Musical tone generating apparatus
    3.
    发明授权
    Musical tone generating apparatus 失效
    音乐发生装置

    公开(公告)号:US5081896A

    公开(公告)日:1992-01-21

    申请号:US492303

    申请日:1990-03-07

    IPC分类号: G10H1/00

    CPC分类号: G10H1/00 G10H2220/411

    摘要: The musical tone generating apparatus converts a movement of a man into a musical tone. Such movement of the man includes a walking or running movement, a jumping movement, a rubbing movement and a beating movement, a turning movement and the like. More specifically, a tone pitch, a tone color, a tone volume or other parameters of the musical tone to be generated is controlled based on a value of a moving speed, a value of a jumping height or a value of frictional heat produced by the rubbing movement of player's hands.

    摘要翻译: 乐音发生装置将人的动作转换成乐音。 该人的这种运动包括步行或跑步运动,跳跃运动,摩擦运动和跳动运动,转动运动等。 更具体地,基于移动速度的值,跳跃高度的值或由该音调产生的摩擦热的值来控制要产生的乐音的音调,音色,音量或其他参数 摩擦玩家手的动作。

    Electronic musical instrument having a coupler effect
    5.
    发明授权
    Electronic musical instrument having a coupler effect 失效
    具有耦合器效应的电子乐器

    公开(公告)号:US4114497A

    公开(公告)日:1978-09-19

    申请号:US727790

    申请日:1976-09-29

    CPC分类号: G10H1/188 G10H1/38

    摘要: An electronic musical instrument is of a type wherein musical tone waveforms are stored in a memory as their sampled amplitudes and sequentially and repetitively read out to constitute tone waveforms. A key depression brings forth key code in a digital representation. This key code is used for reading out frequency information from a frequency information memory. The frequency informaton is accumulated to make an address signal for reading out the waveform memory. The read out waveform is reproduced as a musical tone through a tone-color and volume control circuit. This tone-color and volume control circuit is controlled keyboard by keyboard.The key code produced upon depression of the key contains a signal representing the kind of the keyboard to which the depressed key belongs. This signal is applied to a conversion circuit and converted to a signal representative of a different kind of keyboard. The output signal of the conversion circuit operates the tone-color and volume control circuit in a manner corresponding to the keyboard designated by the converted signal while the original signal representing the kind of the keyboard of the depressed key is applied directly to the tone-color and volume control circuit to operate it in a manner corresponding to the keybord of the depressed key. The manner of conversion of the signal representing the keyboard can be selected as desired. There is disclosed an example of a coupler effect between the upper and lower keyboard which can be produced by converting a signal for the upper keyboard to a signal for the lower keyboard while directly using the upper keyboard signal. Also disclosed is an example of a coupler effect between the lower keyboard and the pedal keyboard produced by converting a signal for the lower keyboard to a signal for the pedal keyboard while directly using the lower keyboard signal.

    摘要翻译: 电子乐器是其中乐音波形作为其采样振幅存储在存储器中并依次重复读出以构成音频波形的类型。 一个关键的凹陷在数字表示中提出了关键代码。 该键码用于从频率信息存储器读出频率信息。 频率信息被累积以产生用于读出波形存储器的地址信号。 读出的波形通过色调和音量控制电路被再现为乐音。 这种色调和音量控制电路是由键盘控制的键盘。

    "> Electronic musical instrument capable of producing
    6.
    发明授权
    Electronic musical instrument capable of producing "chord pyramid" arpeggio effects 失效
    电子乐器能够生产{37和弦金字塔{38 {0琶音效果

