EP1745461B1 - Dispositif et procede pour accorder automatiquement un instrument a cordes, notamment une guitare - Google Patents

Dispositif et procede pour accorder automatiquement un instrument a cordes, notamment une guitare Download PDF

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EP1745461B1
EP1745461B1 EP05701037A EP05701037A EP1745461B1 EP 1745461 B1 EP1745461 B1 EP 1745461B1 EP 05701037 A EP05701037 A EP 05701037A EP 05701037 A EP05701037 A EP 05701037A EP 1745461 B1 EP1745461 B1 EP 1745461B1
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    • G10D—STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; WIND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACCORDIONS OR CONCERTINAS; PERCUSSION MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; AEOLIAN HARPS; SINGING-FLAME MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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    • G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
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    • G10D1/00—General design of stringed musical instruments
    • G10D1/04—Plucked or strummed string instruments, e.g. harps or lyres
    • G10D1/05—Plucked or strummed string instruments, e.g. harps or lyres with fret boards or fingerboards
    • G10D1/08—Guitars
    • G10D1/085—Mechanical design of electric guitars
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
    • G10D—STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; WIND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACCORDIONS OR CONCERTINAS; PERCUSSION MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; AEOLIAN HARPS; SINGING-FLAME MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • G10D3/00—Details of, or accessories for, stringed musical instruments, e.g. slide-bars
    • G10D3/12—Anchoring devices for strings, e.g. tail pieces or hitchpins
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
    • G10D—STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; WIND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACCORDIONS OR CONCERTINAS; PERCUSSION MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; AEOLIAN HARPS; SINGING-FLAME MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • G10D3/00—Details of, or accessories for, stringed musical instruments, e.g. slide-bars
    • G10D3/14—Tuning devices, e.g. pegs, pins, friction discs or worm gears
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
    • G10G—REPRESENTATION OF MUSIC; RECORDING MUSIC IN NOTATION FORM; ACCESSORIES FOR MUSIC OR MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, e.g. SUPPORTS
    • G10G7/00—Other auxiliary devices or accessories, e.g. conductors' batons or separate holders for resin or strings
    • G10G7/02—Tuning forks or like devices

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  • the present invention relates to a device for automatically tuning a stringed instrument according to the preamble of claim 1. It further relates to a method for automatically tuning a stringed instrument according to the preamble of claim 11.
  • the tuning of instruments generally requires not only a trained ear a lot of time, which must be applied in particular by untrained, for example, hobby instrumentalists.
  • the musician works with a tuning fork, which sets the desired tone by striking and adjusts the pitch of the respective string by changing the string length or string tension. By repeatedly striking the string and the tuning fork, the result is adjusted until the desired tuning of the string is achieved. Based on this mood then the other strings are tuned.
  • the strings of the instruments regularly tuned because of the constant resilience of the material Otherwise, the strings are also variable in length depending on the climatic conditions (a guitar string stretches on the stage of a concert room with the heat and humid air compared to the proportions in the comparatively dry and cool practice room) is a frequent one Voices required. Even after putting on new strings they have to be tuned.
  • the system is to be welcomed in so far as it allows a speedy and automatic tuning and so in particular untrained musicians, but also the professionals a great deal of effort decreases.
  • the system has a not insignificant disadvantage. It is large and chunky overall and requires considerable changes to the body of the guitar, which on the one hand have an influence on their acoustics (sound) and on the other hand on their handling (because of the changed weight). Apart from that, the look of the guitar is changed in a significant way.
  • the invention proceeds. It has for its object to provide an improved device so far, which can be integrated into an instrument, in particular a guitar, with minimal influence on the sound properties and with as few and small elements. Furthermore, a method for automatic tuning of a stringed instrument is to be specified, which meets these requirements.
  • the core idea of the invention is to supply at least parts of the components of the device the required voltage supply via one or more of the strings.
  • the strings are designed conductive, they either consist of a conductive material or are wrapped with such and / or coated.
  • a power supply eg. In the form of a battery or its own supply connection.
  • the power supply can in this example on the Body supplied to the guitar and on the one or more guitar string (s) are continued to the head.
  • the components of the device are distributed on the instrument, and a bus line bridges the distance along the length of the strings.
