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synthesizer
" I think I was first to do live performances on a modern electronic sound synthesizer."
John Eaton

Meaning of "synthesizer" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF SYNTHESIZER

ˈsɪnθɪˌsaɪzə


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SYNTHESIZER

noun
adjective
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Synthesizer is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SYNTHESIZER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Synthesizer

A sound synthesizer is an electronic musical instrument capable of producing a wide range of sounds. Synthesizers may either imitate other instruments or generate new timbres. They can be played via a variety of different input devices. Synthesizers generate electric signals, and can finally be converted to sound through loudspeakers or headphones. Synthesizers use a number of different technologies or programmed algorithms to generate signal, each with their own strengths and weaknesses. Among the most popular waveform synthesis techniques are subtractive synthesis, additive synthesis, wavetable synthesis, frequency modulation synthesis, phase distortion synthesis, physical modeling synthesis and sample-based synthesis. Also other sound synthesis methods including subharmonic synthesis used on mixture trautonium, granular synthesis resulting Soundscape or Cloud, are rarely used. Synthesizers are often controlled with a piano-style keyboard. Other forms of controllers resemble fingerboards, guitars, violins, wind instruments, drums and percussions, etc.

Definition of synthesizer in the English dictionary

The definition of synthesizer in the dictionary is an electrophonic instrument, usually operated by means of a keyboard and pedals, in which sounds are produced by voltage-controlled oscillators, filters, and amplifiers, with an envelope generator module that controls attack, decay, sustain, and release. Other definition of synthesizer is a person or thing that synthesizes.

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SYNTHESIZER

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WORDS THAT END LIKE SYNTHESIZER

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Synonyms and antonyms of synthesizer in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «synthesizer» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF SYNTHESIZER

Find out the translation of synthesizer to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of synthesizer from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «synthesizer» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

音响合成器
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

sintetizador
570 millions of speakers
en

English

synthesizer
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

सिंथेसाइज़र
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المزج
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

синтезатор
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

sintetizador
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

সিন্থেজাইজার
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

synthétiseur
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Synthesizer
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Synthesizer
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

シンセサイザー
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

전자 음향 합성 장치
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Synthesizer
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tổng hợp
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

தொகுப்பு
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

सिंथेसाइजर
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

sentezleyici
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

sintetizzatore
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

syntezator
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

синтезатор
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

sintetizator
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

synthesizer
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

synthesizer
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

syntetiserare
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

synthesizer
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of synthesizer

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about synthesizer

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10 QUOTES WITH «SYNTHESIZER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word synthesizer.
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Marc Almond
For me it always comes down to what is a good song and I'm very old fashioned in the way that I like to make songs that have something classic about them whether you can play them with an orchestra or an electro synthesizer or an acoustic guitar.
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John Eaton
I think I was first to do live performances on a modern electronic sound synthesizer.
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Charlie Haden
Some tracks are with quartet and some tracks are with synthesizer.
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Robert Moog
I was never worried that synthesizers would replace musicians. First of all, you have to be a musician in order to make music with a synthesizer.
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Charles Platt
If smart technology can transform 3-D from a crude novelty to a genuine visual enhancement, why shouldn't a sophisticated odor synthesizer follow a similar path?
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Andy Summers
If you're a guitarist, you should not be intimidated by using your instrument as a synthesizer, but you shouldn't feel that you have to own one, either.
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Andy Summers
It's been very hard for the guitar as a serious synthesizer to compete with keyboards.
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Andy Summers
For me, the guitar synthesizer is a great writing instrument.
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Andy Summers
More recently, I used guitar synthesizer extensively on the two albums I did with Robert Fripp.
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Andy Summers
The most obvious thing you can't do with a guitar synthesizer is to really sound like a guitar.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SYNTHESIZER»

