CN215220244U

CN215220244U - Device for electronic percussion melody musical instrument and electronic percussion melody musical instrument

Info

Publication number: CN215220244U
Application number: CN202120985182.8U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 黄志坚
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2021-05-10
Filing date: 2021-05-10
Publication date: 2021-12-17
Anticipated expiration: 2031-05-10

Abstract

The utility model relates to a device and electron percussion melody musical instrument for electron percussion melody musical instrument, including man-machine interface, it is connected with electron percussion melody musical instrument and is used for carrying out the human-machine interaction with electron percussion melody musical instrument, and it includes the mode option that is used for selecting the performance mode of electron percussion melody musical instrument at least, and wherein the different performance modes of electron percussion melody musical instrument simulate the audio of different electron percussion melody musical instruments; a controller configured to receive a user selection of a mode for playing the electronic percussion melody musical instrument via a mode option; and in response to receiving the performance signal from the electronic percussion melody musical instrument, determining sound source data corresponding to the performance signal according to the selected performance mode so as to obtain the sound effect of the simulated electronic percussion melody musical instrument using the sound source data. Utilize the utility model discloses a scheme can realize obtaining the performance experience and the effect of one of multiple percussion melody musical instrument on an electron percussion melody musical instrument.

Description

Device for electronic percussion melody musical instrument and electronic percussion melody musical instrument

Technical Field

The present invention relates generally to the field of musical instruments. More particularly, the present invention relates to an apparatus for an electronic percussion melody musical instrument and an electronic percussion melody musical instrument.

Background

The conventional percussion melody musical instruments make sounds by beating the body of the musical instrument. Specifically, the percussion melody musical instrument can generate various sound effects such as rhythm, melody, and chorus by the player's beating of the instrument body. According to the playing scene and the preference of audiences, a performer can choose to play percussion melody instruments such as xylophone, vibrato or marimba. As known to those skilled in the art, different percussive melody instruments may be arranged with different numbers of keys in terms of the number of keys. Taking marimba as an example, the number of keys can be 49 keys, 52 keys, 56 keys, 61 keys, 66 keys or 69 keys. In terms of structure, some electronic percussion melody musical instruments are further provided with a resonance tube, fan blades, a rotator, and the like. Taking a tremolo as an example, rotatable fan blades are additionally arranged on the tops of all branch pipes in the tremolo, and resonance tubes are arranged below keys. Although the existing percussion melody musical instruments are rich and various, the playing characteristics of various percussion melody musical instruments cannot be realized on one percussion melody musical instrument, so that the rich and various playing effects cannot be realized on one percussion melody musical instrument.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model provides a device and electron percussion melody musical instrument for electron percussion melody musical instrument to solve among the prior art and can't realize realizing the problem that supports the performance effect of arbitrary one kind among the multiple percussion melody musical instrument on an electron percussion melody musical instrument.

To solve the above technical problem, in one aspect, the present invention provides an apparatus for an electronic percussion melody musical instrument, comprising: a human-machine interface coupled to the electronic percussion melody musical instrument and configured to interact with the electronic percussion melody musical instrument, wherein the human-machine interface includes at least a mode option for selecting a performance mode of the electronic percussion melody musical instrument, and wherein different performance modes of the electronic percussion melody musical instrument simulate sound effects of different electronic percussion melody musical instruments; a controller configured to: receiving a user selection of a playing mode of the electronic percussion melody instrument through the mode option; and in response to receiving the performance signal from the electronic percussion melody instrument, determining sound source data corresponding to the performance signal according to the selected performance mode so as to obtain a sound effect of the simulated electronic percussion melody instrument using the sound source data.

In one embodiment, further comprising: a transmission interface configured to connect the controller with the electronic percussion melody musical instrument in a wireless or wired manner so as to control the electronic percussion melody musical instrument.

In one embodiment, wherein the human-machine interface comprises a graphical user interface and the mode option is at least one graphical element in the graphical user interface.

In one embodiment, wherein the graphical user interface further comprises a function menu graphical element, wherein the function menu graphical element comprises a graphical element associated with one or more settings of a volume selection, a sound effect switch, a record switch, a metronome switch.

In one embodiment, wherein the graphical user interface further comprises graphical elements for setting performance areas of the electronic percussive melody instrument, wherein each performance mode corresponds to at least one performance area setting.

