US3649736A - Electronic rhythm apparatus for a musical instrument - Google Patents

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US3649736A
US3649736A US68112A US3649736DA US3649736A US 3649736 A US3649736 A US 3649736A US 68112 A US68112 A US 68112A US 3649736D A US3649736D A US 3649736DA US 3649736 A US3649736 A US 3649736A
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Tijmen Van Der Kooij
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    • G10H2230/00—General physical, ergonomic or hardware implementation of electrophonic musical tools or instruments, e.g. shape or architecture
    • G10H2230/045—Special instrument [spint], i.e. mimicking the ergonomy, shape, sound or other characteristic of a specific acoustic musical instrument category
    • G10H2230/251—Spint percussion, i.e. mimicking percussion instruments; Electrophonic musical instruments with percussion instrument features; Electrophonic aspects of acoustic percussion instruments, MIDI-like control therefor
    • G10H2230/275—Spint drum
    • G10H2230/311—Spint bongo
    • 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
    • G10H2230/00—General physical, ergonomic or hardware implementation of electrophonic musical tools or instruments, e.g. shape or architecture
    • G10H2230/045—Special instrument [spint], i.e. mimicking the ergonomy, shape, sound or other characteristic of a specific acoustic musical instrument category
    • G10H2230/251—Spint percussion, i.e. mimicking percussion instruments; Electrophonic musical instruments with percussion instrument features; Electrophonic aspects of acoustic percussion instruments, MIDI-like control therefor
    • G10H2230/321—Spint cymbal, i.e. mimicking thin center-held gong-like instruments made of copper-based alloys, e.g. ride cymbal, china cymbal, sizzle cymbal, swish cymbal, zill, i.e. finger cymbals

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  • Witkowski [21] pp No; 68A Attorney-Kurt Kelman I [57] ABSTRACT [30] Foreign Application Priority Dam A system for switching off an electronic percussion instrument Sept. 1, 1969 Netherlands ..69/13345 from an electronic rhythm device and coupling it to the manual or pedal of an electronic organ, comprising a switch [52] US. Cl ..84/1.03 between each out?t of a Programme and a control input of [51] lnt.Cl.
  • the Percussion instrument the Switch in the off'conditior" [58 Field of Search ..s4 1.03 1.13 1.17 1.24 connecting PercuSSiO" instrument auxiliary circuit 84/126 DIG 12 i316 i which is energized by a control pulse for the percussion instrument.
  • the control pulse is derived from a signal coming from [56] References Cited the manual or pedal, and a multiple switch in each auxiliary circuit has a closing contact for closing all auxiliary circuits of UNITED STATES PATENTS a plurality of such percussion instruments simultaneously.
  • the invention relates to an electronic rhythm apparatus for a musical instrument, particularly for an electronic organ of the type that includes an electronic programmer having a plurality of outputs connected in predetermined programs according to various rhythms which via selection switches are connected with electronically imitated percussion musical instruments, the programmer being controlled by a pulse generator.
  • Such an electronic rhythm apparatus is used in existing electronic organs, but can also be used independently or in a combination with other musical instruments.
  • rhythm apparatus a plurality of rhythms can be reproduced such as the rhythm of a samba, foxtrot, etc.
  • percussion musical instruments are electronically imitated and used to play said rhythms.
  • Usual percussion instruments are the big drum, tom-tom-bongoes, string drum, cymbals, etc.
  • the rhythm patterns are developed mostly over two measures which then constantly repeat themselves.
  • the particular rhythm desired can be chosen by means of selecting switches.
  • Such an apparatus has the possibility to switch out one or more percussion instruments from the chosen rhythm by means of a switch between the output of the programmer and the control input of the percussion instrument in question, which switch is consequently in series with the above-mentioned selecting switches. It is not possible, however, to sound one or more of the electronic percussion instruments which have been excluded from the rhythm.
  • the system according to the invention makes it possible to utilize electronic percussion elements switched out of the rhythm of the electronic rhythm apparatus.
  • an improvement is obtained over the above-mentioned prior art system while said utilization takes place with a single multiple switch which is a further improvement over four or more switches required in the above-mentioned known second system.
  • each such switch when open, connects the corresponding percussion musical instrument to an auxiliary circuit which is fed by a control pulse, for the percussion musical instrument in question, derived from a signal coming from the manual or pedal, a multiple switch in each of said auxiliary circuits having a closing contact to close all auxiliary circuits simultaneously.
  • an electronic rhythm programmer is seen with, as an example, four outputs U1, U2, U3 and U4 which via selecting switches 29, 30, 31 and 32 and leads 24, 23, 22 and 21 are connected with the contacts a of the switches l, 2, 3 and 4. With the contact arms of said switches the imitated percussion instruments 8, 9, and 11 are connected and their outputs are connected with each other to an amplifier which is connected to the loudspeaker 7 of, e.g., an electronic organ.
  • pulses come from the outputs U1 up to U4 to have the percussion instruments 8 up to 11 sound which, e.g., may be the big drum, the cymbals, the string drum and the bongoes, respectively.
  • Said percussion musical instruments come into operation in a certain rhythm from the electronic rhythm programmer 5, such as a foxtrot, when the contacts 1 up to 4 are on their contacts 0.
  • any given instrument c.g., the big drum 8 from the rhythm in question.
  • the switch 1 is put on its contact b.
  • All contacts b of the switches 1 up to 4 are connected to auxiliary circuits l7, 18, 19 and 20.
  • Said auxiliary circuits 17 up to 20 are connected with contact arms 13, 14, 15 and 16 of the multiple switch 12.
  • Each of said contact arms 13 up to 16 can be on a rest-contact r or a closing contact s. All contact arms 13 up to 16 of the multiple switch 12 will be on the rest contact r in the rest position.
  • a plurality of said closing contacts s is connected with a conversion means 25 converting a pedal signal to a control pulse 27.
  • a plurality of other contacts 3 is connected to another conversion means 26 converting a manual signal into a control pulse 28.
  • the player when he has switched-out a few percussion instruments from the rhythm, by opening some of the switches 1 up to 4, nevertheless, has the possibility of having the switched-out percussion instruments sound, via the pedal or manual, with one additional switch 12.
  • an electronic rhythm device which comprises:
  • an electronic rhythm programmer having a plurality of output leads, said programmer producing a series of timed output pulses on said leads in a predetermined sequence
  • each generator producing an output signal imitative of a particular percussion instrument in response to an output pulse from said programmer;
  • first switch means interposed between the output leads of said programmer and said percussion generators, for selectively breaking the connection between particular ones of said output leads and the corresponding percussion generator, in accordance with the rhythm desired;
  • each said second switch means having a normally closed contact connecting, via said first switch means, with a corresponding output lead of said programmer, and a normally open contact;
  • a first pulse generator connected to the at least one manual of said organ and generating an output pulse in response to the actuation of any one of the keys of said manual;
  • a second pulse generator connected to the pedal division of said organ and generating an output pulse in response to the actuation of any one of said pedals;
  • a plurality of ganged, third switch means each having a normally closed and a normally open contact, said plurality of third switch means being functionally divided into a first group and a second group, the output of said first pulse generator being connected in common to all of the normally open contacts of said first group, and the output of said second pulse generator being connected in common to all of the normally open contacts of said second group;
  • a second plurality of leads interconnecting the normally open contacts of the second switch means associated with the remainder of said percussion generators to the armatures of the third-switch means in said second group, whereby when a given one of said second switch means is moved from the normally closed to the normally open position the corresponding percussion generator no longer sounds under control of the rhythm programmer and if, in addition, the ganged, third switch means is moved to the normally open position, the said percussion generator will sound under control of the pedal division or manual, as the case may be.

