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US3697661A
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  • the present invention is a multiplexed pitch generator system for use in a keyboard musical instrument to activate the voice controls of the instrument in accordance with key depressions. 1n the preferred embodiment of the invention there is provided a means for stepping pulses into a plurality of time slots in a cyclic manner. A plurality of keys are provided with each time slot corresponding to one particular key,
  • Pitch means are provided for receiving the time division multiplex signal with the gated pulses and for shifting the time slot position of selected pulses to a desired time slot location so as to simulate another note.
  • Comparing means are used to compare the time slot position of the pulses from the pitch means with the time division multiplex signal to determine the final time slot position of a pulse.
  • Latching means corresponding in number to the number of time slot positions are connected to the comparing means with each individual latching means being activated by a pulse occurring only in its associated time slot. The latching means, in turn, activates the voice controls of the keyboard musical instrument to sound the note or pitch associated with the pulses final time slot location.
  • the invention is directed to a system for unifying and coupling the keyboards of a musical instrument, which system eliminates the large amount of conventional cabling and multicontact keys.
  • the invention is further directed toward an economical and reliable solution to a construction problem in the design of electronic and pipe organs. With prior solutions, the general directives were to obtain increased capability. Except for very early instruments, the subsystems that have been in use are substantially identical in operation and require no special training on the part of the organist.
  • the present invention is concerned with pitch generation and the couplers which accomplish this generation.
  • a set of couplers is a subsystem designed to obtain multiple usage from a rank of pipes.
  • One of the simpler examples of a coupler is that of the unison pitch interrnanual coupler.
  • This is the organists term denoting that the pitch of each note corresponds to the nominal pitch of the keys on the keyboard.
  • the organist wishes to draw upon the pipes that are assigned to the Swell manual, which is done by causing the Swell pipes to sound from the Great manual by activating the Swell-to-Great intermanual coupler.
  • couplers Another frequent use of couplers is to get multiple use of a rank of pipes while playing on the same keyboard to which the rank of pipes is assigned.
  • An example of this type of coupler is the intramanual coupler.
  • couplers to add new pitches can also be extended to intermanual couplers.
  • a Swell-to- Great 4" will cause the Great keys to actuate all the stops drawn on the Swell manual but will have these coupled stops sound an octave higher than the unison pitch.
  • a Swell-to-Great 16" will cause the Great keys to actuate the Swell stops at an octave below unison pitch.
  • the organ keyboard is wired so that when the 4 stop is actuated, each key operates a pipe which is an octave higher than unison pitch.
  • a 16' fiute is obtained by unifying so that the keyboard operates a pipe which is an octave lower than the unison pitch that is keyed.
  • the system is comprised of a means for stepping a pulse into a plurality of time slots in a cyclic manner.
  • a plurality of keying means are provided with the number of keying means corresponding in number to the number of slots for gating a pulse into a time slot of a time division multiplex signal, with each time slot corresponding to one particular key, and each key corresponding to a particular note, such that the time slot position of the pulse corresponds to a particular note.
  • Pitch means are provided for receiving the time division multiplex signal and for shifting the time slot position of selected pulses to a desired time slot location so as to simulate a note other than the one played. Comparing means are used to correlate the location of the pulse in the time division multiplex signal to a corresponding organ note.
  • two or more identical systems are provided, one for each keyboard.
  • the output from one pitch means is connectable to the output of a second pitch means to allow the organist to play a key on one keyboard and have it sound as if played on another keyboard.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates, in electronic block diagram form, one embodiment of the present invention
  • F IG. 2 illustrates, in electronic block diagram form, a second embodiment of the present invention for use in conjunction with the embodiment of FIG. 1.
  • FIG. 3 illustrates, in electronic block diagram form, an intramanual coupler which may be used with the embodiment of FIG. 1 or FIG. 2.
  • FIG. 4 illustrates, in electronic block diagram form, couplers which may be used with the embodiment of FIG. 1.
  • FIG. 5 illustrates a one octave mixture generator for use with the system.