In one embodiment, the controller is further configured to: in response to receiving a performance signal from the electronic percussion melody instrument, sound source data corresponding to the performance signal is determined in accordance with the selected performance mode and the set performance area so as to obtain a sound effect of the simulated electronic percussion melody instrument using the sound source data.

In one embodiment, further comprising: an internal memory connected to the controller and configured to store sound source data of the different electronic percussion melody instruments; and/or an external memory interface for connecting an external memory storing sound source data of the different electronic percussion melody instruments.

In one embodiment, wherein the source data comprises source data for one or more of a xylophone, a tremolo, a marimba, a celesta, and a chime.

In one embodiment, wherein the human-machine interface is disposed at the electronic percussion melody musical instrument, the smartphone, the computer and/or the cloud server.

In another aspect, the present invention also provides an electronic percussion melody musical instrument, including: an electronic percussion melody instrument body on which striking areas are arranged and which generate a performance signal when played; and the device for the electronic percussion melody musical instrument, wherein the device controls the body of the electronic percussion melody musical instrument through the man-machine interface so that the electronic percussion melody musical instrument simulates the sound effect of different electronic percussion melody musical instruments in different playing modes.

Through the above statement of the solution of the present invention, it can be understood that the device of the present invention can be used in electronic percussion melody musical instruments and control electronic percussion melody musical instruments through man-machine interface. For example, the user can select the required playing mode through the man-machine interface, and the controller in the device of the utility model can determine the sound source data of the playing signal of the corresponding percussion melody musical instrument according to the selected playing mode, thereby simulating the sound effect of the corresponding percussion melody musical instrument when the player performs the playing operation. Further, the utility model discloses a device can be connected with electron percussion melody musical instrument through wireless or wired mode to make the control to electron percussion melody musical instrument more nimble and convenient and show promotion user experience from this. Additionally, the utility model discloses a device can also set up the performance region under the different modes through human-computer interface, and the controller confirms corresponding sound source data according to the performance mode of selection and the performance region that sets up to different players have been satisfied to the multiple user demand of electron percussion melody musical instrument.

Drawings

The above and other objects, features and advantages of exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure will become readily apparent from the following detailed description read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. Several embodiments of the present disclosure are illustrated by way of example, and not by way of limitation, in the figures of the accompanying drawings and in which like reference numerals refer to similar or corresponding parts and in which:

fig. 1 is a schematic diagram showing the composition of an apparatus for an electronic percussion melody musical instrument according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating a transmission interface configured in an apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating one implementation of a human-machine interface according to an embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating another implementation of a human-machine interface according to an embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a function menu graphical element according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a diagram showing graphic elements for setting a performance area according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a schematic view showing the arrangement of the playing area 1 of the electronic percussion melody musical instrument according to the embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 8 is a schematic view showing the arrangement of the playing area 2 of the electronic percussion melody musical instrument according to the embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 9 is a schematic diagram illustrating a device storage structure according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 10 is a schematic diagram illustrating a sound source data storage according to an embodiment of the present invention; and

fig. 11 is a schematic view showing an electronic percussion melody musical instrument according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

The technical solution in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. It is to be understood that the embodiments described are only some of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of them. Based on the embodiments in the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by the person skilled in the art without creative work belong to the protection scope of the present invention.

The percussive melody musical instrument sounds by striking a striking area such as a key made of a vibration material. Correspondingly, the electronic percussion melody musical instrument can also be designed by detecting vibration signals and position signals at keys, so as to simulate the sound effect of the corresponding percussion melody musical instrument by processing such signals. In order to collect signals during playing, the electronic percussion melody instrument can be provided with various types of sensors for detecting vibration signals, position signals and the like in a striking area (such as a key area) correspondingly, so that sound effects of different instruments can be simulated according to the detected playing signals. In particular, by detecting the striking process of the striking area, the sensor can convert the mechanical energy produced by the strike into electrical energy in the form of an electrical current. Here, the magnitude of the current may be different depending on the force of the tap. Thereafter, the controller in the electronic percussion melody instrument may determine sound source data corresponding to the tap zone from the current signal, and generate and output a corresponding sound effect through the playback device.

