Definition of 'synthesizer'
Word forms: plural synthesizers
regional note: in BRIT, also use synthesiser
countable noun
A synthesizer is an electronic machine that produces speech, music, or other sounds, usually by combining individual syllables or sounds that have been previously recorded.
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synthesizer in British English
noun
1.
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synthesizer in American English
noun
1.
a person or thing that synthesizes
2. US
an electronic device containing filters, oscillators, and voltage-control amplifiers,
used to produce sounds unobtainable from ordinary musical instruments or to imitate instruments and voices
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synthesizer in American English
(ˈsɪnθəˌsaizər)
noun
1.
a person or thing that synthesizes
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an electric organ with two keyboards, electronic tone generation, and a wide variety of tone colours: invented in 1934
Which musical instrument am I?
a number of reeds or whistles of graduated lengths bound together to form a musical wind instrument
Which musical instrument am I?
a keyed wind instrument of mellow tone colour, used mainly in jazz and dance music. It is made in various sizes, has a conical bore, and a single reed
Which musical instrument am I?
a mechanical piano; Pianola
Which musical instrument am I?
a wind instrument consisting of an open cylindrical tube of wood or metal having holes in the side stopped either by the fingers or by pads controlled by keys. The breath is directed across a mouth hole cut in the side, causing the air in the tube to vibrate. Range: about three octaves upwards from middle C
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synthesizer
British English: synthesizer
NOUN /ˈsɪnθɪsaɪzə/
A synthesizer is an electronic machine that produces speech, music, or other sounds, usually by combining individual syllables or sounds that have been previously recorded.
Now he can only communicate through a voice synthesiser.
- American English: synthesizer /ˈsɪnθɪsaɪzər/
- Brazilian Portuguese: sintetizador
- Chinese: 音响合成器
- European Spanish: sintetizador
- French: synthétiseur
- German: Synthesizer
- Italian: sintetizzatore
- Japanese: シンセサイザー
- Korean: 전자 음향 합성 장치
- European Portuguese: sintetizador
- Latin American Spanish: sintetizador
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