公开(公告)号：US5902951A

公开(公告)日：1999-05-11

申请号：US922891

申请日：1997-09-03

申请人： Takayasu Kondo ,  Yuji Ikegaya ,  Yasuo Yoshioka

发明人： Takayasu Kondo ,  Yuji Ikegaya ,  Yasuo Yoshioka

IPC分类号： G10H1/00 ,  G10H1/10 ,  G10H1/36 ,  G10K15/04 ,  G09B5/04 ,  G10H1/02 ,  G10H7/00

CPC分类号： G10H1/366 ,  G10H2210/066 ,  G10H2210/251 ,  Y10S84/04

摘要： A chorus apparatus is constructed for creating a chorus sound to accompany a vocal sound which is sung by a singer. In the chorus apparatus, a providing device provides music information including reference pitch information which indicates a regular variation of an actual pitch of the vocal sound and harmony pitch information which determines a harmony pitch of the chorus sound. A detecting device detects the actual pitch of the vocal sound containing the regular variation and an irregular fluctuation which overlaps the regular variation. A controlling device extracts the irregular fluctuation of the actual pitch from the vocal sound according to the reference pitch information, and modifies the harmony pitch information to impart thereto a desired fluctuation corresponding to the irregular fluctuation extracted from the vocal sound. A generating device operates according to the modified harmony pitch information for generating the chorus sound containing the desired fluctuation over the harmony pitch. A mixing device mixes the vocal sound and the chorus sound with each other.

摘要翻译： 构造合唱装置，用于产生合唱声，伴随歌手唱的声音。 在合唱装置中，提供装置提供包括参考音调信息的音乐信息，该参考音调信息指示声音的实际间距的正规变化以及确定合唱音的和声音调的和声音调信息。 检测装置检测包含常规变化的声音的实际间距和与常规变化重叠的不规则波动。 控制装置根据参考音调信息从声音提取实际音调的不规则波动，并且修改和声音调信息以赋予与从声音提取的不规则波动相对应的期望波动。 发生装置根据经修改的和声音调信息进行操作，以产生包含和声音调上的期望波动的合唱声音。 混合装置将声音和合唱声相互混合。

