synthesist

English

Etymology

synthesize +‎ -ist

Pronunciation

Noun

synthesist (plural synthesists)

  1. One who synthesizes.
    • 2006, Peter Lavezzoli, The dawn of Indian music in the West: Bhairavi (page 163)
      By taking widely disparate streams that haven't been formally in contact with each other, you become a synthesist and create new forms.
  2. A musician who programs or plays a synthesizer.
    • 2006, Evan Selinger, Postphenomenology: a critical companion to Ihde (page 61)
      None of these had the artistry of Carlos and often used the Moog to play a solo line from a standard pop tune. None were hits. The use of the synthesizer for emulation was, as I have said, rejected by many early synthesists.
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