As known to those skilled in the art, current percussive melodic instruments are of a wide variety of types including, for example, xylophones, tremolo, marimba, and bells. The number of keys of each percussion melody musical instrument is different, and in the case of marimba alone, the number of keys is at least 6, and the number of keys of xylophone, tremolo and the like is different from that of marimba. In addition, some electronic percussion melody instruments are provided with structures such as a resonance tube, fan blades, a rotator and the like, so that the percussion melody instruments are large in size and inconvenient to carry. In view of the foregoing situation of the percussion melody musical instruments, players desire to realize the playing experience and the playing sound effect of playing one of a plurality of electronic percussion melody musical instruments on one electronic percussion melody musical instrument. Thus, on the one hand, the player does not need to purchase different instruments separately for playing different electronic percussion melody instruments, thereby significantly reducing the cost of the playing operation. On the other hand, since a plurality of electronic percussion melody instruments are not required, the player can install only one electronic percussion melody instrument, thereby facilitating arrangement of the instruments and significantly reducing the occupied space.

To this end, the present invention proposes a device for an electronic percussion melody musical instrument to realize a multifunctional electronic percussion melody musical instrument. Specifically, the user can control the body of the electronic percussion melody musical instrument by using the man-machine interface in the apparatus of the present invention, for example, to select a performance mode. Further, in the selected performance mode, the controller may determine sound source data corresponding to the performance signal from the received performance signal of the electronic percussion melody instrument and instruct the output device to play, thereby achieving a performance effect of one of the plurality of electronic percussion melody instruments on one electronic percussion melody instrument.

Various embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram showing the composition of an apparatus 100 for an electronic percussion melody musical instrument according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, device 100 may include a human machine interface 110 and a controller 120. In one embodiment, the human-machine interface 110 may be connected to the electronic percussion melody musical instrument 200 to enable human-machine interaction with the electronic percussion melody musical instrument 200. Specifically, the human-machine interface 110 may include at least a mode option for selecting a performance mode of the electronic percussion melody instrument 200, and wherein different performance modes of the electronic percussion melody instrument may simulate the sound effects of different percussion melody instruments. In one embodiment, the controller 120 may be configured to receive a user selection of a mode for playing the electronic percussion melody instrument via a mode option. Further, in response to the received performance signal from the electronic percussion melody instrument 200, the aforementioned controller 120 may determine sound source data corresponding to the performance signal according to the selected performance mode, so as to obtain the sound effect of the simulated electronic percussion melody instrument using the sound source data.

As for the above mode options, according to different application scenarios, the human-machine interface 110 of the present embodiment may be provided with a mode option for selecting sound effects of electronic percussion melody instruments such as xylophone, tremolo or marimba. Before playing, the user can select any one of the aforementioned mode options as desired. Taking marimbas as an example, when playing, the controller 120 determines the sound source data of marimbas corresponding to the playing signal according to the received playing signal from the electronic percussion melody musical instrument 200 and the selected playing mode as the mode option of marimbas, so that the subsequent electronic percussion melody musical instrument 200 can simulate the sound effect of marimbas according to the determined sound source data conveniently. The performance signal here may include information on the strength, position, and time at which the key is depressed or struck. In different application scenarios, the aforementioned performance signal may be collected by one or more sensors arranged in the electronic percussion melody instrument body (described later below) of the present invention.

In order to connect the device 100 of the present invention with the electronic percussion melody musical instrument 200, the present invention can further configure a transmission interface 130 as shown in fig. 2 in the aforementioned device 100. In one embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, the transmission interface 130 is configured to allow the controller 120 to connect with the electronic percussion melody instrument 200 in a wireless or wired manner so as to control the electronic percussion melody instrument 200. In one embodiment, the aforementioned transmission Interface 130 may be a wired transmission Interface, and the wired transmission Interface may include one or more of a Musical Instrument Digital Interface ("MIDI"), a General-purpose I/O Interface ("GPIO"), a high-speed Serial computer extended bus Interface ("PCIE"), a Serial Peripheral Interface ("SPI"), a Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter ("UART"), and an optical fiber Interface. In one application scenario, the user establishes connection between the wired transmission interface configured in the device 100 and the wired transmission interface in the electronic percussion melody musical instrument 200 through the transmission line, thereby establishing the connection relationship between the device 100 for electronic percussion melody musical instrument and the electronic percussion melody musical instrument 200 according to the present invention.

