IT1126832B - Perfezionamento nei generatori di segnali acustici per strumenti musicali elettronici - Google Patents

Perfezionamento nei generatori di segnali acustici per strumenti musicali elettronici

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Publication number
IT1126832B
IT1126832B IT50827/79A IT5082779A IT1126832B IT 1126832 B IT1126832 B IT 1126832B IT 50827/79 A IT50827/79 A IT 50827/79A IT 5082779 A IT5082779 A IT 5082779A IT 1126832 B IT1126832 B IT 1126832B
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Prior art keywords
improvement
sound signal
electronic musical
signal generators
musical instruments
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IT50827/79A
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English (en)
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IT7950827A0 (it
Inventor
Glenn M Gross
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Norlin Ind Inc
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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
    • G10H5/00—Instruments in which the tones are generated by means of electronic generators
    • G10H5/02—Instruments in which the tones are generated by means of electronic generators using generation of basic tones
    • G10H5/06—Instruments in which the tones are generated by means of electronic generators using generation of basic tones tones generated by frequency multiplication or division of a basic tone
    • 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
    • G10H1/04—Means for controlling the tone frequencies, e.g. attack or decay; Means for producing special musical effects, e.g. vibratos or glissandos by additional modulation
    • G10H1/043—Continuous modulation
    • 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
    • G10H1/18—Selecting circuits
    • G10H1/26—Selecting circuits for automatically producing a series of tones
    • G10H1/28—Selecting circuits for automatically producing a series of tones to produce arpeggios
    • 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
    • G10H2210/00—Aspects 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
    • G10H2210/155—Musical effects
    • G10H2210/195—Modulation 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
    • G10H2210/201—Vibrato, i.e. rapid, repetitive and smooth variation of amplitude, pitch or timbre within a note or chord
    • G10H2210/211—Pitch vibrato, i.e. repetitive and smooth variation in pitch, e.g. as obtainable with a whammy bar or tremolo arm on a guitar
    • 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
    • G10H2210/00—Aspects 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
    • G10H2210/155—Musical effects
    • G10H2210/195—Modulation 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
    • G10H2210/221—Glissando, i.e. pitch smoothly sliding from one note to another, e.g. gliss, glide, slide, bend, smear, sweep

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Acoustics & Sound (AREA)
  • Multimedia (AREA)
  • Electrophonic Musical Instruments (AREA)
IT50827/79A 1978-11-16 1979-11-14 Perfezionamento nei generatori di segnali acustici per strumenti musicali elettronici IT1126832B (it)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US05/961,222 US4198892A (en) 1978-11-16 1978-11-16 Tone generator for electronic musical instrument with digital glissando, portamento and vibrato

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IT7950827A0 IT7950827A0 (it) 1979-11-14
IT1126832B true IT1126832B (it) 1986-05-21

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US (1) US4198892A (it)
JP (1) JPS5570893A (it)
IT (1) IT1126832B (it)
NL (1) NL7908017A (it)

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US4240318A (en) * 1979-07-02 1980-12-23 Norlin Industries, Inc. Portamento and glide tone generator having multimode clock circuit
JPS5674298A (en) * 1979-11-21 1981-06-19 Nippon Musical Instruments Mfg Electronic musical instrument
US4491049A (en) * 1980-12-23 1985-01-01 Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha Electronic musical instrument
US4375178A (en) * 1981-03-20 1983-03-01 Allen Organ Company Dynamic frequency modulation controller for an electronic musical instrument
JPS57181594A (en) * 1981-04-30 1982-11-09 Kawai Musical Instr Mfg Co Electronic music instrument
US4453439A (en) * 1981-07-14 1984-06-12 Nippon Gakki Seizo Kabushiki Kaisha Electronic musical instrument with game function
US4445414A (en) * 1982-02-24 1984-05-01 Apple Computer, Inc. Digital, simultaneous, discrete frequency generator
JPH0640268B2 (ja) * 1984-04-11 1994-05-25 カシオ計算機株式会社 電子楽器の周波数制御装置
JPH0823748B2 (ja) * 1984-11-27 1996-03-06 カシオ計算機株式会社 電子楽器
JP3041484B2 (ja) * 1988-03-09 2000-05-15 セイコーエプソン株式会社 音信号発生装置及びこれを用いた楽音発生装置
US6121533A (en) * 1998-01-28 2000-09-19 Kay; Stephen Method and apparatus for generating random weighted musical choices
US6103964A (en) * 1998-01-28 2000-08-15 Kay; Stephen R. Method and apparatus for generating algorithmic musical effects
US6121532A (en) 1998-01-28 2000-09-19 Kay; Stephen R. Method and apparatus for creating a melodic repeated effect
US6087578A (en) * 1999-01-28 2000-07-11 Kay; Stephen R. Method and apparatus for generating and controlling automatic pitch bending effects
US20080132178A1 (en) * 2006-09-22 2008-06-05 Shouri Chatterjee Performing automatic frequency control
JP2009063617A (ja) * 2007-09-04 2009-03-26 Roland Corp 楽音制御装置

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US3929053A (en) * 1974-04-29 1975-12-30 Nippon Musical Instruments Mfg Production of glide and portamento in an electronic musical instrument
US4070942A (en) * 1975-12-11 1978-01-31 Nippon Gakki Seizo Kabushiki Kaisha Tone generator
US4073209A (en) * 1976-04-09 1978-02-14 Kimball International, Inc. Method and circuitry for digital-analog frequency generation
US4103581A (en) * 1976-08-30 1978-08-01 Kawaii Musical Instrument Mfg. Co. Constant speed portamento
US4152966A (en) * 1977-10-06 1979-05-08 Kawai Musical Instrument Mfg. Co. Ltd. Automatic chromatic glissando

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JPS5570893A (en) 1980-05-28
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IT7950827A0 (it) 1979-11-14

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