  • FIG. 6 illustrates a multi-octave mixture generator for use with the system.
  • FIG. 7 illustrates another embodiment of a multi-octave mixture generator.
  • FIGS. 8a to 8f illustrate waveforms used in gating the multioctave mixture generator of FIG. 7.
  • the circuits illustrated in FIG. 1 comprise the circuits necessary for one multiplexed keyboard. If two or more keyboards are used, the circuits of FIG. 1 will be duplicated for each keyboard.
  • the multiplexed keyboard circuit is comprised of a basic clock generator 10 which feeds pulses at a fixed repetitious rate to a pulse frequency divider 11.
  • the output of pulse frequency divider 11 is fed to a pulse locator means 13 which is comprised of shift register 14 and a corresponding number of keys 15.
  • the output pulse from pulse frequency divider 11 controls the rate of shifting between stages of the shift register. These pulses are also fed to a frequency divider 12.
  • Frequency divider 12 supplies a locator pulse once each multiplex period to the input shift register 14.
  • the locator pulse is stepped through each of the shift register stages at a rate corresponding to the pulse rate of the pulses from frequency divider 1].
  • the pulse frequency divider 11 operates to divide the basic clock frequency from clock 10 such that 97 times slots, corresponding to the 97 notes for a full keyboard (4' and 2' pitches added), can be scanned in T seconds, with T seconds corresponding to the multiplex period. Therefore, once every T seconds frequency divider 12 provides a locator pulse.
  • the multiplex period, T for good performance, should be in the range of 2 to 5 milliseconds.
  • the second frequency divider 12 is set to establish a pulse for the input to the shift register 14 once each multiplex period which pulse travels from one stage of the shift register to another stage until it finally reaches the last stage at the end of one multiplex period (cycle).
  • the actual pulse location can be determined through coincidence, that is, the occurrence of a pulse in a particular time slot is compared against a pulse positioned in a known time slot and when the two coincide, the particular note associated with that pulse position is sounded by the keyboard instrurnent.
  • the coincidence comparing circuit used with the present invention consists of a shift register 18 which is identical in construction to shift register 14.
  • the shift register 18 steps the locator pulses from pulse frequency divider 12 through its stages at a rate controlled by the output pulses from pulse frequency divider 11 in phase with the operation of shift register 14.
  • the shift register 18, in an identical manner as shifi register 14, operates to provide locator pulses which are stepped sequentially through each of its stages, with each stage corresponding to one time slot in a total time frame of at least 97.
  • about 128 time slots would be used with only 97 latching circuits so that a pulse delayed 48 positions from the top key on the manual (time slot 61) will fall in an empty latching slot and not fall into a slot assigned to the low end of the keyboard.
  • one locator pulse will appear sequentially at the output of each stage.
  • the time slot position of the locator pulse in shift register 14 will therefore correspond exactly to the locator pulse time slot position in shift register 18 because the two registers are in phase.
  • a plurality of latching means 20, at least one for each stage of shift register 18, senses the presence of a locator pulse when it appears at the output of its associated register stage. The existence or non-existence of a locator pulse at the particular shift register stage output is compared against the existence or non-existence of a locator pulse on a latching line 17. When coincidence of pulses occurs, the latching means 20 activates a corresponding voice in the keyboard instrument. When one of the two locator pulses do not appear simultaneously, the associated voice is not sounded.
  • each latching means 20 is comprised of one AND gate "A”, one NOT gate N", and a flip-flop 19.
  • Each output stage of shift register 18 is connected to one input of a respective AND gate A" and the NOT impulse of a NOT gate N".
  • the AND gate output is connected to the set terminal of flip-flop 19 with the output of the NOT gate connected to the reset terminal of flip-flop 19.
  • the output from the flip-flop may be connected to a standard music voicer circuit 40 for converting the signal corresponding to a depressed key into an audible note by means of a speaker 50.
  • pulses received on line 17, which pulses will be called latching pulses are fed as inputs to the AND gate and to the NOT gates.
