hardware synthesizer.
- He composed the entire track using a software synthesizer on his laptop.
Variants and Related Words
- Synthesize (verb): To combine components or elements to form a coherent whole; to produce sound electronically.
- The report synthesizes data from three different studies.
- This module can synthesize the sound of a string orchestra.
- Synthesis (noun): The combination of ideas or elements to form a theory or system; the production of sound or music by electronic means.
- Her thesis is a synthesis of Eastern and Western philosophies.
- Digital audio synthesis allows for incredibly complex sounds.
Synonyms
- For the instrument: Synth (informal), keyboard (in a general sense), electronic keyboard, sound module.
- For the person: Integrator, consolidator, unifier.
Related Phrases
- "Modular synthesizer": A synthesizer consisting of separate, interchangeable modules (like oscillators and filters) that are connected with patch cables to create a sound-generating system.
- Building a patch on a modular synthesizer is like solving an audio puzzle.
- "Program a synthesizer": To create or adjust the settings (the "patch") that defines a specific sound on a synthesizer.
- It took her hours to program the synthesizer to get the exact bass sound she wanted.
Noun
- (music) an electronic instrument (usually played with a keyboard) that generates and modifies sounds electronically and can imitate a variety of other musical instruments
- an intellectual who synthesizes or uses synthetic methods