In some embodiments, the transmission interface 130 may also be a wireless transmission interface, corresponding to the transmission interface 130 being a wired transmission interface. The wireless transmission interface may be one or more of a bluetooth interface, an infrared interface, a WIFI interface, and the like. Through the setting of wireless transmission interface, the utility model discloses a device 100 can set up with the body separation of electron percussion melody musical instrument 200. This separate arrangement makes the installation of the device 100 and the electronic percussion melody musical instrument 200 more flexible, and facilitates the transportation and carrying of the user. In an implementation scenario, the wireless transmission interface is configured in the apparatus 100 for electronic percussion melody musical instrument of the present invention, and the wireless transmission interface is a bluetooth interface as an example, so that the user can realize the remote control of the electronic percussion melody musical instrument 200 through the aforementioned apparatus 100. In another implementation scenario, the wireless transmission interface is configured as a WiFi interface, so that the device 100 for electronic percussion melody instruments can overcome the space limitation and realize the remote control of the electronic percussion melody instrument 200.

In one exemplary implementation scenario, the human-machine interface 110 of the present invention may include a graphical user interface. In this scenario, the aforementioned mode option of the present invention may be at least one graphical element in the graphical user interface. To facilitate a better understanding of the human-machine interface 110, reference will now be made to the human-machine interface 110 shown in fig. 3 and 4. As shown in fig. 3, in one implementation scenario, the graphical user interface may be implemented via a touch screen, and the user selects the performance mode by touching a mode option displayed on the touch screen. When the touch screen is used for selecting the graphic elements in the graphic user interface, the graphic elements of the mode options can be one or more combined graphic elements of the mode options such as xylophone, tremolo or marimban. When the user clicks the mode option, different playing modes can be switched by adopting a repeated clicking mode. Or setting a next level submenu for the graphic elements of the mode options, and further selecting the required playing mode by selecting the mode option in the next level submenu after the user selects the mode option.

Further, the layout, color matching and layout style of the graphic elements in the graphical user interface may be in various forms, and the graphic elements include, but are not limited to, one or more of windows, buttons, menus and the like. In an implementation scenario, the graphic elements can be moved according to the needs of the user, and the commonly used graphic elements are arranged at obvious positions or positions which are easy to click. Additionally or alternatively, the user may set different graphic elements to different colors or different shapes for better distinguishing the graphic elements, so as to bring more flexible and friendly human-computer interaction experience to the user.

In another implementation scenario, as shown in fig. 4, the human-machine interface 110 may be implemented by means of a display 401 and a button 402 (or a mouse), and the user presses the button associated with the mode option to select the mode option on the display, so as to input the performance mode selected by the user into the controller 120. In the human-machine interface 110, the buttons 402 in the graphical user interface are arranged in two rows, or may be arranged in three rows. In some application scenarios, the keys may also be set to different sizes, and the frequently used keys are set to be larger and the less frequently used keys are set to be relatively smaller according to the frequency of use. In practical application, a plurality of different layout forms can be provided according to the use habits of users.

In one embodiment, the graphical user interface may also include a function menu graphical element. In one embodiment, the aforementioned function menu graphical elements may be in the form as shown in FIG. 5. As shown in fig. 5, the function menu graphical elements may include graphical elements associated with one or more of volume selection, sound effect switch, record switch, metronome switch settings. Furthermore, the function menu graphic elements may also include corresponding graphic elements such as up, down, select, exit, etc., and the user may configure the function menu graphic elements according to actual needs. In some scenarios, the aforementioned function menu graphical elements may also be increased or decreased. The graphical elements of the plurality of function menus may be integrated into one graphical element or may be provided separately. In addition, a function menu graphic element can be set as a main graphic element, and then sub-elements can be set for the function menu graphic element, wherein the sub-elements at least comprise one or more associated graphic elements of volume selection, sound effect switch, recording switch and metronome switch.

In addition to the graphic elements, the function menu graphic elements, etc. of the above mode options, in order to further enrich the functions of the aforementioned device 100, the present invention can further provide a graphic element for selecting the playing area in the graphic user interface. In one embodiment, the above graphical user interface may further comprise graphical elements for setting the performance areas of the electronic percussion melody instrument 200, wherein each performance mode corresponds to at least one performance area setting. In order to more vividly describe the setting of the graphic elements of the playing area of the present invention, the following description will be made in detail with reference to the schematic diagrams of the setting of the graphic elements of the playing area shown in fig. 6 to 8 and the setting of the playing area on the electronic percussion melody musical instrument 200.