  • a coupler line 21 feeds locator pulses to inputs of the AND gates and the NOT gates.
  • each of the AND gates contain in successive time slots an ON state from the latching pulse on line 17 and an OFF state from the coupler line. Because the coupler. line is connected to a NOT input, each NOT gate will, in turn, provide a pulse to its associated reset terminal of its flip-flop. Thus, if no key is depressed, all the flip-flops 19 are, in turn, placed in their OFF states. When a key is depressed, a locator pulse will appear on coupler line 21.
  • a multiplexed pitch generator 25 Inserted between terminals 16 and 22 is a multiplexed pitch generator 25 which functions to selectively reposition the locator pulses from terminal 16 into newly selected timing slots.
  • the new slot positions correspond to the generation of a new coupled note.
  • the first 12 pulse locations in the keyboard multiplexed sequence correspond to octave 1. This octave cannot actually be played from a standard keyboard because it is an octave below the bottom octave of the keyboard. The reason for allowing for these additional time slots is to allow for 16 pitch generation and a 16' coupler.
  • the multiplexed pitch generator 25 is comprised of a shift register 31 having at least 48 stages.
  • Stops (keys) 32 connect the output of the selected stages to the input of a summing circuit 24 when actuated. For example, if the stop corresponding to 8' is closed, the output from the 12th delay stage of shift register 31 is fed to the input of summing means 24. An additional stop (key) 23, corresponding to the 16' pitch is fed to another input of summing means 24 such that when stop 23 is closed, the output locator pulses from terminal 16 are fed directly to terminal 22 at the output of the pitch generator, thereby bypassing entirely the multiplex pitch generator 25.
  • the numerals appearing for each stage of the shift register correspond to the time slot delays introduced by the shift register preceding the particular output point. All of these delays are measured from the input to the shift register. For example, if the 8' tap switch is closed, a pulse will appear on the output for each note keyed on the manual. If, for example, the 2% tap switch is also closed, then a pulse will appear for the 8' keyed note and a companion pulse will also appear for the 2% keyed note. In this fashion, the described subsystem which will be called a unification subsystem, can generate the most used pitches for a unified organ. The system thus far shown is complete for one keyboard.
  • FIG. 2 there is shown an intermanual unison coupler system for three keyboards which system is comprised of three identical systems as shown in FIG. 1 except that there is no need to duplicate the basic clock 10, pulse frequency divider 11, and frequency divider 12 because these units can service all three systems.
  • the outputs at points D and E are, therefore, fed to the corresponding points in the other keyboard circuits to eliminate duplication of the clock and frequency dividers.
  • Cross-coupling is accomplished as shown by the use of switches 37, 38 and 39.
  • For the unison couplers there is utilized three identical multiplexed pitch generators 25, 41 and 42, with the output of pitch generator 25 being connectable by means of switches 37 or 38 to an input of summer 43 or 46, respectively.
  • the other input of summer 44 is connected to the output of pitch generator 41.
  • the output of pitch generator 42 is connected to one input of summer 44.
  • the other input of summer 44 is connectable by switch 39 to the output of summer 43.
  • the output of summer 44 is connected to the other input of summer 46.
  • switch 37 if, for example, switch 37 is closed, the output from keyboard 1 is fed to the comparing means 45 of keyboard 1, but, in addition, is also fed to and added to the output from keyboard 2, which output is used to activate the comparing means 47 associated with keyboard 2.
  • the operation is the same for switch 38 in that it couples the output of keyboard I to the output of pitch generator 42 which, in turn, feeds the comparing means 48 of keyboard 3.
  • Switch 39 in a similar manner, feeds the output of pitch generator 41 to the comparing means 48 associated with keyboard 3.
  • the outputs of comparing means 47 and 48 are connected to the tone generating system 40. In some applications it may be desirable to have three separate tone generating systems, each activated by an individual keyboard.
  • an intramanual coupler 51 is shown connected between the output of multiplexed pitch generator 25 and terminal 22.