Discover the use of synthesizer in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to synthesizer and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Synthesizer Basics
Here is the fundamental knowledge and information that a beginning or intermediate electronic musician must have to understand and play today's keyboard synthesizers.
Brent Hurtig, 1988
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Analog Days: The Invention and Impact of the Moog Synthesizer
How this came to be--how an engineering student at Cornell and an avant-garde musician working out of a storefront in California set this revolution in motion--is the story told for the first time in "Analog Days," a book that explores the ...
T. J PINCH, Frank Trocco, T. J Pinch, 2009
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Analog Synthesizers: Understanding, Performing, Buying--From ...
First Published in 2007. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Mark Jenkins, 2009
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How to Make a Noise: A Comprehensive Guide to Synthesizer ...
The book looks at programming using examples from six software synthesizers: Cameleon 5000 from Camel Audio, Rhino 2 from BigTick, Surge from Vember Audio, Vanguard from reFX, Wusikstation from Wusik dot com, and Z3TA+ from Cakewalk.
Simon Cann, 2007
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Power Tools for Synthesizer Programming: The Ultimate ...
Written by Jim Aikin, author of Keyboard magazine's long-running "Technology Basics" column and scores of authoritative product reviews of synthesizers over the past two decades, this book includes sound design projects, dozens of audio ...
Jim Aikin, 2004
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All-Digital Frequency Synthesizer in Deep-Submicron CMOS
This book is a must-read for students and engineers who want to learn a new paradigm for RF frequency synthesis and wireless transmitter design using digitally intensive design techniques.
Robert B. Staszewski, Poras T. Balsara, 2006
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Wireless CMOS Frequency Synthesizer Design
This book discusses for the first time an important building block in such a single-chip wireless transceiver, that is, the frequency synthesizer.
J. Craninckx, Michiel Steyaert, 1998
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Synthesizer technique
inch....this work is likely to become a standart work very quickly and is to be recommended to all schools where recorder studies are undertaken inch. (Oliver James,Contact Magazine) A novel and comprehensive approach to transferring from ...
Bob Moog, 1987
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Frequency synthesizer design handbook
The first book to cover digital sampling effects in modern phase-locked frequency synthesizers from a systems perspective, this practical design guide helps you develop a thorough understanding of sampling effects in modern phase-locked ...
James A. Crawford, 1994
10
Keyboard Magazine Presents Vintage Synthesizers: Pioneering ...
(Book). This new edition is the ultimate exploration of the upstart instruments and their unique analog growls and screams that paved the way over the last four decades for today's fast-paced electronic music world.
Mark Vail, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SYNTHESIZER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term synthesizer is used in the context of the following news items.
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TI introduces industry's lowest power wideband RF synthesizer
The LMX2571 is the first RF synthesizer in the industry with an integrated feature to remove integer boundary spurs (IBS), allowing designers to eliminate ... «PR Newswire, Jun 15»
2
After 30 Years, Giorgio Moroder Returns To The Dance Floor
Moroder, who was born in a German-speaking province of Italy in 1940, invaded the European and American popular-music scene just as the synthesizer was ... «NPR, Jun 15»
3
Synthesizer Maker Moog Music Sells to Its Employees
On Tuesday (June 9), Moog Music — the Asheville, N.C.-based manufacturer of a trademark line of modular synthesizers and other electronic instruments ... «Diffuser.fm, Jun 15»
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Korg brings its classic M1 synthesizer to the iPad
As of this week, there's a new addition: the M1 digital synthesizer and music workstation. The "complete reproduction" of the instrument is available for Apple ... «Engadget, May 15»
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You can now play this 80s synthesizer in your browser
... more beats at work? Steve Goldberg, the musician and software developer behind Resistor, built a Roland Juno-106, an '80s synthesizer, for your browser. «Technical.ly Philly, May 15»
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Watch Keith Richards try to play a synthesizer in 1969
Randy Lewis' report on the revival of vintage synthesizers at the 2015 National Assn. of Music Merchants convention (opening Thursday, Jan. 22, in Anaheim) ... «Los Angeles Times, Jan 15»
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Teenage Engineering designed a set of incredible pocket …
But devices like the gorgeous, retro-futuristic OP-1 synthesizer and OD-11 “cloud” music speaker come at a cost. Until now, you needed relatively deep pockets ... «The Verge, Jan 15»
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Teenage Engineering unveils inexpensive Pocket Operator …
Sweden's Teenage Engineering, best known for its versatile but pricey OP-1 synthesizer (which starts at US$849.00), has unveiled a line of three new synths ... «Gizmag, Jan 15»
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Moog's Gigantic Modular Synthesizers Are Getting a New Lease on …
Moog's newly announced modular synthesizers aren't really new at all. They're recreated versions of giant hardware the company originally released in 1973. «Gizmodo, Jan 15»
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Synthesizer Brands Storm 2015 NAMM Show
CARLSBAD, Calif., Dec. 18, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Synthesizers powering today's chart-topping hits prepare to take the 2015 NAMM Show by ... «PR Newswire, Dec 14»
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