synthesizer

An electronic music-creating device that directly alters electric current to shape sound waves. They are often controlled with piano-like keys but in reality they can be controlled with many interfaces such as a guitar, wind instrument, or even something you don't directly touch like a theramin. It is likely that in the future, most synthesizers won't be controlled by a traditional keyboard as it is quite archaic in it's nature.

Synthesizers are used mostly in electronic music.

by psx1337 December 13, 2006

nigga synthesis

when a black man takes in the UV rays from the sun and convert it into energy, thereby granting him the ability to sprint 10x faster.

dayum, that nigga be runnin so fast, he musta done some nigga synthesis!

by niggerino June 24, 2010

syntopia

A future which is neither dystopic nor utopic, but rather is essentially identical to the present.

I expected his vision of the future to be populated with either killer robots or helper robots; instead he presents a syntopia with no robots to speak of.

by Sisterscaryluv March 30, 2008

Synthie

The art of taking photos of your synthesizers and posting them shamelessly on social media platforms. The electronic music equivalent of a selfie.

Where were you billy? Taking another shameless synthie of your moog synthesizer?

by Bob Moogist September 5, 2013

Synthprog

Synthprog is a genre of electronic music that takes its influence from progressive rock and the heavy use of synthesizers or other electronic synthesis instruments.

Not to be confused with progressive house, where the use of the word "progressive" in progressive house is the opposite of the use of the word "progressive" in progressive rock.

I listened to some synthprog song by FM, Rush, Kartmaze, CJeff, and adesyndicate.

by adesyndicate December 30, 2014

synthetic gunfire

The sound of gunfire from a handgun, rifle, automatic weapon, etc. created solely by hardware or computer software synthesis. Found most frequently in computer video game or demo choons.

No guns are fouled and no poor, innocent, helpless, defenseless bullets are damaged or destroyed when synthetic gunfire is employed.

The title zax for the Commodore Amiga video game, "Datastorm" is just loaded with synthetic gunfire! How kewl!!!

by Telephony October 20, 2015

synthetic hi-hats

The sound of a hi-hat (a pair of cymbals on a stand with a foot pedal that is used to open & close them; thus changing the sound that they make when struck with drumsticks) created solely by synthesizer hardware or computer software synthesis.

Most frequently heard in electronic music ("electronica" is the name of the actual musical genre).

No real hi-hats are damaged or destroyed when synthetic hi-hats are employed.

The song, "Move to the Beat" by the electronica group Monkey Zound has synthetic hi-hats in it! How kewl!

by Telephony November 14, 2015