Synthesis
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Synthesis (from the Greek words syn = plus and thesis = position) is commonly understood to be an integration of two or more pre-existing elements which results in a new creation. The term is broad in meaning and can apply to physical, ideological, and/or phenomenological entities. In dialectics, synthesis is the final result of attempts to reconcile the inherent contradiction between thesis and antithesis. Along with the similar concept of integration, synthesis is generally considered to be an important element of modern philosophy, particularly in the various emerging ideas often considered to be holistic (as opposed to 'reductionistic').
In chemistry, chemical synthesis is the process of forming a particular molecule from chemical precursors.
In electronic musical instruments, sound synthesis is the method of sound generation a piece of hardware or software may employ, E.g. "My lovely Access Virus B mainly uses subtractive synthesis but it's got a bit of FM synthesis too." Modern electronic keyboard instruments are based around digital sound synthesizers that create audio waveforms that sound like they came from a violin or koto, without an actual violin or koto, because the sound is synthesized.
Video synthesizers electronically create TV signals without necessarily requiring the use of a TV camera. Moving abstract patterns, text subtitles, colorized or processed camera images can all be in the output of a video synthesizer. Analog video synthesizers included the Sandin Image Processor, the Rutt-Etra, Bill Hearn's colorizer, and the seminal work of Nam Jun Paik. Early digital synthesizers included Sandin's Digital Image Colorizer, Etra's "KGB System" , Steve Beck's "Beck Direct" Synthesizer with its Video Weavings, the 2901 bit slice processor from Steina and Woody Vasulka with Schier and Dosch, and the Fluidigeo Synthesizer. Documentation on the history of video synthesizers can also be found at [[1]].
In the world of electronic design automation, synthesis is the process of converting a digital design written in a hardware description language (HDL) into a low-level implementation consisting of primitive logic gates. Most large integrated circuits designed today are written in an HDL and "compiled" using a synthesis product. The first (and still most popular) synthesis tool was written by Synopsys.
See also
de:Synthese eo:Sintezo fr:Synthèse id:Sintesis he:סינתזה nl:Synthese pl:Synteza sv:Syntes