    公开(公告)号:US4158978A

    公开(公告)日:1979-06-26

    申请号:US809160

    申请日:1977-06-23

    摘要: An electronic musical instrument capable of producing a performance effect resembling arpeggio. Tones corresponding to one or more depressed keys are sequentially produced from the lowest tone or the highest tone and an octave range in which tones are produced is shifted toward a higher octave or a lower octave at completion of each cycle of the tone production sequence. This shift of octave is continued to a certain predetermined octave and, after the tone production in the predetermined last octave has been completed, the tone production is repeated from the original octave or the tone production is conducted with the octave range being shifted in a reverse direction.For realizing simulation of arpeggio, plural key information produced by depressing a plurality of keys needs to be selected in a predetermined sequence. To this end, an up-down counter is employed in an example of the present invention. In a mode of arpeggio-like performance in which the tone pitch sequentially rises, for example, counting in the up-down counter is started from 0 for comparing contents of the counter with the key information and, when there is coincidence, the counting is suspended and the lowest tone is produced in response to the key information. After the lapse of a set time, the counting is resumed for repeating the comparison and a next higher tone is produced. The same operation is repeated until the counter overflows, when the octave is shifted to a next octave. The tone production is made at a predetermined time interval (a regular mode) or at a preset time interval from start of depression of the key (a random mode).

    摘要翻译: 能够产生类似琶音性能的电子乐器。 与一个或多个按下的按键相对应的音调从音调产生序列的每个周期完成时,从最低音调或最高音调和产生音调的八度音程度顺序地向较高八度或更低的八度。 八度音程的这种偏移持续到一定的预定倍频程,并且在预定的最后一个八度音阶中的音调产生已经完成之后,从原来的八度音频重复音调产生,或者以八度音程域相反的方式进行音调产生 方向。

    Electronic musical instrument having octave slide effect
    7.
    发明授权
    Electronic musical instrument having octave slide effect 失效
    具有八度滑动效果的电子乐器

    公开(公告)号:US4080862A

    公开(公告)日:1978-03-28

    申请号:US716513

    申请日:1976-08-23

    CPC分类号: G10H1/043 G10H7/06

    摘要: An electronic musical instrument wherein, by merely depressing one key, the tone pitch corresponding to that key varies periodically with cyclic repetition at a specific rate. The pitch variation is made on the octave basis by periodically shifting digits of binary signals of plural bits which designate readout addresses of a musical tone waveform. Various patterns of the pitch variation can be obtained by suitably setting a pattern of shifting of the digits of the binary signals. The patterns include an "up mode" in which the pitch slides successively toward higher pitches one octave interval at a time and then, upon reaching a predetermined octave, immediately returns to the original pitch and subsequently the same operation is repeated, and a "turn mode" in which the pitch slides successively toward higher pitches one octave interval at a time and, upon reaching a predetermined octave, slides successively in the reverse direction until it returns to the original pitch and subsequently the same operation is repeated. The patterns further include a "jump mode" in which, when a plurality of keys are successively depressed, the pitches of the succeedingly depressed keys slide in conformity with the octave slide of the first depressed key and a "random mode" in which, when a plurality of keys are successively depressed, the octave slide of the respective keys is made independently and separately from each other. In a case where plural keys are depressed, the "up mode" or the "turn mode" can be selectively combined with the "jump mode" or the "random mode". The speed of the octave slide is determined by the rate of the clock pulse employed in the instrument and, accordingly, a clock pulse of a rate corresponding to a note to be played is selectively used.

    摘要翻译: 一种电子乐器,其中通过仅按下一个键,与该键相对应的音调将以特定速率的循环重复而周期性地变化。 通过周期性地移动指定音乐波形的读出地址的多个比特的二进制信号的数字,以八度为基础进行音调变化。 可以通过适当地设定二进制信号的位数的移位模式,来获得音调变化的各种模式。 这些图形包括一个“上行模式”,其中音调一次连续地朝着更高音调一个八度音程间隔滑动,然后在达到预定倍频程时立即返回到原始音调,并且随后重复相同的操作,并且“转动 模式“,其中音调一次连续地朝着更高的间距滑动一个八度区间,并且在达到预定的八度时,沿相反的方向依次滑动,直到其返回到原始音调,并且随后重复相同的操作。 图案还包括“跳转模式”,其中当多个键被连续按下时,随后按下的键的音高符合第一按压键的八度滑动和“随机模式”,其中,当 连续按压多个键,各个键的倍频程滑块彼此独立且分开地形成。 在按下多个键的情况下,可以将“上行方式”或“转向方式”选择性地与“跳转方式”或“随机方式”组合。 倍频程幻灯片的速度由仪器中使用的时钟脉冲的速率决定,因此,选择性地使用与要播放的音符相对应的速率的时钟脉冲。

