摘要:
The embodiment of the invention disclosed herein is directed to an electronic musical instrument of the keyboard type used to electronically reproduce piano sounds. The circuit has means to vary the amplitude of the piano voice in response to the velocity of the downward movement of the key. Means are provided for producing a fundamental square wave frequency and the second and fourth harmonics thereof, in response to the actuation of a given key on the keyboard. One circuit arrangement includes means for combining the fundamental frequency and the second and fourth harmonics in a predetermined time relation to produce the zero, attack, peak, and decay characteristics of a piano voice as actually produced by a piano string. Amplitude limiting means are coupled to the circuit for controlling the amplitude of the harmonics in response to predetermined values so that mixing of the fundamental frequency and the second and fourth harmonics along predetermined points of the piano voice characteristics curve will more accurately reproduce electronically the sounds of a piano. Another circuit arrangement provides means for rapid recovery of the piano circuit so that the keys can be actuated in rapid succession.
摘要:
Post-keyswitch-release and percussion sustain keying circuits in which a variety of player selectable sustain control signals applied to a sustain control terminal coupled to a time constant circuit through a diode gate produce differing modes of sustain and in some modes player settable sustain intervals. In addition, several octave groups of percussion sustain keying circuits having the same timing circuit component values have scaled sustain time constants by varying the sustain control signal applied to each octave group.
摘要:
A conventional envelope signal forming circuit for producing percussive envelope signals in an electronic musical instrument is improved by the provision of a circuitry for setting a control voltage which is utilized to control a charge-discharge capacitor therein so as to reduce the overlapping of a plurality of envelope signals in one aspect of this invention and to allow the envelope signal to have a controllable sustained portion in another aspect thereof.
摘要:
In an electrical musical instrument having a plurality of selectively played keys each for connecting a tone generator keyer to a source of keying voltage through a related percussion keyer circuit, a percussion to direct keying switching circuit for selectively providing percussion and direct keying operation of all of the tone generator keyers by operation of a single control switch.
摘要:
In an electronic musical instrument, a sustain keyer circuit comprises a field effect transistor, a resistor and a keyoperated switch all connected in series between a ground a power line. An input tone signal supplied to the gate of the FET is keyed to appear at the drain thereof. A capacitor is connected across the key-operated switch. Between the capacitor and the ground is connected another FET which is switched on and off by a rectangular wave having a supra-audible frequency and a variable duty factor thereby exhibiting a variable average resistance, determining a sustain time in cooperation with the capacitor.
摘要:
An electric variable tone percussion instrument comprises a source of periodic signals, storage means coupled to the source of periodic signals, output means coupled to the storage means and switching means coupled to the storage means, the switching means normally being in a non-conducting state, the storage means being charged to a maximum storage voltage and the output means producing an minimum output voltage while the switching means is in the non-conducting state, the storage means discharging and the output means producing a maximum output voltage when the switching means is in a conducting state, the switching means immediately returning to the non-conducting state causing the storage means to charge towards the maximum storage voltage while the output means produces an exponentially decaying output voltage signal.
摘要:
The keying networks between continuously running square wave tone signal sources and the sound output system of an electronic organ each consist of an isolating diode gate for each source, followed by the parallel combination of at least two keying diode gates of simplified circuitry which either gate-through the square wave signal without change in wave shape (for odd-orderharmonic tones) or gate-through and modify the wave-shape into sawtooths (for full harmonic tones). A keyed activating circuit for the isolating diode gate and the keying diode gates corresponding to a selected key may contain a single key switch connected to a source of direct current and a common R-C attack network for two adjacent footage keying diode gates as well as for the paralleled keying diode gates. A common coupler switch for coupling between keyboards is located between the direct current source and auxiliary key switches ganged respectively to the main key switches for a given manual, the auxiliary key switches being connected to a diode to isolate them from the main key switches in the coupled keyboard.
摘要:
An apparatus is provided for producing a variable signal which utilizes a transistor, a capacitor connected between the base and the collector electrodes of the transistor, a first resistor connected in series with a switching means which are jointly connected between a first source of control potential and the base electrode, a second source of control potential connected via a second resistor to the base electrode, and means for developing an output signal at the collector electrode. By this circuit, when the switch means is closed, the rate of onset or attack of the output signal is linear, and when the switching means is opened, the rate of decay of the output signal is exponential.