---

• n  an intellectual who synthesizes or uses synthetic methods
• n  (music) an electronic instrument (usually played with a keyboard) that generates and modifies sounds electronically and can imitate a variety of other musical instruments

• synthesist
• synthesizer

Quotes

---

• Wendy Carlos in BBC News
  At the memorial, composer Carlos recalled telling Moog: "I want my own synthesiser. It's that simple."
• Dave Marsh in Sunday Herald
  Bruce is a synthesiser as much as an innovator,notes close friend Dave Marsh, the author of several books on Springsteen.
• Phil Oakey in Melbourne Herald Sun
  I am amazed that technically I've spent my whole life being a musician,Oakey says with a laugh. "I'm not clever enough. I'm just this bumbling guy. That's why I became a synthesiser evangelist, because I'm a simpleton. I've almost become...