How to Use synthesizer in a Sentence

synthesizer

noun

• 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
• The film rightly credits Williams with almost single-handedly saving the orchestral film score, a tradition on its way out as synthesizers, jazz and pop songs came to dominate soundtracks.
  — Peter Debruge, Variety, 24 Oct. 2024
• The pulsing menace of the synthesizer continued to suit his mood; his raspy, deep singing voice lowered further, becoming a richer, altogether stranger instrument.
  — Stephen Metcalf, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 11 Dec 2024