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synth

[sinth]

noun

  1. Informal.,  synthesizer.

  2. synthpop.



synth

/ sɪnθ /

noun

  1. short for synthesizer

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Honorary mention: If you prefer a tambourine to a synth, try “Lover” B-side “Paper Rings,” perhaps more suitable for kick-stepping than spinning but nonetheless another “Opalite” lookalike.

Showcasing this album’s gentler side, “Wi$h Li$t,” which Swift said may be her personal favorite, is a tender tribute to her fiancé Travis Kelce, backed with ethereal synth sounds and soft vocalization from a clearly smitten showgirl.

The album opens with “Hammer,” in which she sings, “Some days, I’m a woman / Some days, I’m a man” over a strobing synth lick; it’s a theme she revisits in “Man of the Year,” whose music video shows Lorde pulling off a white T-shirt then binding her breasts with strips of duct tape.

Even Shallow, Gaga's Oscar-winning A Star Is Born ballad, opens with an unsettling synth pulse , as it soundtracks the show's climactic final act.

From BBC

The band’s meticulously hazy synth pads paired beautifully with ultra-minimal funk bass and loping tempos.

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