A synthetic lifeform.

an electronic instrument which employs either hardware devices or software/firmware algorithms to provide basic building blocks for the generation and manipulation of sound

(short for Synthesizer) Any of various electronic, sometimes portable consoles or modules, usually computerized, for creating, modifying, and combining tones or reproducing the sounds of musical instruments by controlling voltage patterns, operated by means of keyboards, joysticks, sliders, or knobs.

( noun, slang) Synthetic oil. See dino oil.