EP0264512A1 - Digital-Analog-Umsetzungskreis - Google Patents

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EP0264512A1
EP0264512A1 EP86402371A EP86402371A EP0264512A1 EP 0264512 A1 EP0264512 A1 EP 0264512A1 EP 86402371 A EP86402371 A EP 86402371A EP 86402371 A EP86402371 A EP 86402371A EP 0264512 A1 EP0264512 A1 EP 0264512A1
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Christian J. Deforeit
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Hohner Electronique SA
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
    • G10H—ELECTROPHONIC 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
    • G10H1/00—Details of electrophonic musical instruments
    • G10H1/02—Means for controlling the tone frequencies, e.g. attack or decay; Means for producing special musical effects, e.g. vibratos or glissandos
    • G10H1/06—Circuits for establishing the harmonic content of tones, or other arrangements for changing the tone colour
    • G10H1/12—Circuits for establishing the harmonic content of tones, or other arrangements for changing the tone colour by filtering complex waveforms

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  • the present invention relates to electronic musical instruments and in particular to a digital-to-analog converter circuit by means of which samples of a complex audio waveform produced by digital circuitry of the instrument are converted into the respective audio waveform.
  • Modern electronic musical instruments as electronic organs, comprise memories for one or several wave forms from which amplitude samples are read under the control of signals produced by the player via at least one manual, stops, tabs, and switches.
  • the output of the digital part of the circuitry is a data stream comprised of pulses having equal durations, the magnitude of the pulses being representative of the sample amplitude, and the repetition frequency of the pulses being representative of the audio frequency to be produced.
  • the respective D-A-converter is usually a simple RC lowpass. If, however, the pulses each represent the amplitude difference of the respective sample relative to the preceding sample, the D-A-converter comprises an integrator circuit including an operational amplifier.
  • the audio signal is passed via filters and amplifiers to a loudspeaker system so that, for example, the character of the sound may be affected at will. Frequently, the "brilliance" of the sound is to be modified. "Brilliance” means that in a sound comprising treble and bass compo nent, the treble components are emphasized.
  • the player once selects a particular bass/treble balance, and this is automatically adapted during play with a tendency to more "brilliance".
  • the converter circuit according to the invention is defined in patent claim 1. Surprising enough, the complex effects outlined above require only a simple RC network provided that its time constant be substantially longer than the duration of each pulse. It is preferred to have this time constant in the order of magnitude of one period of the highest audio frequency to be produced. With such figures, the magnitude of the analog signal on the capacitor is sufficiently high to provide a satisfactory signal to noise ration.
  • the attached drawing is a simplified circuit diagram of the converter circuit according to the invention.
  • Block 10 symbolizes the digital circuitry of an electronic organ adapted to produce a pulse sequence wherein all pulses are of identical duration (or "width"), the repetition frequency is commensurate with the audio frequency to be generated, and the pulse magnitude is representative of the amplitude difference of successive wave form samples.
  • the pulse duration in the embodiment, is 300 nanoseconds for each pulse.
  • Block 12 symbolizes a multiplex switch, e.g. of the CMOS type 4051. Its purpose is to decouple block 10 from the converter during interpulse intervals so to make the pulse feeding circuitry have a high output impedance.
  • the very converter comprises resistor R having a value of 3.9 KiloOhm and a shunt capacitor C of 22 nanoFarad in the present embodiment.
  • One terminal of the capacitor is connected to ground as reference potential.
  • An amplifier 14 having a high input impedance is connected to the R-C-junction.

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  • Electrophonic Musical Instruments (AREA)
EP86402371A 1986-10-23 1986-10-23 Digital-Analog-Umsetzungskreis Withdrawn EP0264512A1 (de)

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2605361A (en) * 1950-06-29 1952-07-29 Bell Telephone Labor Inc Differential quantization of communication signals
US4111090A (en) * 1976-10-18 1978-09-05 Kawai Musical Instrument Mfg. Co. Ltd. Noise reduction circuit for a digital tone generator
DE3004720A1 (de) * 1979-02-09 1980-08-21 Shuichi Takahashi Elektronisches musikinstrument

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2605361A (en) * 1950-06-29 1952-07-29 Bell Telephone Labor Inc Differential quantization of communication signals
US4111090A (en) * 1976-10-18 1978-09-05 Kawai Musical Instrument Mfg. Co. Ltd. Noise reduction circuit for a digital tone generator
DE3004720A1 (de) * 1979-02-09 1980-08-21 Shuichi Takahashi Elektronisches musikinstrument

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