  • the intramanual coupler 51 is comprised of a shift register 52 which is identical in construction to shift register 31, with switches 53 connectable to the outputs of the 12th, 24th and 36th time slots (output stages). These outputs correspond to the 16', 8' and 4' pitches, respectively.
  • Each of the three switches are connected directly to the output terminal 22.
  • the multiplexed pitch generator requires an octave leeway to generate a 16 unified pitch while the intramanual coupler requires an additional octave leeway to allow for a 16' intramanual coupler.
  • an intercoupler which utilizes the system of FIG. 2.
  • the system of FIG. 2 is modified by the insertion of intermanual nonunison couplers 60, 61 and 62 at the outputs of the multiplexed pitch generators 25, 41 and 42.
  • the intermanual unison-nonunison coupler is shown comprised of a shift register 61 which is identical to shift registers 31 and 52.
  • the outputs of shift register 61 are taken from the 12th, 24th and 36th time slots to correspond to the 16', 8' and 4' pitches, respectively.
  • Two separate output terminals are provided, labeled A and B, which output terminals are connectable by separate switches 63 and 64 to the I6 output.
  • a similar switch configuration is provided for the 8' and 4' output.
  • the arrangement is such that, for example, a 16 pitch output signal can appear on the A and B output terminals simultaneously if both switches 63 and 64 are in the closed position.
  • the two sets of switches for each of the used register output stages is required so that the inter manual and intramanual couplers will be independent. That is, if, for example, a 4' coupler (output at A) is drawn on an intramanual coupler, this will in no way affect the intermanual coupling (output at B) from the same keyboard.
  • switches 65 and 67 when closed, feed the signal from the A terminal of intermanual unison-nonunison coupler 60 to an input of summer 43 and summer 44, respectively, to be summed with the output of coupler 61 and/or 62.
  • the B terminal output is connectable by means of switch 66 as an input to summer 43.
  • switch 69 connects the output of summer 43 to the input of summer 44 when in a closed position.
  • Switch 68 in its closed position is used to connect the B terminal output from unison coupler 61 to an input of summer 44.
  • FIG. 5 illustrates a unified mixture generator 70 comprised of a shift register 71 having switches 72 connectable between an output terminal and the output stages corresponding to 12th, 19th, 24th, 31st, 36th, 43rd, 48th and 55th time slots, respectively.
  • the switches 72 when actuated, correspond to the 4', 2%, 2', l", 1', 36, /1, and respectively.
  • the information stored in the associated shift register stage is passed to the output of generator 70.
  • the input of generator 70 is taken from the 8' pulse stage of shift register 31 (FIG. 1) via switch 73.
  • the output signal of mixture generator 70 is fed to point F and the organ voicer 40.
  • five mixture shift registers 70 are connected to receive independent outputs from the octave time gate means 74.
  • the output of each of the registers 70 is summed together in summing circuit 75 and fed to point F in the system.
  • the input to the octave gate means is received from the 8' stage of shift register 31 via switch 73, when it is closed.
  • the octave times gates 74 also receive the basic clock pulses from the basis clock 10. In operation, the 8' pulses received at the input of the octave time gate means 74 are fed to each of the five octave outputs sequentially in turn.
  • the basic clock pulses are counted and for each octave quantity of pulses the input to the octave time gate means is connected to the input of a mixture shift register 70. The process continues cycling through each shift register in turn for so long as there are 8' pulses present on the input of gate means 74.
  • the mixture generator 76 is comprised of a multistage shift register 77 having outputs at the numerically designated staged. For example, at stages 12, 19, 24, 31, 36, 43, 48 and 55.
  • Five logic gates 78 are used, with each gate corresponding to a desired octave. For the embodiment shown, these are octaves 2 through 6.
  • the octave timing generator 79 receives multiplex period pulses from the output of frequency divider l2 and timing pulses from pulse frequency divider l l.
  • the octave timing generator 79 has five outputs corresponding to the octaves 2 through 6 which are connected to the inputs of corresponding logic gates 78.