In one embodiment, the human-machine interface of the present invention may also be arranged as shown in fig. 6, that is, may further include graphic elements (performance areas 1 and 2 as exemplarily shown in the figure) provided with respect to the performance area. How to select the playing area by using the man-machine interface shown in fig. 6 will be explained below by taking marimba as an example. As described above, the marimban may have different key numbers according to different performance scenes. According to the utility model discloses a scheme can be in to these different key numbers the utility model discloses a divide different performance areas on the electron percussion melody musical instrument to the different key numbers that correspond to marimba respectively. According to the number of keys of marimba described above, the performance areas may include six different performance area settings of the performance area 1 corresponding to 49 keys, the performance area 2 corresponding to 52 keys, the performance area 3 corresponding to 56 keys, the performance area 4 corresponding to 61 keys, the performance area 5 corresponding to 66 keys, and the performance area 6 corresponding to 69 keys. After the user selects the marimba from the mode options corresponding to each playing mode, a proper playing area can be further selected according to requirements, so that the controller can conveniently call sound source data according to the playing mode and the playing area.

In an exemplary implementation scenario, taking two different styles of playing regions of marimba as an example, the two playing regions respectively correspond to playing region 1 (portion 701 included by a dotted line in the figure) shown in fig. 7 and playing region 2 (portion 801 included by a dotted line in the figure) shown in fig. 8. After the user selects the performance mode and the performance area, the controller 120 of the apparatus 100 responds to the performance signal generated when the user performs on the electronic percussion melody instrument 200, and the controller 120 of the apparatus 100 determines the sound source data corresponding to the performance signal according to the selected performance mode and the performance area. In one scenario, if a key is included in both the playing area 1 and the playing area 2, the sound source data obtained by the controller 120 through calling are different when the user strikes the same key due to the different selected playing areas, so as to generate different sound outputs when simulating the sound effect of a certain percussive melody instrument. In one scenario, after the user selects a playing area, the controller may also choose not to do any further processing if a key other than that playing area is struck. It is to be understood that the playing areas in the above-described drawings show only a partial, not an entire playing area of the electronic percussion melody musical instrument for the purpose of illustration only. In addition, the setting of the playing area is illustrative and not restrictive, and those skilled in the art may set other different forms of playing areas according to different application scenarios or actual conditions.

In one embodiment, in response to receiving the performance signal from the electronic percussion melody instrument 200, the controller 120 may be further configured to determine sound source data corresponding to the performance signal according to the selected performance mode and the set performance area, so as to obtain the sound effect of the simulated electronic percussion melody instrument 200 using the sound source data. For example, in one implementation scenario, the user selects marimba as desired and sets the playing area 1. When a performance is performed on the electronic percussion melody instrument 200, the controller 120 of the aforementioned apparatus 100 determines the sound source data corresponding to the performance signal according to the selected marimbap performance mode and the set performance area 1 in response to receiving the performance signal from the electronic percussion melody instrument 200, thereby facilitating the subsequent process of simulating the sound effect of the electronic percussion melody instrument 200 using the sound source data. If the user selects the performance area 2, the controller 120 of the apparatus 100 in the present embodiment determines the sound source data corresponding to the performance signal according to the selected marimban performance mode and the set performance area 2 in response to the reception of the performance signal from the electronic percussion melody musical instrument 200 while the performance is being performed on the electronic percussion melody musical instrument 200. It is understood that the sound source data of the present invention and the different playing regions described above have a one-to-one correspondence relationship, and the relationship can be expressed by a mapping table, for example. Based on the mapping relationship, the controller 120 may retrieve the corresponding sound source data according to the position information in the performance signal and in combination with the performance mode and the performance area selected by the user after receiving the performance signal from the electronic percussion melody instrument 200.

In one embodiment, the device 100 of the present invention further comprises a storage structure arrangement. In one implementation scenario, the apparatus 100 of the present invention includes at least an internal memory 140 and an external memory 150 as shown in fig. 9. The internal memory is connected to the controller 120 and is configured to store sound source data of different electronic percussion melody instruments. The internal memory 140 may be one or more of registers, cache memory, and main memory storage devices, depending on the application scenario. With such an arrangement, the user can write desired sound source data in advance into the internal memory of the apparatus 100 in the present embodiment, so that the controller 120 retrieves the sound source data of the corresponding key in accordance with the performance signal and the performance mode.