公开(公告)号：US5880392A

公开(公告)日：1999-03-09

申请号：US756935

申请日：1996-12-02

申请人： David Wessel ,  Michael Lee

发明人： David Wessel ,  Michael Lee

IPC分类号： G06F15/18 ,  G06N3/00 ,  G10H7/08 ,  G10H7/10 ,  G10L13/00 ,  G10H1/08 ,  G10H1/10

CPC分类号： G10H7/10 ,  G10H2230/221 ,  G10H2230/351 ,  G10H2250/151 ,  G10H2250/235 ,  G10H2250/311 ,  G10H2250/625

摘要： An improved control structure for music synthesis is provided in which: 1) the sound representation provided to the adaptive function mapper allows for a greatly increased degree of control over the sound produced; and 2) training of the adaptive function mapper is performed using an error measure, or error norm, that greatly facilitates learning while ensuring perceptual identity of the produced sound with the training example. In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, sound data is produced by applying to an adaptive function mapper control parameters including: at least one parameter selected from the set of time and timbre space coordinates; and at least one parameter selected from the set of pitch, .DELTA.pitch, articulation and dynamic. Using an adaptive function mapper, mapping is performed from the control parameters to synthesis parameters to be applied to a sound synthesizer. In accordance with another embodiment of the invention, an adaptive function mapper is trained to produce, in accordance with information stored in a mapping store, synthesis parameters to be applied to a sound synthesizer, by steps including: analyzing sounds to produce sound parameters describing the sounds; further analyzing the sound parameters to produce control parameters; applying the control parameters to the adaptive function mapper, the adaptive function mapper in response producing trial synthesis parameters comparable to the sound parameters; deriving from the sound parameters and the trial synthesis parameters an error measure in accordance with a perceptual error norm in which at least some error contributions are weighted in approximate degree to which they are perceived by the human ear during synthesis; and adapting the information stored in the mapping store in accordance with the error measure.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于音乐合成的改进的控制结构，其中：1）提供给自适应功能映射器的声音表示允许对所产生的声音的大大增加的控制程度; 和2）使用误差测量或误差范数来执行自适应函数映射器的训练，其大大有助于学习，同时通过训练示例确保产生的声音的感知身份。 根据本发明的一个实施例，通过应用到自适应功能映射器控制参数来产生声音数据，所述自适应功能映射器控制参数包括：从所述时间集合和音色空间坐标中选择的至少一个参数; 以及从音调集，DELTA音调，关节和动态中选择的至少一个参数。 使用自适应函数映射器，从控制参数到要应用于声音合成器的合成参数进行映射。 根据本发明的另一实施例，训练自适应函数映射器，以便根据存储在映射存储器中的信息，通过以下步骤产生要应用于声音合成器的合成参数：包括：分析声音以产生描述 声音 进一步分析声音参数产生控制参数; 将控制参数应用于自适应函数映射器，自适应函数映射器响应于产生与声音参数相当的试验合成参数; 从声音参数和试验合成参数得出根据感知误差范数的误差测量，其中至少一些误差贡献在合成期间被人耳感知到的近似程度加权; 以及根据误差测量来适应存储在映射存储器中的信息。

公开(公告)号：US5857171A

公开(公告)日：1999-01-05

申请号：US607341

申请日：1996-02-26

申请人： Yasuo Kageyama ,  Hiroshi Mino

发明人： Yasuo Kageyama ,  Hiroshi Mino

IPC分类号： G10H1/38 ,  G10H1/10 ,  G10H1/36 ,  G10K15/04 ,  G10L13/00 ,  G10L13/06 ,  G10L5/04

CPC分类号： G10H1/366 ,  G10H2210/066 ,  G10H2210/261 ,  G10H2220/011 ,  G10H2250/455

摘要： A karaoke apparatus produces a karaoke accompaniment which accompanies a singing voice of an actual player, and concurrently creates a harmony voice originating from a virtual player. In the karaoke apparatus, a memory device stores voice information of the virtual singer. An input device collects the singing voice of the actual player. An analyzing device analyzes an audio frequency of the collected singing voice. A synthesizing device processes the stored voice information based on the analyzed audio frequency to synthesize the harmony voice having another audio frequency which is set in harmony with the analyzed audio frequency. An output device mixes the collected singing voice and the synthesized harmony voice with each other, and outputs the mixed singing and harmony voices along with the karaoke accompaniment. In one preferred embodiment, the memory device stores the voice information in the form of a sequence of phonetic elements that are successively sampled syllable by syllable from a singing voice of the virtual player.

摘要翻译： 卡拉OK装置产生伴随实际玩家的歌声的卡拉OK伴奏，同时产生源于虚拟播放器的和声。 在卡拉OK装置中，存储装置存储虚拟歌手的声音信息。 输入设备收集实际播放器的歌声。 分析装置分析所收集的歌声的音频。 合成装置基于分析的音频处理所存储的语音信息，以合成具有与所分析的音频一致的另一音频的和声音。 输出设备将收集到的歌声和合成的和声相结合，并输出混合的歌声和和声与卡拉OK伴奏。 在一个优选实施例中，存储装置以语音元素序列的形式存储语音信息，该语音元素序列是通过音节从虚拟播放器的歌声连续取样的。

