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.
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
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It is the sound of human whistling created solely by synthesizer hardware or computer software synthesis. Most frequently heard on TV commercials for various & sundry household products; especiall.
No actual lips are injured or otherwise harmed when synthetic whistling is employed.
It is the sound of human whistling created solely by synthesizer hardware or computer software synthesis. Most frequently heard on TV commercials for various & sundry household products; especiall.
No actual lips are injured or otherwise harmed when synthetic whistling is employed.
The Take Control margarine advertisement from the turn of the century had this horrid synthetic whistling in it. Made me want to throw a large tub of frozen Gold & Soft margarine right through my TV set's boob tube and then suck up all of the glass with a bagged upright vaccume cleaner so that the cat doesn't cut her paws on it! :-(
by Telephony May 8, 2015
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by synthesizer enthusiast May 24, 2009
Get the Synthesizer Patel mug.The act of being fake (synthetic) not trying to be someone your told to be. Synthetica is also the title of Metric 5th album and a Metric song.
Emily Haines: So hard, hard to resist synthetica! We're all the time confined to fit the mold, but I won't ever let them make a loser of my soul.
by I Love Emily Haines December 9, 2013
Get the synthetica mug.Originally coined on the Chicago Board Options Exchange, a Synthetic Friday occurs on a Thursday preceding a Friday in which the market is closed. Since there is no work on Friday, Thursday essentially becomes like a Friday. The word synthetic is used and derived from an option strategy called a Synthetic Long Stock, in which a trader buys a call and shorts a put, each with the same strike price (there are different variations of this strategy/trade.)
Market Maker A: "The market is closed tomorrow since it is Good Friday."
Market Maker B: "Nice, today's a Synthetic Friday."
Market Maker A: "Let's get bombed."
Market Maker B: "Nice, today's a Synthetic Friday."
Market Maker A: "Let's get bombed."
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by Anita Loftin October 23, 2007
Get the PHOTO SINTHESIS mug.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.
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