(music) an electronic instrument (usually played with a keyboard) that generates and modifies sounds electronically and can imitate a variety of other musical instruments
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synthesiser::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | synthesizer |
| Type of | electronic instrument, electronic musical instrument, keyboard instrument |
| Derivation | synthesise |
synthesiser::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | synthesist, synthesizer |
| Type of | intellect, intellectual |
| Derivation | synthesise |
Examples of synthesiser
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It could even speak the code with a voice synthesiser for the visually impaired.
From the newscientist.com
As of mid 2009, he was said to be using NeoSpeech's VoiceText speech synthesiser.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Once the system has recognised a word, it is replayed by a voice synthesiser.
From the newscientist.com
Early in the decade, Bruce Clarke began toying with the new Moog synthesiser.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The candle has a music synthesiser, tiny loudspeaker and battery buried in its base.
From the newscientist.com
The speech synthesiser can be built into a pocket-sized wand that contains a scanner.
From the newscientist.com
Welcome Reality opens with two minutes of portentous synthesiser chords.
From the guardian.co.uk
The results were so revelatory that Radigue abandoned the synthesiser.
From the guardian.co.uk
Then, in the mid-1960s, he got into electronics and the newly-developed Moog synthesiser.
From the independent.co.uk
- Synthesist: an intellectual who synthesizes or uses synthetic methods
- Synthesizer: (music) an electronic instrument (usually played with a keyboard) that generates and modifies sounds electronically and can imitate a variety of other musical instruments