  • a bus line bridges the distance along the length of the strings.
  • the head or neck also offers, albeit only little, space for the (subtle) attachment of other components.
  • means for adjusting the string length or tension arranged on guitars in any case can be used, which reduces the use of special parts. Overall, less additional components must be introduced into the instrument, for example the guitar.
  • the signal transmission via the bus line can, for example, via a conventional bus cable, but also wireless, for example. Via radio or infrared done.
  • the control signals between the seated on an instrument part control and the at least one drive preferably over the strings serving as bus lines are guided according to a development of the invention (claim 3).
  • the strings of stringed instruments consist in many cases of a conductive material (metal) or are wrapped in a thread of one. Alternatively, if the sound permits, they may be coated with a conductive material. This solution saves the use of additional lines that would need to be laid in the instrument body. In addition to the sound properties, the optics of the instrument are preserved. Thus, when multiple strings are to be used as a conductor, these are not electrically shorted together, elements over which the strings are performed together (eg.
  • the bridge on a guitar must be designed so that they isolate the strings against each other.
  • These elements may be made of a non-conductive material (eg. Ceramic) or coated with such, or it must be made other arrangements of the insulation (eg. Between ordered insulating, etc.).
  • the drive can be a motor, for example. Electric motor, but he can also work pneumatically or hydraulically.
  • the instrument is an electrically connected instrument to an amplifier (eg, an electric guitar)
  • an amplifier eg, an electric guitar
  • an already existing and connected to the amplifier pickup of the instrument can be used as (part of) the detection unit.
  • An interface gives the possibility of externally - and subsequently - to feed software into the device. Furthermore, various reference tunings can be entered into the memory device via the interface in order to be able to tune the instrument according to different schemes.
  • An as proposed in claim 6 embodiment of the device allows a stringwise tuning of the instrument. It can just as well a drive can be used, which can be switched by appropriate gear or similar devices for adjusting one string.
  • the device is formed as specified in claim 7, results in a particularly compact design. If the individual components are chosen as small as possible, they "disappear" almost in the overall impression of the instrument and do not disturb the musician when playing the same. In addition, it is not necessary to use external components when tuning the instrument, the musician can tune his instrument virtually anywhere and almost independently.
  • a development of the device according to claim 8 results in a redundant system.
  • the device can be operated even in case of defect of a string even further to the tuning of the instrument.
  • the method according to claim 11, as stated above, represents a solution of the above-mentioned object with regard to a method. It can preferably be operated with a device according to one of claims 1 to 10, but is not limited to such a device.
  • Claim 13 describes how preferably the strings of the instrument can be used as bus lines. As a result, no separate cables or other means of transmission (radio, infrared) must be installed.
  • a processing of the first digital signal as required in a development of the method according to claim 14 may be useful in order to reliably determine a pitch from this signal.
  • a determination of the fundamental frequency (pitch) of the first digital signal is preferably carried out with the aid of a mathematical frequency filter (claim 15).
  • a mathematical frequency filter (claim 15). This allows, in contrast to the otherwise common Fast Fourier Transformation (FFT) method, a faster and more accurate frequency determination from only one stop of the string. This is important because with only one stop of the string, the overtones that must be detected for an exact determination of the pitch (frequency), decay very quickly.
  • FFT Fast Fourier Transformation
  • FIGS. 1 to 4 is shown in various, partially enlarged views of an electric guitar 1, which is provided with a device according to the invention.
  • the electric guitar 1 can be roughly divided into the body 2, the bridge 3 and the head 4.
  • On the body are attached to the so-called tremolo system block 5, the strings 6a - 6f with their first ends (ball ends) and side by side on the Bridge 3 stretched to the head 4, where they are wound with their second ends on vertebrae 7 and set adjustable.
  • the vortices 7 are mechanically connected to wings 8, so that by turning the wing 8, the string end up on the vertebra 7 or can be unwound from this. This changes the tension or length of the string and tunes the guitar.
  • FIG. 1 a so-called pick-guard 9 can be seen, which is a kind of cover plate and under which a space is created in the body 2, in which the electronics of the electric guitar 1 is arranged. Below this pick guards 9 a belonging to the inventive device control chip is arranged in Fig. 2 is indicated schematically with 10.
