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Encyclopedia: Synthesizer

A synthesizer (or synthesiser) is an electronic musical instrument designed to produce electronically generated sound, using techniques such as additive, subtractive, FM, physical modelling synthesis, phase distortion, or Scanned synthesis.

Synthesizers create sounds through direct manipulation of electrical voltages (as in analog synthesizers), mathematical manipulation of discrete values using computers (as in software synthesizers), or by a combination of both methods. In the final stage of the synthesizer, electrical voltages generated by the synthesizer cause vibrations in the diaphragms of loudspeakers, headphones, etc. This synthesized sound is contrasted with recording of natural sound, where the mechanical energy of a sound wave is transformed into a signal which will then be converted back to mechanical energy on playback (though sampling synthesizers significantly blur this distinction).

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How to say "Synthesizer" in other languages:

	(Chinese)	合成器
	(Japanese)	シンセサイザー
	(German)	Synthesizer
	(Spanish)	Sintetizador
	(French)	Synthétiseur
	(Italian)	Sintetizzatore

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DnaG

dnaG is a primase which synthesizes RNA primer. dnaG binds to dnaB...

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Friedrich Stolz

Friedrich Stolz was the first to artificially synthesize epinephrine in 1904...

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Ribonucleotide reductase

Ribonucleotide reductase (RNR) uses radical-based chemistry to synthesize deoxyribonucleotides, the building blocks of DNA...

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SIDstation

The SIDstation is a MOS Technology SID-based synthesizer. Official Homepage...

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Clavia Nord Lead

Clavia's Nord Lead synthesizer was arguably the first virtual analog synthesizer. Distinctive for both its red color and knob-laden surface, it was the first in a long line of synthesizers trying to emulate the sounds of classic analog synthesizers such as the Roland TB-303 or the Minimoog, a...

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Amplicons

The product of PCR or LCR; a piece of DNA that has been synthesized using amplification techniques...

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Arp

Arp can be: Arp, Texas Jean Arp, artist ARP Instruments, Inc., a synthesizer manufacturer See also: ARP (abbreviation...

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Jerome Horowitz

Jerome Horowitz , in 1964, first synthesized zidovudine, an antiviral drug, under a US National Institutes of Health grant...

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Novation

Novation , or its full title: Novation Electronic Music Systems, is an English company founded in 1992 and largely produces synthesizers...

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Analog synthesizer

An analog synthesizer is a synthesizer that uses analog computer techniques to generate sound electronically. First-generation modular synthesizers Early analog synthesizers used technology derived..." synthesizers, consisting of a number of independent electronic modules connected by patch cables...

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