AU3675684A - Electronic musical instrument - Google Patents

Electronic musical instrument

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Publication number
AU3675684A
AU3675684A AU36756/84A AU3675684A AU3675684A AU 3675684 A AU3675684 A AU 3675684A AU 36756/84 A AU36756/84 A AU 36756/84A AU 3675684 A AU3675684 A AU 3675684A AU 3675684 A AU3675684 A AU 3675684A
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Australia
Prior art keywords
musical instrument
electronic musical
electronic
instrument
musical
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Abandoned
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AU36756/84A
Inventor
Simmons David
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Stepp Electronics Ltd
Original Assignee
STEPP ELECTRONICS
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Application filed by STEPP ELECTRONICS filed Critical STEPP ELECTRONICS
Publication of AU3675684A publication Critical patent/AU3675684A/en
Abandoned legal-status Critical Current

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    • GPHYSICS
    • G10MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
    • G10HELECTROPHONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; INSTRUMENTS IN WHICH THE TONES ARE GENERATED BY ELECTROMECHANICAL MEANS OR ELECTRONIC GENERATORS, OR IN WHICH THE TONES ARE SYNTHESISED FROM A DATA STORE
    • G10H1/00Details of electrophonic musical instruments
    • G10H1/32Constructional details
    • G10H1/34Switch arrangements, e.g. keyboards or mechanical switches specially adapted for electrophonic musical instruments
    • G10H1/342Switch arrangements, e.g. keyboards or mechanical switches specially adapted for electrophonic musical instruments for guitar-like instruments with or without strings and with a neck on which switches or string-fret contacts are used to detect the notes being played
    • GPHYSICS
    • G10MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
    • G10HELECTROPHONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; INSTRUMENTS IN WHICH THE TONES ARE GENERATED BY ELECTROMECHANICAL MEANS OR ELECTRONIC GENERATORS, OR IN WHICH THE TONES ARE SYNTHESISED FROM A DATA STORE
    • G10H3/00Instruments in which the tones are generated by electromechanical means
    • G10H3/12Instruments in which the tones are generated by electromechanical means using mechanical resonant generators, e.g. strings or percussive instruments, the tones of which are picked up by electromechanical transducers, the electrical signals being further manipulated or amplified and subsequently converted to sound by a loudspeaker or equivalent instrument
    • G10H3/14Instruments in which the tones are generated by electromechanical means using mechanical resonant generators, e.g. strings or percussive instruments, the tones of which are picked up by electromechanical transducers, the electrical signals being further manipulated or amplified and subsequently converted to sound by a loudspeaker or equivalent instrument using mechanically actuated vibrators with pick-up means
    • G10H3/143Instruments in which the tones are generated by electromechanical means using mechanical resonant generators, e.g. strings or percussive instruments, the tones of which are picked up by electromechanical transducers, the electrical signals being further manipulated or amplified and subsequently converted to sound by a loudspeaker or equivalent instrument using mechanically actuated vibrators with pick-up means characterised by the use of a piezoelectric or magneto-strictive transducer
    • GPHYSICS
    • G10MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
    • G10HELECTROPHONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; INSTRUMENTS IN WHICH THE TONES ARE GENERATED BY ELECTROMECHANICAL MEANS OR ELECTRONIC GENERATORS, OR IN WHICH THE TONES ARE SYNTHESISED FROM A DATA STORE
    • G10H3/00Instruments in which the tones are generated by electromechanical means
    • G10H3/12Instruments in which the tones are generated by electromechanical means using mechanical resonant generators, e.g. strings or percussive instruments, the tones of which are picked up by electromechanical transducers, the electrical signals being further manipulated or amplified and subsequently converted to sound by a loudspeaker or equivalent instrument
    • G10H3/14Instruments in which the tones are generated by electromechanical means using mechanical resonant generators, e.g. strings or percussive instruments, the tones of which are picked up by electromechanical transducers, the electrical signals being further manipulated or amplified and subsequently converted to sound by a loudspeaker or equivalent instrument using mechanically actuated vibrators with pick-up means
    • G10H3/18Instruments in which the tones are generated by electromechanical means using mechanical resonant generators, e.g. strings or percussive instruments, the tones of which are picked up by electromechanical transducers, the electrical signals being further manipulated or amplified and subsequently converted to sound by a loudspeaker or equivalent instrument using mechanically actuated vibrators with pick-up means using a string, e.g. electric guitar
    • G10H3/181Details of pick-up assemblies
    • GPHYSICS
    • G10MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
    • G10HELECTROPHONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; INSTRUMENTS IN WHICH THE TONES ARE GENERATED BY ELECTROMECHANICAL MEANS OR ELECTRONIC GENERATORS, OR IN WHICH THE TONES ARE SYNTHESISED FROM A DATA STORE
    • G10H2210/00Aspects or methods of musical processing having intrinsic musical character, i.e. involving musical theory or musical parameters or relying on musical knowledge, as applied in electrophonic musical tools or instruments
    • G10H2210/155Musical effects
    • G10H2210/195Modulation effects, i.e. smooth non-discontinuous variations over a time interval, e.g. within a note, melody or musical transition, of any sound parameter, e.g. amplitude, pitch, spectral response, playback speed
    • G10H2210/221Glissando, i.e. pitch smoothly sliding from one note to another, e.g. gliss, glide, slide, bend, smear, sweep
    • G10H2210/225Portamento, i.e. smooth continuously variable pitch-bend, without emphasis of each chromatic pitch during the pitch change, which only stops at the end of the pitch shift, as obtained, e.g. by a MIDI pitch wheel or trombone