  • Fig. 2 It can also be seen that at the head 4 of the electric guitar 1 on the mechanics of the wings 8, for example. Via a gear, attacking servomotors 11 are arranged.
  • the actuators belong to the device according to the invention and are connected in a manner to be described later with the control chip 10 for driving. With the motors, as an alternative to the manual over the wings 8, the vortex 7 is rotated and thus the tension of the strings 6a to 6f are adjusted.
  • FIGS. 3 and 4 is shown in another illustration, the electric guitar 1.
  • the pickups (pickups) 12 seated on the body 2 below the strings 6a to 6f can be seen, which convert the vibrations of the strings (and thus the sound produced by striking them) into an electrical signal.
  • These pickups 12 are also used later in a manner to be explained as part of the device according to the invention.
  • a potentiometer 13 is shown.
  • electric guitars have several such potentiometers for adjusting treble, bass, and volume.
  • the illustrated potentiometer 13 of the volume control is the illustrated potentiometer 13 of the volume control.
  • This special controller is for integrating the device according to the invention in the electric guitar. 1 not as a conventional potentiometer, but as a so-called push-pull potentiometer, which has an additional switching function.
  • FIGS. 5 and 6 is the tremolo system block 5 and are arranged on this rider 15 for guiding the specified in the tremolo system block 5 string ends.
  • Fig. 6 It can be seen how the strings 6a to 6f guided by holes 17 in the tremolo system block 15 and held at their ends thickening (ball ends) 18 at the lower edge of the holes 17.
  • an insulating sleeve 19 is used in each case, which is provided at its protruding from the bore 17 edge with an outwardly facing collar.
  • conductive discs 20 which contact the ball ends 18 of the strings 6a-6f. These disks are in turn connected to the lines 14 connected to the control chip 10 (shown here as 14a to 14f).
  • the strings 6a to 6f of the electric guitar 1 made of a conductive metal or wrapped with a conductive metal thread are electrically connected to the control chip 10.
  • FIGS. 5 (a) On the tremolo system block 5 are in the FIGS. 5 (a) attached to 5 (d) shown tab 15. About these run in the range of 16 designated rider inserts the pages.
  • the in Fig. 5 (d) magnified illustrated rider insert is in the in Fig. 5 (a) shown riders in the in the Fig. 5 (a) used recess shown right. Since the riders 15 and the riding inserts 16 in an electric guitar 1 regularly made of metal and thus of a conductive material, in order to avoid a short circuit between the electrically contacted via the lines 14 strings, the riding inserts 16, over which the strings 6a run until 6f, be isolated from each other. For this purpose, the in Fig. 5 (a) Isolated with 21 designated areas.
  • FIGS. 7 (a) to 7 (d) are once again details of the head 4 of the electric guitar 1 with the components arranged thereon of the device according to the invention to recognize, wherein Fig. 7 (d) a detail enlargement of the in Fig. 7 (c) represented by D area.
  • FIGS. 8 (a) to 8 (d) are the mechanical units for adjusting the string tension consisting of the vertebrae 7, the wings 8 and the servomotors 11 once again detached from the head 4 shown. It can be seen that all these units are seated on a common board 22, which contains further control elements for controlling the servomotors 11. About the metallic and thus conductive vortices 7, the strings are electrically connected to corresponding tracks on the board 22.
  • the inventive device for automatic tuning of the electric guitar 1 operates as follows:
  • the control chip 10 can now be issued by striking one of the strings commands.
  • the sounds generated by striking the strings are in an electric by the pickups 12 Signal converted, which is converted to a frequency in the controller.
  • the controller stores certain preprogrammed commands which are called up to a frequency within a certain tolerance. In this way, for example, the program for tuning one of the strings, z. B. the e-string 6f, are called. If the program is activated, the control chip loads from a memory a reference frequency for this string, which serves as a reference frequency.
  • the string is then possibly struck again, calculated the actual frequency from the converted by the pickup 12 signal in the control chip 10 and via the strings used as bus lines a signal to the board 22 or via this to the corresponding servo motor 11 for adjusting the String tension sent to reach the target frequency.
