different between synthesizer vs synthesist

English

Alternative forms

• synthesiser (especially UK)

Etymology

synthesize +? -er

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?s?n.???sa?.z?(?)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?s?n.???sa?.z?/

Noun

synthesizer (plural synthesizers)

1. (music) An electronic instrument that creates its sounds with electronics and has a keyboard.
2. (music) An electronic instrument module that creates its sounds with electronics and does not have any keyboard.
3. (electronics) An electronic circuit that generates an electronic signal oscillation with accurate timing from a reference oscillator.
4. (electronics) An electronic device that generates electronic signal patterns to test an electronic circuit.

Derived terms

• synthesist

Descendants

• ? Hebrew: ??????????? (síntesaizer)

Translations

Further reading

• synthesizer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

synthesize +? -ist

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: s?n?th?s?st, IPA^(key): /?s?n??s?st/

Noun

synthesist (plural synthesists)

1. One who synthesizes.
   • 2006, Peter Lavezzoli, The dawn of Indian music in the West: Bhairavi (page 163)

     By taking widely disparate streams that haven't been formally in contact with each other, you become a synthesist and create new forms.

2. A musician who programs or plays a synthesizer.
   • 2006, Evan Selinger, Postphenomenology: a critical companion to Ihde (page 61)

     None of these had the artistry of Carlos and often used the Moog to play a solo line from a standard pop tune. None were hits. The use of the synthesizer for emulation was, as I have said, rejected by many early synthesists.