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Acoustics & Sound (AREA)
  • Multimedia (AREA)
  • Electrophonic Musical Instruments (AREA)
AU36756/84A 1983-12-09 1984-12-07 Electronic musical instrument Abandoned AU3675684A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB8332906 1983-12-09
GB838332906A GB8332906D0 (en) 1983-12-09 1983-12-09 Electronic musical instrument

Publications (1)

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AU3675684A true AU3675684A (en) 1985-06-26

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Country Status (4)

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EP (1) EP0199724A1 (en)
AU (1) AU3675684A (en)
GB (1) GB8332906D0 (en)
WO (1) WO1985002705A1 (en)

Families Citing this family (7)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB8519204D0 (en) * 1985-07-30 1985-09-04 Synthaxe Ltd Electronic musical instrument
US4947726A (en) * 1987-04-03 1990-08-14 Yamaha Corporation Electronic musical instrument and string deviation sensor arrangement therefor
EP0288062B1 (en) * 1987-04-22 1993-01-07 Yamaha Corporation Electronic musical instrument
US4951546A (en) * 1988-01-14 1990-08-28 Yamaha Corporation Electronic stringed musical instrument
US4951545A (en) * 1988-04-26 1990-08-28 Casio Computer Co., Ltd. Electronic musical instrument
JPH0244789U (en) * 1988-09-20 1990-03-28
DE10147710B4 (en) * 2001-09-27 2006-03-23 Krüsmann, Johannes, Dipl.-Ing. Measurements on a stringed instrument

Family Cites Families (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3742114A (en) * 1971-07-22 1973-06-26 R Barkan Guitar-like electronic musical instrument using resistor strips and potentiometer means to activate tone generators
US3733953A (en) * 1971-12-30 1973-05-22 D Ferber Stringed musical instrument with optoelectronic pickup sound amplifier
US4182213A (en) * 1978-05-03 1980-01-08 Iodice Robert M Coil less magnetic pickup for stringed instrument
DE3105128A1 (en) * 1980-02-22 1981-12-24 Lester M. 92649 Huntington Beach Calif. Barcus CARTRIDGES FOR STRING INSTRUMENTS

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EP0199724A1 (en) 1986-11-05
GB8332906D0 (en) 1984-01-18
WO1985002705A1 (en) 1985-06-20

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