公开(公告)号：US5652797A

公开(公告)日：1997-07-29

申请号：US584987

申请日：1996-01-11

申请人： Kazuhisa Okamura ,  Yoshio Fujita

发明人： Kazuhisa Okamura ,  Yoshio Fujita

IPC分类号： G10H1/00 ,  G10H1/02 ,  G10H1/06 ,  G10H1/08 ,  G10H1/10 ,  G10H1/18 ,  H03G3/00

CPC分类号： G10H1/0091 ,  G10H1/06 ,  G10H1/08 ,  G10H2210/191 ,  G10H2210/235 ,  G10H2210/251 ,  G10H2210/291

摘要： A sound effect imparting apparatus, which is employed in the electronic musical instrument in order to impart a variety of sound effects to the musical tones in a variety of manners, is mainly configured by an effect program memory, a sound-effect operation portion, a mixer and a mixing information supply portion. The effect program memory stores a plurality of effect programs, respectively corresponding to a plurality of sound effects to be imparted to musical tone data, in advance. The sound-effect operation portion performs arithmetic operations and/or logical operations on its input data in accordance with the effect programs read from the effect program memory, thus imparting desired sound effects to the musical tone data. The mixer receives the musical tone data, given from an external device, and operation data, outputted from the sound-effect operation portion, representing the musical tone data to which the sound effects have been imparted. Thus, the mixer selects some of the data inputted thereto in accordance with mixing information given from the mixing information supply portion, so that the selected data are mixed together; and consequently, mixed data are supplied to the sound-effect operation portion. On the basis of the mixed data outputted from the mixer, the musical tones to which several kinds of sound effects are imparted can be produced.

摘要翻译： 主要是通过效果程序存储器，声音效果操作部分，声音效果操作部分，声音效果控制部分 混合器和混合信息供应部分。 效果程序存储器预先存储分别对应于要被赋予乐音数据的多个声音效果的多个效果程序。 声音效果操作部分根据从效果程序存储器读取的效果程序对其输入数据进行算术运算和/或逻辑运算，从而将音乐数据赋予所需的声音效果。 混合器接收从外部设备给出的乐音数据和从声音效果操作部分输出的表示已经赋予声音效果的乐音数据的操作数据。 因此，混合器根据从混合信息提供部分给出的混合信息来选择输入的一些数据，使得所选择的数据被混合在一起; 因此，混合数据被提供给声音效果操作部分。 基于从混合器输出的混合数据，可以产生赋予多种声音效果的乐音。

公开(公告)号：US5177314A

公开(公告)日：1993-01-05

申请号：US716129

申请日：1991-06-17

申请人： Takashi Matsuda ,  Tatsuya Iijima

发明人： Takashi Matsuda ,  Tatsuya Iijima

IPC分类号： G10H1/10

CPC分类号： G10H1/10

摘要： An electronic musical instrument can execute a musical performance with two timbres mixed together by operating a single key, for example. Of the two timbres, a master timbre is set in normal mode and is stored in a first memory, while a slave timbre is selected in tone mix mode and is stored in a second memory. Each timbre can be altered as desired. To alter the master timbre, timbre switches are operated after the mode is temporarily changed to normal mode. To alter the slave timbre, the timbre switches are operated in tone mix mode. When the tone mix mode is set, this electronic musical instrument can permit a player to easily alter tone parameters such as the volume, pitch and attack delay time of each timbre.

摘要翻译： 例如，电子乐器可以通过操作单个键来执行通过混合在一起的两个音色的音乐表演。 在两个音色中，主音色被设置在正常模式中并存储在第一存储器中，而在音色混合模式中选择从属音色并存储在第二存储器中。 每个音色可以根据需要改变。 要更改主音色，在模式暂时更改为正常模式后，会进行音色切换。 要改变从属音色，音色开关以色调模式运行。 当设置音色混合模式时，该电子乐器可以允许玩家容易地改变音调参数，例如每个音色的音量，音调和攻击延迟时间。

公开(公告)号：US4450746A

公开(公告)日：1984-05-29

申请号：US411159

申请日：1982-08-24

申请人： Ralph Deutsch

发明人： Ralph Deutsch

IPC分类号： G10H7/00 ,  G10H1/10 ,  G10H7/08 ,  G10H7/10 ,  G10H1/02

CPC分类号： G10H1/10 ,  G10H7/105 ,  Y10S84/04

摘要： A keyboard operated electronic musical instrument in which a number of tone generators are assigned to actuated keyswitches in which a flute chorus of similar tones at preselected pitch footages are generated by implementing a discrete Fourier transform employing a selected sequence of harmonic coefficients. Two stored harmonic coefficients suffice to generate a tibia type flute chorus. A harmonic sequence select logic in cooperation with signals derived from actuated tone switches provide the selected sequences of harmonic coefficients.