  • the control chip 10 monitors the change in the frequency and, when the setpoint frequency is reached, issues a stop signal to the servo motor 11. In this way, all the strings can be tuned one after the other.
  • a routine for calculating the actual frequency from the electrical signal of the pickup a mathematical frequency filter is used, as this can calculate the frequency very quickly and reliably.
  • control chip 10 different frequency specifications for the strings are given, depending on what kind of mood is currently to be selected (eg open tuning, etc.).
  • the strings 6f and 6e are transmitted The tension is chosen because the deep e-string and the a-string are the thickest strings of the electric guitar 1 and thus tear the least.
  • any two arbitrary bus lines can be freely controlled by the control chip 10. In this way, the system is redundant and can also work on one or even two broken strings of the strings 6a to 6d.
  • Light-emitting diodes on the body 2 can indicate the state of the control chip 10 or of the program sequence and thus simplify the handling of the device. Also here can be applied a "quick start", z.
  • a "quick start", z As with the display, by striking which of the strings 6a to 6f in which tone which commands are called.
  • the frequencies associated with the instructions may be managed by the control chip 10 to match the current tuning of the electric guitar, that is, the user must always strike the same string with the same grip to retrieve a command, no matter how the guitar and with it the string is tuned straight.
  • the power supply of the system takes place in this embodiment, externally via the amplifier cable, with which the guitar is already electrically connected to an amplifier.
  • Tonaderscnies constantly monitors the internal resistance of the electric guitar 1. This is at normal play ready electric guitar 1 high. If the musician now pulls the push-pull potentiometer 13, it disconnects the pickups 12 from the jack socket for the amplifier cable and thus from the amplifier and switches on the control chip 10. As a result, the internal resistance of the electric guitar 1 decreases at least by a factor of 20. This detects the circuit and switches the amplifier cable to one of the Amplifier off so that the electric guitar can be tuned 1 "mute".
  • the circuit switches a supply voltage, which it can win, for example, from the power supply of the amplifier, but also an external power supply to the amplifier cable. This voltage is then supplied to the controller 10 and forwarded via the strings 6e and 6f in the head 4.
  • the device according to the invention can work. After completing the tuning or, for example, setting up the circuit or applying new data, the musician switches the push-pull potentiometer 13 back to the normal position. The internal resistance of the electric guitar 1 rises again through the now connected again to the amplifier cable pickup 12. This recognizes the tone circuit according to Fig. 9 and puts the signals from the amplifier cable back on the amplifier, the musician can continue to play.

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  1. Dispositif permettant d'accorder automatiquement un instrument à cordes (1), en particulier une guitare, comprenant :
    a) un dispositif de détection (12) permettant de détecter un son produit par le pincement d'une corde (6a - 6f) de même que de produire un signal numérique correspondant au son détecté,
    b) un dispositif de mémorisation permettant de stocker des signaux numériques prédéterminés correspondant à un son désiré,
    c) un dispositif comparateur permettant de comparer le signal numérique produit par le dispositif de détection avec un signal numérique stocké dans le dispositif de mémorisation et correspondant au son désiré,
    d) un dispositif de réglage (7) permettant de modifier la tension des cordes (6a - 6f),
    e) au moins un entraînement (11) permettant d'entraîner le dispositif de réglage (7),
    f) un système de commande (10) relié au dispositif comparateur, prévu pour commander au moins ledit entraînement (11) sur la base d'un écart observé à l'aide du dispositif comparateur entre les signaux représentant le son produit et le son désiré,
    caractérisée en ce qu'une alimentation en tension partant de composants disposés dans l'axe longitudinal d'un premier côté des cordes (6a - 6f) est acheminée depuis une source de tension disposée d'un second côté opposé des cordes (6a - 6f) toujours dans l'axe longitudinal des cordes (6a - 6f) ou depuis une telle prise de tension en passant au moins par l'une des cordes (6a - 6f), ladite au moins une corde (6a - 6f) étant constituée d'un matériau électriquement conducteur, entourée et/ou enduite dudit matériau.
  2. Dispositif selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que le système de commande (10) et ledit au moins un entraînement (11) dans l'instrument à cordes (1) sont disposés dans l'axe longitudinal des cordes (6a - 6f) sur les côtés des cordes (6a - 6f) opposés l'un à l'autre et en ce qu'une liaison par bus couvre la longueur des cordes entre la commande (10) et ledit au moins un entraînement.