  • the octave timing pulses a through f are shown for the five octaves.
  • the gate corresponding to that octave pulse passes the pulses collected from the shift register.
  • the corresponding gate blocks the pulses from the shift registcr.
  • each pulse represents a cycle corresponding to a plurality of time slots
  • first shift register means having a plurality of stages corresponding in number to the number of time slots in one cycle of said second pulse train for receiving said first and second train of pulses wherein said shift register steps a pulse from said second pulse train sequentially through each of said stages in time sequence with the pulses from said first pulse train; keyboard comprised of a plurality of keys corresponding in number to said plurality of shift register stages, with each of said keys connected to corresponding stages of said shift register so that activation of a key passes the stepped pulse stored in the corresponding stage of said shift register as an output signal;
  • tone generating means for producing a tone for each of said plurality of keys; second shift register means having a plurality of stages corresponding in number to the number of time slots in one cycle of said second pulse train for receiving said first and second train of pulses wherein said shift register steps a pulse from said second pulse train sequentially through each of said stages of said shift register in time sequence with the pulses from said first pulse train; and
  • comparing means for comparing the time slot position of the stepped pulse at the output of said keyboard with the pulse slot position in said second shift register so as to activate a tone in said tone generating means when there is a coincidence of pulses in the compared signals.
  • a third shift register means connected to receive said to first and second train of pulses
  • a second tone generating means for producing tones different for each of the associated plurality of said second keyboard keys
  • fourth shift register means having a plurality of stages corresponding in number to the number of time slots in one cycle of said second pulse train, for receiving said first and second train of pulses wherein said fourth shift register steps a pulse from said second pulse train sequentially through each of said stages of said shift register in time sequence with the pulses form said first pulse train;
  • a second comparing means for comparing the time slot position of the stepped pulses from the second keyboard with the pulse slot position in said fourth shift register so as to activate a tone in said second tone generating means when there is a coincidence of pulses in the compared signals
  • coupling means for coupling the output signal of said first keyboard to the input of said second comparing means when said coupling means is activated, whereby a key activated on said first keyboard causes a tone to be generated by said second tone generating means.
  • a fifth shift register means connected to receive said first and second train of pulses
  • a third tone generating means for producing tones different for each of the associated plurality of said third keyboard keys
  • a sixth shift register having a plurality of stages corresponding in number to the number of time slots in one cycle of said second pulse train, for receiving said first and second train of pulses wherein said sixth shift register steps a pulse from said second pulse train sequentially through each of said stages of said sixth shift register in time sequence with the pulses from said first pulse train;
  • a third comparing means for comparing the time slot position of the stepped pulses from the third keyboard with the pulse slot position in said sixth shift register so as to activate a tone in said third generating means when there is a coincidence of pulses in the compared signals
  • second coupling means for coupling the output signal of said second keyboard to the input of said third comparing means when said second coupling means is activated, whereby a key activated on said second keyboard causes a tone to be generated by said third tone generating means.
  • third coupling means for coupling the output signal of said first keyboard to the input of said third comparing means when said third coupling means is activated, whereby a key activated on said first keyboard causes a tone to be generated by said third tone generating means.
  • a second pitch keyboard means interposed between the output of said second keyboard and the input to said second comparing means for selectively shifting the time slot position of the stepped pulse from the second keyboard output signal so as to activate another tone in the second tone generating means other than the one corresponding to the activated key of the second keyboard.
  • each of said pitch keyboard means is comprised of an intramanual shift register having a plurality of stages for receiving the output signal from said keyboard means and having an intramanual keyboard comprised of a number of keys which keys are connected to desired stages of said shift register, whereby activation of said keys passes to said comparing means the pulses stored in the corresponding stage of said intramanual shift register.
  • a first and second intermanual coupler means connected to receive the output of said first and second pitch keyboard means, respectively, for altering the time slot position of the stepped pulse signals from said first and second pitch keyboard means and for feeding said altered signal to said first and said second comparing means, respectively.