摘要翻译： 一种键盘操作的电子乐器，其中许多音调发生器被分配给致动的钥匙开关，其中通过实施采用选定的谐波系数序列的离散傅立叶变换来生成具有预选间距的类似音调的长笛合唱。 两个存储的谐波系数足以产生胫骨型长笛合唱。 谐波序列选择逻辑与从致动音开关得到的信号协同提供所选择的谐波系数序列。

公开(公告)号：US4320683A

公开(公告)日：1982-03-23

申请号：US111613

申请日：1980-01-14

申请人： John T. Whitefield

发明人： John T. Whitefield

IPC分类号： G10H1/10 ,  G10H1/00 ,  G10H1/18 ,  G08C9/00 ,  G10F5/00

CPC分类号： G10H1/0058 ,  G10H1/182

摘要： An asynchronous interface includes two memories which store multiplexed keyboard information such that while one memory is writing in newly acquired key information from one musical instrument system at the clock rate of that system, the other memory is reading out previously acquired key information to a second musical instrument system at the clock rate of the second system. Periodically, based on timing signals derived from both systems, the read/write roles of the two memories are reversed. Any number of asynchronously clocked systems, each connected to an associated asynchronous interface, may be keyed by a single key multiplexing device or by the multiplexing information from another asynchronous interface.

摘要翻译： 异步接口包括存储多路复用键盘信息的两个存储器，使得当一个存储器以该系统的时钟速率从一个乐器系统写入新获取的密钥信息时，另一个存储器将先前获得的密钥信息读出到第二个音乐 仪器系统以第二个系统的时钟速率。 周期性地，基于从两个系统导出的定时信号，两个存储器的读/写作用相反。 每个连接到相关联的异步接口的异步计时系统的任何数量可以由单个密钥多路复用设备或通过来自另一异步接口的复用信息来加密。

公开(公告)号：US4242935A

公开(公告)日：1981-01-06

申请号：US827655

申请日：1977-08-25

申请人： Richard H. Peterson ,  Robert A. Finch

发明人： Richard H. Peterson ,  Robert A. Finch

IPC分类号： G10H1/10 ,  G10H5/06 ,  G10H5/00

CPC分类号： G10H1/10 ,  G10H5/06 ,  Y10S84/04

摘要： For generating tones in an electronic musical instrument, there are provided multiple master frequency sources, a different source for each octave, differing in frequency from each other by a factor which differs from two by at least one semitone, each of which is coupled to a respective frequency synthesizer all of which have the same dividing ratios, to divide down the frequency of its master frequency source to pitches of the twelve notes in the intended octave. In one embodiment the sources are separate master clock pulse sources, and in another embodiment a pulse train derived from a single clock pulse source is applied to the frequency synthesizer for the highest octave, and the pulse train applied to each of the other synthesizers is derived from the pulse train supplied to the frequency synthesizer for the next highest octave by dividing the pulse repetition frequency thereof by a factor which differs from two by one or more semitones. The result is that temperament errors are randomized by placing them at different interval locations in each octave, and corresponding musical tones of successive octaves are not locked in phase relationship but have frequencies which differ slightly from pure harmonics, so as to present a pleasant chorus effect when such tones are reproduced simultaneously.

摘要翻译： 为了在电子乐器中产生音调，提供了多个主频率源，每个八度音程的不同的源，频率彼此不同，因为两个频率不同于至少一个半音，因此每个音节都耦合到 各个频率合成器都具有相同的分频比，将其主频率源的频率除以预期八度音阶中的十二个音符的音高。 在一个实施例中，源是单独的主时钟脉冲源，并且在另一实施例中，从单个时钟脉冲源导出的脉冲串被施加到用于最高八度的频率合成器，并且导出施加到每个其它合成器的脉冲序列 通过将其脉冲重复频率除以两个不同于一个或多个半音的因子，从提供给下一个最高八度的频率合成器的脉冲串。 结果是，通过将气质误差放置在每个八度音阶中的不同间隔位置来随机化，并且连续八度音阶的相应音调不被锁定在相位关系中，而是具有与纯谐波略有不同的频率，以呈现令人愉快的合唱效果 当这种音调被同时再现时。