In addition to the above-described manner of setting the internal memory 140 to store the sound source data, an external memory interface 150 may be provided in the present embodiment, and the external memory interface 150 is used to connect external memories storing sound source data of different electronic percussive melody instruments. In some scenarios, the external memory may be a hard disk, a floppy disk, a ZIP disk, a usb disk, a tape, etc. Through the setting of the external memory interface 150, the user can update the sound source data at any time according to the requirement, and can also select the sound source data of different types of percussion melody musical instruments to be stored according to the requirement, thereby effectively improving the user experience.

In one embodiment, the sound source data includes sound source data for one or more of xylophone (xylophone), vibrato (vibraphone), marimba (marimba), celesta (celesta), and glockenspiel. In order to facilitate understanding of the sound source data, the present embodiment will be described with reference to a sound source data storage diagram shown in fig. 10. The sound source data [0] to sound source data [ n ] represent waveform data, wherein the sound source data [0] is waveform data of the lowest pitch, and the sound source data [ n ] is waveform data of the highest pitch, wherein the sound source data correspond to the keys one by one, and the value of n depends on the number of the keys. In addition, the sound source data also comprises note numbers, tone parameters, sound effects and the like, wherein the tone parameters comprise waveform addresses, frequency data, envelope data and the like. When the user performs, the controller 120 in the aforementioned apparatus 100 calls the corresponding sound source data to output by analyzing the key position, vibration intensity, signal generation time, and other information in the performance signal, so that the electronic percussive melody instrument simulates the sound signal in the corresponding performance mode.

In one embodiment, the human-machine interface 110 may be disposed at the electronic percussion melody instrument, the smart phone, the computer, and/or the cloud server. In one application scenario, the human-machine interface 110 may be disposed at the electronic percussion melody instrument 200, including disposing the human-machine interface 110 on the electronic percussion melody instrument 200, or integrating the human-machine interface 110 into the control panel of the electronic percussion melody instrument 200 and directly connecting with the control chip of the electronic percussion melody instrument 200. In another application scenario, the human-computer interface 110 may be installed in the smart phone in an APP manner, or the human-computer interface 110 may be implemented in a computer or a cloud server through corresponding software and a web page, and a connection may be established with the electronic percussion melody musical instrument 200 in a wireless communication manner, so that a space limitation on a control process of the electronic percussion melody musical instrument is overcome, and a better application effect may be achieved in a plurality of application scenarios such as online teaching and remote training. Moreover, manufacturers do not need to specially produce corresponding hardware devices for human-computer interaction, which is convenient for the mass production of the device 100.

The working principle of the device of the present invention will be further described below by taking the control of different playing effects of marimba and xylophone on an electronic percussion melody musical instrument as an example. And the user selects the playing mode of the marimba from the mode options of the human-computer interface so as to control the electronic percussion melody instrument body to work in the playing mode of the marimba. The player plays in the hitting area of the electronic percussion melody instrument body, and various playing signals generated in the playing process of the player are sensed by the detection device on the electronic percussion melody instrument body, and the playing signals at least comprise playing signals such as position signals, force signals, knocking time and the like of keys. Then the detection device converts the performance signal into a corresponding electric signal and outputs the electric signal after detecting the performance signal. The utility model discloses in be arranged in controller and electron percussion melody musical instrument communication connection among the device of electron percussion melody musical instrument to acquire the above-mentioned signal of telecommunication that the performance signal corresponds. The utility model discloses a controller in the device is after receiving above-mentioned performance signal, according to the performance mode that the user selected through human-computer interface, transfers the sound source data that this key corresponds from memory (internal memory or external memory) to confirm the sound source data that this performance signal received corresponds. After the specific sound source data are determined, the sound effect of the marimba can be conveniently simulated by utilizing the sound source data subsequently.

Further, since the number of keys of the marimba has at least the aforementioned 6 cases, the marimba is provided corresponding to at least 6 different playing areas. After the user selects the playing mode of the marimba from the mode options of the human-computer interface and before the setting is confirmed to be completed, the user can further select a proper playing area according to the playing requirement, and if the playing area 3 corresponding to the 56 keys is selected, the controller controls the electronic percussion melody musical instrument body according to the selected playing mode and controls the electronic percussion melody musical instrument by combining the selected playing area. Specifically, the specific process of the controller determining the sound source data according to the selected performance mode and performance region has been described in detail in the foregoing embodiments, and is not described herein again.

