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synthesizer
(-sī′zər)
noun
- a person or thing that synthesizes
- ☆ 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
See synthesizer in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- One that synthesizes: a synthesizer of others' ideas.
- Music An electronic instrument, often played with a keyboard, that combines simple waveforms to produce more complex sounds, such as those of various other instruments.
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