RU2507607C2 - Synthesiser with accompaniment and vocal-instrument processor - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: physics.

SUBSTANCE: musical device enables to create automatic accompaniment and harmonise vocal performed by one musician singing and playing a polyphonic instrument. The musical instrument has a linear output and includes a main unit and a chord recognition unit in which sound of the polyphonic musical instrument is converted to notes of the struck chord. Sound of a chord is generated using a tone generator. The device also has a first foot-operated controller for controlling the module of the automatic accompaniment and a second foot-operated controller for controlling the vocal and instrument processor.

EFFECT: extending of function possitilities due to using automatic managing of harmonic ports of the accompaniment.

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Description

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to musical devices (devices), allowing to improve vocal and instrumental accompaniment to one performer, singing and playing a polyphonic instrument (for example, a guitar). Add to the solo performance the sound of a standard set of instruments (drums, bass, string and keyboards), and singing vocal harmonies performed in "live composition" by additional vocalists or choir.

State of the art

Known similar synthesizers consisting of a generator; accompaniment block; dynamic and spatial processing; vocal harmonizer; mixer, allow you to create instrumental accompaniment, as well as process and harmonize vocals received at the microphone input of the device.

Yamaha's TYROS4 device (US Pat. No. 5,231,671, No. 5,301,259. No. 5428708, patent No. 5567901, owned by IVL Audio Inc) allows accompaniment only using the piano keyboard, which limits its use to keyboard musicians only. .

There is also a TC-Helicon harmonization device (US Pat. No. 2008/0223202 A1, and No. 2010/0235166 A1, No. 7933768), Voice Live Touch, which harmonizes vocals in accordance with the chords taken on the guitar, adding to singing vocal harmonies, usually performed by additional vocalists or a choir. The disadvantage of this device for solo performance is the lack of the ability to implement instrumental accompaniment.

Disclosure of invention

The objective of this invention is the implementation of the possibility for one musician, singing and playing a polyphonic instrument having a linear output (for example, a guitar), to control the harmonic component of the accompaniment, to control the rhythmic component of the accompaniment, and to control the harmonization of vocals. To ensure harmonic component control of the auto accompaniment, a harmony (chord) recognition unit is used, connected to the synthesizer (main unit), which ensures the creation of a full auto accompaniment. To control the rhythmic component of the accompaniment, the foot controller No. 1 is used. To control the harmonization of vocals, the foot controller No. 2 is used. Foot controllers No. 1 and No. 2 are connected through the corresponding connectors to the main unit.

Description of drawings

Figure 1 presents a block diagram of the proposed device.

The implementation of the invention

Figure 1 shows the elements of the invention: 1. main unit, 2. harmony recognition unit (chords), 3. foot controller No. 1, 4. foot controller No. 2, 5. microphone, 6. polyphonic instrument.

The device operates as follows.

Consider the operation of the device of figure 1. To control the harmonic component of the accompaniment, the signal from the polyphonic instrument (6) is fed to the harmony recognition unit (2), where control signals are generated that are sent to the synthesizer (main unit) (1). The rhythmic component of the accompaniment is controlled through the main unit (1) with the foot controller No. 1 (3), and the vocal harmonization is controlled through the main unit (1) with the foot controller No. 2 (4).

Claims (1)

A musical device that allows you to create auto accompaniment and harmonize vocals when played by one musician singing and playing a polyphonic instrument with a linear output, characterized in that the main unit and the chord recognition unit are introduced, in which the sound of the polyphonic musical instrument is converted to the notes of a chord taken to form the sound of the chord using a tone generator, the first foot controller for controlling the accompaniment module and the second foot controller for controlling vocals nny and instrumental processor.