In addition to the above-described selection of the playing mode of marimba, if the user wants to switch to the playing effect of xylophone, the electronic percussion melody musical instrument is switched to the playing mode of xylophone by switching the mode option on the human-computer interface, thereby controlling the electronic percussion melody musical instrument to switch to the sound effect of xylophone. When a player plays by using the electronic percussion melody instrument, the controller determines that the playing signals correspond to the sound source data of the xylophone according to the received playing signals formed by the player in the striking area and the selected playing mode of the xylophone, so that the playing sound effect of the xylophone is simulated and output through the playing equipment.

Further, the utility model discloses a human-computer interface can also provide the regional setting of different performances under different performance modes. According to the preference of the user, different playing areas in the xylophone playing mode can be set through the human-computer interface. The playing area may, for example, pick up an area that is easier for the user to hit in the entire key area. It is to be understood that there is a one-to-one correspondence relationship between the sound source data stored in the internal memory or the external memory and the aforementioned different performance areas, and the relationship may be expressed by a mapping table, for example, and the mapping table may be stored in the internal memory or the external memory together with the aforementioned sound source data. When playing, the controller can call corresponding sound source data according to the position information in the playing signal and combining the playing mode selected by the user and the playing area after receiving the playing signal from the electronic percussion melody instrument.

According to the above technical scheme put forward the utility model discloses a device for electron percussion melody musical instrument, the user passes through the performance mode that human-computer interface selection needs, and the controller is according to the performance signal of the performance mode of selecting and the electron percussion melody musical instrument that receives, confirms the sound source data that the performance signal corresponds, has realized just can support the performance effect of multiple percussion melody musical instrument on an electron percussion melody musical instrument. Through the utility model discloses in be used for the setting of electron percussion melody musical instrument, the user can see through different selections on human-computer interface, controls electron percussion melody musical instrument, adjusts the performance mode of electron percussion melody musical instrument to simulate out different percussion melody musical instruments such as xylophone, tremolo musical instrument, marimba.

In addition, the utility model discloses a scheme still provides an electron percussion melody musical instrument. For the convenience of understanding, the internal components of the electronic percussion melody musical instrument according to the present invention are explained in detail in the structure as shown in fig. 11. In one embodiment, the electronic percussion melody instrument may include an electronic percussion melody instrument body and the aforementioned apparatus 100 for an electronic percussion melody instrument. The electronic percussion melody musical instrument may be provided with striking areas, and the striking areas can generate a performance signal when performing. The apparatus 100 for electronic percussion melody musical instruments can control the body of the electronic percussion melody musical instrument through the human-machine interface 110, so that the electronic percussion melody musical instrument can simulate the sound effects of different electronic percussion melody musical instruments in different playing modes.

It is to be understood that the above-described electronic percussion melody instrument body should also have a generally general electronic percussion melody instrument configuration, and may include a body, the surface of which may be arranged with a plurality of keys. The module such as the keys of the electronic percussion melody musical instrument is not limited to using special wood any more, can be made of metal or composite materials, and is more convenient for industrial production. The aforementioned electronic percussion melody instrument body should further include a playing device for outputting a tone signal. The playing device may be a speaker including a power amplifier so that the output organ sound signal is amplified and played back in the form of sound. Further, the body may include a cavity, inside which the power supply module and other accessory circuit board modules may be accommodated. The external surface of the body is also provided with various external transmission interfaces so as to be conveniently connected with other external equipment.

In addition, the electronic percussion melody instrument body may be provided with a detection device for detecting a performance signal generated when the player strikes the striking area, for sensing a physical response of the player to the key strike and converting the physical response into an electrical signal. In one implementation scenario, the detection device may be a magnetic induction area disposed in the hitting area, and the magnetic induction area may be disposed under the key in close contact with the key, so as to generate a corresponding detection signal by using an electromagnetic signal sensed during playing. Specifically, the magnetic induction area is set as a hitting area of a key of the electronic percussion melody instrument, so that non-contact triggering is realized to generate a corresponding detection signal. In some other implementation scenarios, the detection device may also be provided with one or more detection devices, such as a pressure sensor, a vibration sensor, a position sensor, a capacitance sensing circuit, and an ultrasonic sensor, at a position close to the key, so as to detect the performance signal formed in the foregoing hitting area. When the key received pressure signal, given pressure to aforementioned sensor to these sensors produce corresponding signal of telecommunication as playing the signal according to pressure signal's size, are convenient for the controller among the device carries out corresponding processing according to this playing the signal. The types, the number and the layout mode of the detection devices can be flexibly configured according to actual needs and application scenes. In addition, above-mentioned detection device can also include corresponding sound absorbing material and filtering module etc to be convenient for acquire more accurate performance signal, promote user experience.

