synthesist

plural synthesists

1. One who synthesizes.

   By taking widely disparate streams that haven't been formally in contact with each other, you become a synthesist and create new forms.

   2006, Peter Lavezzoli, The dawn of Indian music in the West: Bhairavi, page 163

2. A musician who programs or plays a synthesizer.

   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.

   2006, Evan Selinger, Postphenomenology: a critical companion to Ihde, page 61