  3. Dispositif selon la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce que la liaison par bus est assurée par au moins l'une des cordes (6a - 6d), corde composée d'un matériau conducteur ou bien entourée et/ou enduite d'un tel matériau.
  4. Dispositif selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le système de commande (10) est conçu de façon à être sollicité à réception d'un signal numérique représentant un son compris dans une fourchette de tolérance.
  5. Dispositif selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce qu'il présente une interface pour échange de données.
  6. Dispositif selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que chaque corde (6a - 6f) dispose d'un système de réglage (7) possédant son propre entraînement (11).
  7. Dispositif selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce qu'il est parfaitement intégré à l'instrument à cordes (1) avec ses composants que sont le dispositif de détection, le dispositif de mémorisation, le dispositif comparateur, le dispositif de réglage (7), l'entraînement (11) et la commande (10)..
  8. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications 2 à 7, caractérisé en ce que la commande (10) peut sélectionner sans restrictions la ou les cordes (6a - 6f) devant servir de liaison par bus et/ou de circuit d'alimentation, de façon à pouvoir choisir une autre corde (6a - 6f) comme liaison par bus ou circuit d'alimentation en cas de défaillance d'une corde (6a - 6f) (cassure ou interruption de la liaison).
  9. Dispositif selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce qu'il est intégré dans une guitare (1), de préférence une guitare électrique.
  10. Dispositif selon la revendication 9, caractérisée en ce que le système de commande (10) est prévu sur le corps (2) de la guitare (1) et que le dispositif de réglage (7) et ledit au moins un entraînement (11) sont disposés à l'extrémité supérieure du manche et que ledit au moins un entraînement (11) est connecté à la commande (10) par le biais d'une liaison par bus longeant le manche, de préférence par le biais des cordes (6a - 6d) faisant office de liaison par bus.
  11. Procédé permettant d'accorder automatiquement un instrument à cordes, se décomposant comme suit :
    1. on pince une corde à accorder,
    2. le son produit par la corde est détecté par un dispositif de détection et converti en un premier signal numérique correspondant,
    3. le premier signal numérique est comparé à un second signal numérique prédéterminé, correspondant au son désiré et la tension de la corde est modifiée par le système de commande en fonction du résultat de la comparaison,
    caractérisé en ce qu'une alimentation en tension partant de composants du dispositif, situés dans l'axe longitudinal d'un premier côté des corde est acheminée depuis une source de tension disposée d'un second côté opposé des cordes, toujours dans l'axe longitudinal des cordes ou depuis une telle prise de tension en passant au moins par l'une des cordes, ladite au moins une corde étant constituée d'un matériau électriquement conducteur, entourée et/ou enduite dudit matériau.
  12. Procédé selon la revendication 11, caractérisé en ce qu'un signal de commande est envoyé par le système de commande disposé sur une première corde, dans l'axe longitudinal de la corde, à un entraînement prévu sur le côté opposé dans l'axe longitudinal de la corde, entraînement connecté à un dispositif de réglage pour régler la tension de la corde, en passant par une ou plusieurs liaisons par bus.
  13. Procédé selon la revendication 12, caractérisé en ce que les cordes constituées d'un matériau conducteur, entourées et/ou enduites de celui-ci, font office de liaisons par bus.
  14. Procédé selon l'une des revendications 12 ou 13, caractérisé en ce que le premier signal numérique fait l'objet d'une préparation en vue de la poursuite du traitement.
  15. Procédé selon la revendication 14, caractérisée en ce que la fréquence du son produit par la corde pincée est déterminée à partir du premier signal numérique à l'aide d'un filtre de fréquence mathématique et que le second signal numérique correspond à une fréquence prédéterminée.
EP05701037A 2004-05-13 2005-01-19 Dispositif et procede pour accorder automatiquement un instrument a cordes, notamment une guitare Not-in-force EP1745461B1 (fr)

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PCT/EP2005/000478 WO2005116986A1 (fr) 2004-05-13 2005-01-19 Dispositif et procede pour accorder automatiquement un instrument a cordes, notamment une guitare
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