synthetic car horns

The sound of automobile horns created entirely by hardware or software synthesis.
No real car horns are harmed when synthetic car horns are used.

Most frequently found in synthesizer music and computer demo zax.

The demo program for the Apple Mac titled, "Chevrolet" by the computer demo group Nooon has synthetic car horns in it. Howl kewl!!!

by Telephony April 4, 2015

synthetic finger popping

The sound of somebody popping their fingers, created solely by synthesizer hardware or computer software synthesis -- not all unlike how synthetic clapping, synthetic cans, synthetic car horns, etc. are produced.

Kat McSnatch's song, "I Don't Like You" is terrific, but it would be even better if it had synthetic finger popping it instead of real finger popping.

by Telephony April 30, 2015

Synthesizer

A musical instrument that generates sound using oscillators, LFO's, filters, sequencers, and other things of that nature. Most true synthesizers are controlled with three things, a keyboard of various sizes, pitch bend and modulation wheels, and a complex interface of knobs and switches. The Minimoog is a great example of this. But the main thing that makes synthesizers so unique and beautiful sounding is that they are not limited by the physical world to create sound. They are not a string instrument, wind instrument, or percussion instrument. Synthesizers are classified as quintephones. Which means they create sound informaticly. Synthesizers are very expensive but are a great thing to own and use!

The Minimoog is a synthesizer with three oscillators, the very first electronic music filter ever created, and therefore sounds incredibly fat and meaty.

Synthesizers are primarily used for electronic music and classic rock.

by JonesVoodoo December 30, 2011

Synth

Short for synthesizer.

This module song has excellent techno synth samples.

by AYB September 14, 2003

synthesizer

An electronic musical instrument that can generate it's own sounds. Not to be confused with sampler.

A MiniMoog is a synthesizer, a Yamaha Motif is a sampler.

by SynthBaron November 28, 2003

synthetic cans

The sound of aluminum or steel cans (typically the size of dog food cans) being struck for use in some types of Hi-NRG music. Created by either computer software synthesis or synthesizer hardware synthesis.

No actual cans are struck or damaged when synthetic cans are used.

The song, "EURODISCO 'New Hi-NRG' (2012)" has the sound of synthetic cans; you may also hear synthetic birds in it.

by Telephony January 2, 2015

synthphobia

Anxiety and fear of SynthKnots the leader of Church of Decay on Roblox.

"I cry when I see synth, I think I have synthphobia."

by Semimarii November 9, 2020