In the above description of the present specification, the terms "fixed," "mounted," "connected," or "connected," and the like, are to be construed broadly unless otherwise expressly specified or limited. For example, with the term "coupled", it can be fixedly coupled, detachably coupled, or integrally formed; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be directly connected or indirectly connected through intervening media, or they may be connected internally or in any other suitable relationship. Therefore, unless the specification explicitly defines otherwise, those skilled in the art can understand the specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention according to specific situations.

From the above description of the present specification, those skilled in the art will also understand the terms used below, terms indicating orientation or positional relationship such as "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "length", "width", "thickness", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "axial", "radial", "circumferential", "center", "longitudinal", "lateral", "clockwise" or "counterclockwise" are based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings of the present specification, it is for the purpose of facilitating the explanation of the invention and simplifying the description, and it is not intended to state or imply that the devices or elements involved must be in the particular orientation described, constructed and operated, therefore, the above terms of orientation or positional relationship should not be interpreted or interpreted as limiting the present invention. In addition, the terms "first" or "second", etc. used in this specification are used to refer to numbers or ordinal terms for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one of the feature. In the description of the present specification, "a plurality" means at least two, for example, two, three or more, and the like, unless specifically defined otherwise.

While various embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described herein, it will be obvious to those skilled in the art that such embodiments are provided by way of example only. Numerous modifications, changes, and substitutions will occur to those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. It should be understood that various alternatives to the embodiments of the invention described herein may be employed in practicing the invention. The following claims are intended to define the scope of the invention and, therefore, to cover module compositions, equivalents, or alternatives falling within the scope of these claims.

Claims

1. An apparatus for an electronic percussive melodic instrument, comprising:

a human-machine interface coupled to the electronic percussion melody musical instrument and configured to interact with the electronic percussion melody musical instrument, wherein the human-machine interface includes at least a mode option for selecting a performance mode of the electronic percussion melody musical instrument, and wherein different performance modes of the electronic percussion melody musical instrument simulate sound effects of different electronic percussion melody musical instruments;

a controller configured to:

receiving a user selection of a playing mode of the electronic percussion melody instrument through the mode option; and

in response to receiving the performance signal from the electronic percussion melody instrument, sound source data corresponding to the performance signal is determined according to the selected performance mode so as to obtain the sound effect of the simulated electronic percussion melody instrument using the sound source data.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

a transmission interface configured to connect the controller with the electronic percussion melody musical instrument in a wireless or wired manner so as to control the electronic percussion melody musical instrument.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the human-machine interface comprises a graphical user interface, and wherein the mode option is at least one graphical element in the graphical user interface.

4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the graphical user interface further comprises a function menu graphical element, wherein the function menu graphical element comprises a graphical element associated with one or more settings of a volume selection, a sound effect switch, a record switch, and a metronome switch.

5. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein said graphical user interface further comprises graphical elements for setting performance areas of said electronic percussive melodic instruments, wherein each performance mode corresponds to at least one performance area setting.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the controller is further configured to:

in response to receiving a performance signal from the electronic percussion melody instrument, sound source data corresponding to the performance signal is determined in accordance with the selected performance mode and the set performance area so as to obtain a sound effect of the simulated electronic percussion melody instrument using the sound source data.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

an internal memory connected to the controller and configured to store sound source data of the different electronic percussion melody instruments; and/or

An external memory interface for connecting an external memory storing sound source data of the different electronic percussion melody instruments.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the audio source data comprises audio source data for one or more of a xylophone, a tremolo, a marimbap, a celesta, and a chime.

9. The apparatus of any one of claims 1-8, wherein the human-machine interface is disposed at an electronic percussive melodic instrument, a smartphone, a computer, and/or a cloud server.

10. An electronic percussion melody musical instrument, comprising:

an electronic percussion melody instrument body on which striking areas are arranged and which generate a performance signal when played; and

the apparatus for an electronic percussion melody instrument of any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein said apparatus controls said electronic percussion melody instrument body via said human-machine interface so that said electronic percussion melody instrument simulates sound effects of different electronic percussion melody instruments in different performance modes.