How to Use synthesizer in a Sentence

synthesizer

noun
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  • The band used a synthesizer for the drumbeat.
  • His boards and synthesizers have helped shape the sound of this band and keep it sizzling since 1979.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Aug. 2019
  • His synthesizer adds sounds, like from a trumpet, to the mix.
    — Lola Sherman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Aug. 2023
  • The track opens with sustained notes on a synthesizer, a gentle flood of melody.
    — Elias Leight, Rolling Stone, 31 Mar. 2021
  • The song starts with an upbeat synthesizer loop that wouldn't feel out of place in a Journey or Rush track.
    — Eder Campuzano, OregonLive.com, 17 Jan. 2018
  • And then there’s the synthesizer, and there’s Max [Weinberg] playing a bass foot.
    — Victoria Edel, People.com, 17 Oct. 2024
  • Name Eugene Hütz Best known for Known as a man who is a synthesizer.
    — Liza Lentini, SPIN, 26 May 2023
  • The band turned up the volume at its concerts, which featured light shows, and of course, synthesizers.
    — Judy Cantor-Navas, Billboard, 22 May 2017
  • And when static from the synthesizer crept into the sound mix, that didn’t phase her either.
    — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 30 June 2018
  • John Hill has a lot of cool vintage drum machines and amps and a plethora of crazy synthesizers.
    — Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 24 June 2024
  • The handclapping in the first verse was us clapping, not a synthesizer.
    — Marc Myers, WSJ, 23 Apr. 2018
  • That every pop hit today relies on blips and bleeps of a synthesizer has a lot to do with Howard Jones.
    — Justin Jacobs, Indianapolis Star, 28 Feb. 2018
  • Everybody thinks of the ’80s as the era of the synthesizer, but for the first few years of the decade, synth technology was still stuck in the ’70s—strictly analog.
    — Jim Allen, Popular Mechanics, 14 Jan. 2020
  • Typical hallmarks of house are found all over the song, from piano stabs to the use of the Korg M1 synthesizer.
    — Charlie Harding, Vulture, 28 June 2022
  • Lastly, Britell is a hip-hop beat maker and layers the theme song with a cheesy 1990s synthesizer beat.
    — Delia Casadei, The Conversation, 31 May 2023
  • The soundtrack stands out for its groundbreaking in his use of a Moog synthesizer.
    — Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 6 Sep. 2020
  • Young women on streetcorners bring out sitars and synthesizers and big wooden drums, the better to get the crowd dancing the young men’s way.
    — Jason Kehe, Wired, 29 Dec. 2019
  • Thumps and grunts keep the rhythm while a synthesizer bears down from above like some demonic organ.
    — Christine Werthman, Billboard, 8 June 2018
  • One doll is placed in a permanent split, stretched across a Moog synthesizer.
    — Maria Sherman, Fortune, 18 July 2023
  • Bass and drums as well as some dreamy synthesizer vibes are prevalent on his summery tracks.
    — Jeff Milo, Detroit Free Press, 12 July 2017
  • This app completely replicates the best parts of Korg’s freely playable synth, putting a nearly $300 synthesizer in the palm of your hand.
    — Mallory Johns, Popular Science, 12 Mar. 2021
  • The song is a deeply annoying earworm that sounds like a preset on a toy synthesizer.
    — Matthew Schnipper, The New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2023
  • VanderWaal asked, scanning the room: a synthesizer, a six-string bass, a mandolin, and a lot of throw pillows.
    — Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2023
  • And this guy made these Indian ragas on like a Roland 303 and a Jupiter-8 and some other synthesizers.
    — Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 30 May 2023
  • In the case is Miller’s Roland synthesizer and an Echoplex tape delay machine slightly larger than a shoe box.
    — Geoff Edgers, Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2019
  • Emotive and long-haired stadium rock is out; synthesizers, hair gel, and neon are in.
    — Lisa Wells, Harper’s Magazine , 13 Mar. 2023
  • Robots are placing ornaments on a tree and sitting at a synthesizer ready to play the carol of your choice at the push of a button.
    — Alexandra Jacobs, SFChronicle.com, 7 Dec. 2019
  • The duo recounts their whirlwind year in front of a bank of synthesizers in their Capitol Hill studio apartment.
    — Dylan Owens, The Know, 2 Dec. 2019
  • And also, Roger Troutman who passed away, was also a great synthesizer through the talk box player.
    — Pam Windsor, Forbes, 3 May 2022
  • That word is then audibly voiced by a speech synthesizer.
    — Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 17 Sep. 2024

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