  • intermanual couplers are comprised of an intermanual shift register having a plurality of stages
  • an intermanual keyboard comprised of a number of keys which keys are connected to desired stages of said shift register whereby activation of said keys passes to said comparing means the pulse signal stored in the corresponding stage of said intermanual shift register.
  • a third pitch keyboard means interposed between the output of said third keyboard and the input to said third comparing means for selectively shifting the time slot position of the stepped pulse from the third keyboard output signal so as to activate another tone in said third tone generating means other than the one corresponding to the activated key of the third keyboard.
  • each of said pitch keyboard means is comprised of an intramanual shift register having an intramanual keyboard comprised of a number of keys which keys are connected to desired stages of said shift register, whereby activation of said keys passes to said second comparing means the pulses stored in the corresponding stage of said intramanual shift register.
  • a first, second and third intermanual coupler means connected to receive the output of said first, second and third pitch keyboard means respectively for altering the time slot position of the stepped pulse signals from said first, second and third pitch keyboard means and for feeding said altered signals to said first, second and third comparing means, respectively.
  • an octave time gate connected to receive the pulses stored in one stage of said intramanual shift register and the pulses from said first pulse train, said time gate having a plurality of outputs each indicative of a separate octave whereby the received pulses are gated sequentially to each of the outputs;
  • summing means for summing the outputs of said plurality of mixture shift register means and for feeding said summed signal to said comparing means.
  • an octave time gate for receiving said first and said second train of pulses and for providing non-overlapping timing pulses corresponding to different octaves of the musical scale
  • an octave mixer shift register having a plurality of stages for receiving as an input the pulses stored in one stage of said intramanual shift register
  • each gate receives a timing pulse from said octave time gate whereupon coincidence of said received signals causes said gate to pass the signals present on its inputs;
  • summing means for summing the outputs of said gates and for feeding said summed signal to said comparing means.
  • keyboard means having a plurality of keys corresponding to each time slot of said cyclically repeating signal for passing a pulse contained in a corresponding time slot of said repeating signal when said key is activated;
  • comparing means for receiving said passed pulse and said cyclically repeating signal and for providing a latching signal when the time slot position of said passed pulse corresponds to the pulse position of said cyclically repeating signal;
  • tone generating means responsive to said latching signal for sounding a note corresponding to the key depressed; and a pitch keyboard means for receiving the passed signal of said keyboard means and for selectively shifting the time slot position of the passed pulse and for feeding the shifted pulse signal to said comparing means so as to cause another note to sound other than the one corresponding to the activated key.
  • intramanual coupler means interposed between the output of said pitch keyboard means and the input of said comparing means for selectively providing a shift to the pulse time slot position of the signal from said pitch keyboard means.
  • an intermanual keyboard comprised of two keys connected to each used stage of said intermanual shift register with one key from each stage connectable to the comparing means associated with said intermanual keyboard and with the other key from each stage of said intermanual shift register connectable to the input of another comparing means.
  • an octave time gate connected to receive the pulses stored in one stage of said intermanual shift register and the pulses from said first pulse train, said time gate having a plurality of outputs each indicative of a separate octave whereby the received pulses are gated sequentially to each of the outputs;
  • summing means for summing the outputs of said plurality of mixture shift register means and for feeding said summed signal to said comparing means.
  • an octave time gate for receiving said first and said second train of pulses and for providing non-overlapping timing pulses corresponding to different octaves of the musical scale
  • an octave mixer shift register having a plurality of stages for receiving as an input the pulses stored in one stage of said intramanual shift register
  • 3,697,661 l3 no a plurality of gates corresponding in number to the said gate to pass the signals present on its inputs;
  • octaves of said musical instrument for receiving and the signals from selected ones of said octave mixer umming m n f r mming the outputs of said shift register stages and wherein each gate receives Hales 9 for feeding said summed signal to said a timing pulse from said octave time gate whereu- 5 comparing pon coincidence of said received signals causes

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