According to me, the first synthesizer was whichever machine provided independent and programmable control over pitch, overtones and volume. Electric and then electronic tone generators were around for some time, but synthesis started with voltage control analog computers or digital calculations into a DA converter. You get to pick who did that first, but Theremins, Trautoniums and other oddities don't count.
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