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US4183277A (en) * 1977-08-12 1980-01-15 Norlin Industries, Inc. Rhythm accent circuit
US4244258A (en) * 1979-08-10 1981-01-13 Cbs Inc. Rhythm system for electronic organ
US4682526A (en) * 1981-06-17 1987-07-28 Hall Robert J Accompaniment note selection method
US8324494B1 (en) * 2011-12-19 2012-12-04 David Packouz Synthesized percussion pedal
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US3760088A (en) * 1971-04-27 1973-09-18 Nippon Musical Instruments Mfg Automatic rhythm playing apparatus
US3743757A (en) * 1971-10-18 1973-07-03 Nippon Musical Instruments Mfg Automatic rhythm instrument with temporary roll beat circuit
US4183277A (en) * 1977-08-12 1980-01-15 Norlin Industries, Inc. Rhythm accent circuit
US4244258A (en) * 1979-08-10 1981-01-13 Cbs Inc. Rhythm system for electronic organ
US4682526A (en) * 1981-06-17 1987-07-28 Hall Robert J Accompaniment note selection method
US8324494B1 (en) * 2011-12-19 2012-12-04 David Packouz Synthesized percussion pedal
US9495947B2 (en) 2013-12-06 2016-11-15 Intelliterran Inc. Synthesized percussion pedal and docking station
US10546568B2 (en) 2013-12-06 2020-01-28 Intelliterran, Inc. Synthesized percussion pedal and docking station
US10741154B2 (en) 2013-12-06 2020-08-11 Intelliterran, Inc. Synthesized percussion pedal and looping station
US10741155B2 (en) 2013-12-06 2020-08-11 Intelliterran, Inc. Synthesized percussion pedal and looping station
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US10997958B2 (en) 2013-12-06 2021-05-04 Intelliterran, Inc. Synthesized percussion pedal and looping station
US11688377B2 (en) 2013-12-06 2023-06-27 Intelliterran, Inc. Synthesized percussion pedal and docking station
US11710471B2 (en) 2017-08-29 2023-07-25 Intelliterran, Inc. Apparatus, system, and method for recording and rendering multimedia

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