    Musical tone control apparatus using a detector
    8.
    发明授权
    Musical tone control apparatus using a detector 失效
    使用检测器的乐音控制装置

    公开(公告)号:US5290964A

    公开(公告)日:1994-03-01

    申请号:US943128

    申请日:1992-09-10

    摘要: A musical tone control apparatus controls a musical tone corresponding to a movement itself of an object and the like which is detected by a detector Such detector detects also a moving speed, a moving force, a moving angle or an intensity of given impulse of the object. In the case where the detector is mounted in the vicinity of a player's joint, the detector detects a revolving or bending angle of the player's joint. Hence, the musical tone can be controlled based on such angle of the player's joint. Thus, through this musical tone control apparatus, the player can generate a musical tone having, for example, a desirable tone pitch, a desirable volume and a desirable tone color based on the movement of the object or the player's joint.

    摘要翻译: 音乐控制装置控制与由检测器检测到的物体等的运动本身相对应的乐音。该检测器还检测物体的给定脉冲的移动速度,移动力,移动角度或强度 。 在探测器安装在玩家的关节附近的情况下,检测器检测到玩家的关节的旋转或弯曲角度。 因此,可以基于玩家关节的角度来控制乐曲。 因此,通过这种乐音控制装置,玩家可以基于对象或玩家的关节的移动来产生具有例如期望的音调,期望的音量和期望的音色的音调。

    Envelope generator
    9.
    再颁专利
    Envelope generator 失效
    信封发生器

    公开(公告)号:USRE32726E

    公开(公告)日:1988-08-09

    申请号:US154993

    申请日:1980-05-30

    IPC分类号: G10H1/057 G10H7/00 G10H7/08

    CPC分类号: G10H1/057 G10H1/0575 G10H7/08

    摘要: An envelope generator is provided with a count circuit the count value of which is varied through addition or subtraction or combination thereof, and a conversion circuit which operates to convert the count value into amplitude data, so as to generate an envelope having a shape corresponding to variations with time of the count value. According to one aspect of the invention, the count circuit is a circuit which carries out computation for exponentially varying the count value through polygonal line approximation, so as to form an envelope of exponential characteristic. According to another aspect of the invention, the conversion circuit is a memory which has stored amplitude data corresponding to count values in advance so as to convert count values in the last linear region of the envelope obtained by the polygonal line approximation into amplitude data in exponential relation and to convert count values contained in the remaining polygonal line regions into amplitude data in linear relation.

    Electronic musical instrument
    10.
    发明授权
    Electronic musical instrument 失效
    电子乐器

    公开(公告)号:US4186640A

    公开(公告)日:1980-02-05

    申请号:US876913

    申请日:1978-02-13

    摘要: An electronic musical instrument comprises an automatic rhythm performance device, an automatic bass chord performance device and an automatic arpeggio performance device. Each device has its own start-stop control circuit and a control in/out terminal. When a device is start-stop controlled, a control signal appears at the control in/out terminal, whereas if a control signal is externally applied to the control in/out terminal, the device is start-stop controlled. The control in/out terminals of the respective devices are connected together by a common line so that a start-stop of one device causes the start-stop of other devices.

    摘要翻译: 电子乐器包括自动节奏演奏装置,自动低音和弦演奏装置和自动琶音演奏装置。 每个设备都有自己的启停控制电路和控制输入/输出端子。 当设备启动停止控制时,控制输入/输出端子出现控制信号,而如果控制信号外部施加到控制输入/输出端子,则该设备被启动停止控制。 各个设备的控制输入/输出端子通过公共线路连接在一起,使得一个设备的启动停止导致其他设备的启动停止。