摘要:
A foot pedal control system incorporated in an electrical musical keyboard instrument is expected to decide an output signal of a foot control pedal unit to be either analog or digital signal on the basis of a series of discrete voltage levels through periodical sampling on the output signal, and a microcomputer system of the foot pedal control system executes a program sequence for periodically monitoring the discrete voltage level, deciding the digital signal to be either analog or digital signal and determining an instruction of a player represented by the output signal.
摘要:
An acoustic keyboard musical instrument such as a piano includes a keyboard, a mechanical musical tone generating mechanism, a fallboard, and an operation panel for an external electronic musical tone generating unit. The keyboard includes a plurality of keys aligned on a musical instrument body. The fallboard is pivotally supported by the musical instrument body and to be closed/opened so as to cover/uncover the keyboard. The musical tone generating unit electrically generates a musical tone signal in response to a key depression on the keyboard under the control of control information which is provided by switches on the operation panel. The operation panel is located at a position opposite to a performer in the inner surface of the fallboard when the fallboard is open so that the performer can operate the operation panel during his performance at the keyboard.