公开(公告)号：US4208940A

公开(公告)日：1980-06-24

申请号：US855343

申请日：1977-11-28

申请人： Tooru Tsurubuchi

发明人： Tooru Tsurubuchi

IPC分类号： G10H1/10 ,  G10H1/02

CPC分类号： G10H1/10 ,  Y10S84/04

摘要： A device for producing an ensemble effect in an electronic musical instrument. The device has a plurality of parallel electronic delay circuits adapted to be supplied with a musical tone signal, delay time modulating circuits coupled to each of said delay circuits for modulating the delay time in each delay circuit, a modulating signal generating circuit arrangement coupled to the delay time modulating circuits for supplying modulating signals to the respective delay time modulating circuits which are different from each other and the frequencies of which are in an integral multiple relationship to each other. Amplifiers are coupled to each of the delay circuits for amplifying the output thereof, and the amplifier outputs are mixed either electronically or acoustically.

摘要翻译： 一种用于在电子乐器中产生集合效果的装置。 该装置具有适于提供乐音信号的多个并联电子延迟电路，耦合到每个所述延迟电路的延迟时间调制电路，用于调制每个延迟电路中的延迟时间;调制信号发生电路装置，耦合到 延迟时间调制电路，用于向彼此不同的各个延迟时间调制电路提供调制信号，并且它们的频率彼此成一体的多重关系。 放大器耦合到每个延迟电路以放大其输出，并且放大器输出以电子或声学方式混合。

公开(公告)号：US4164884A

公开(公告)日：1979-08-21

申请号：US874320

申请日：1978-02-01

申请人： Ikutaro Kakehashi

发明人： Ikutaro Kakehashi

IPC分类号： G10H1/043 ,  G10H1/10 ,  G10H1/04 ,  H03H7/30

CPC分类号： G10H1/043 ,  G10H1/10 ,  Y10S84/04 ,  Y10S84/26

摘要： A device for producing a chorus effect in an electronic musical instrument. An electronic delay circuit and a non-modulating amplifier means are coupled in parallel and the outputs are mixed in a mixing amplifier. A carrier oscillator is coupled to the delay circuit for controlling the time delay of the delay circuit according to the frequency of its output, and normally oscillates at a relatively high frequency in the range of 80-100 KHz. A modulation signal generator is coupled to the carrier oscillator for frequency modulating the carrier oscillator toward lower oscillating frequencies, and a control signal generator is coupled between the input to the delay circuit and the modulation signal generator for detecting the musical tone signal input to the delay circuit and producing a control signal only when a musical tone signal input is detected. The delay time of the electronic delay circuit is thus modulated only when a musical tone signal input exists and when the carrier oscillator is not subjected to frequency modulation when no musical tone signal exists, the noise in the delay circuit is not modulated and any jarring effect in the output thereof is substantially eliminated.

摘要翻译： 一种用于在电子乐器中产生合唱效果的装置。 电子延迟电路和非调制放大器装置并联耦合，输出混合在混合放大器中。 载波振荡器耦合到延迟电路，用于根据其输出频率控制延迟电路的时间延迟，并且通常在80-100KHz的范围内以较高的频率振荡。 调制信号发生器耦合到载波振荡器，用于将载波振荡器频率调制到较低的振荡频率，并且控制信号发生器耦合到延迟电路的输入端和调制信号发生器之间，用于检测输入到延迟的乐音信号 并且仅当检测到音调信号输入时产生控制信号。 因此，只有当音乐信号输入存在时，并且当没有音调信号存在时载波振荡器不经受频率调制时，电子延迟电路的延迟时间被调制，延迟电路中的噪声不被调制并且具有任何刺激效应 在其输出中基本上被消除。