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- ABSTRACT Organ output comprising a band of audio frequencies
- [451 July 24, 1973 is divided into four frequency sub-bands, each of which is shifted in frequency by one of four respective diverse increments.
- the first and third sub-bands are acoustically transduced and radiated via a rotary loudspeaker and the second and fourth sub-bands via a stationary loudspeaker. These radiations are acoustically mixed with the radiated unmodified organ output to produce desired tonal effects.
- Frequency shifting of the subbands can be inhibited at will, means being provided automatically to maintain the acoustic signal level the same whether or not frequency shifting is in force, for a given setting of the expression pedal.
- Each of the four sub-bands can be shifted by either of two respective frequency increments, or inhibited, to permit selective variation of the overall acoustic effect.
- Frequency shifting for each sub-band is achieved by dividing the organ tone into three components of equal magnitude and 120 phase difference. To obtain the 120 spaced components, the input tone signal is applied to two phase shift filters which provide two of the components, the third component being derived by summing the first two components and inverting the resulting signal.
- Each component is applied to a respective section of four three-section modulators, each section comprising a transistor pair connected to form a DC differential amplifier with one input at AC ground.
- each transistor pair is varied at the shift frequency by a three-phase oscillator, each modulator section being controlled by a respective oscillator phase.
- the outputs of each section of the modulator are combined to cancel the oscillator components provided at each section.
- ORGAN TONE MODULATION SYSTEMS is a division of application Ser. No. 40,536, filed May 26, 1970, now US. Pat. No. 3,626,077, issued Dec. 7, 1971.
- the present invention relates generally to systems for achieving an ensemble effect in music by processing a band of audio frequencies, and more particularly by translating the frequency spectrum of musical tones to achieve pleasurable effects. Still more particularly, the present invention is an improvement of the audio modulation system disclosed in US. Pat. No. 3,147,333 to Wayne Jr.
- the traditional pipe organ consists of many ranks of pipes which are invaribly slightly out of tune. Certain ranks of pipes, referred to as celestes, are purposely detuned by a considerable amount to produce rich ensemble effects in the composite tone, which effects are especially desirable for use in ecclesiastical music.
- the prior art is replete with examples of attempts to electronically simulate these pleasurable ensemble effects.
- One such example may be found in the aforementioned Wayne, Jr. patent, which discloses a system in which an organ tone signal is separated into four octavally related frequency sub-bands, each of which is shifted in frequency by a different amount. The shifted frequency sub-bands are acoustically radiated, and the resulting soundpwhen acoustically mixed with the sound of the unmodified organ tone, produces pleasing ensemble effects.
- One object of the present invention is to provide means for maintaining a constant volume level in a system such as that disclosed by Wayne, Jr., whether or not the modulator is operative.
- Another area in which the Wayne, Jr. system requires improvement concerns the fact that none of the subbands can be shifted by more than one increment. This produces a pleasing acoustic effect but limits the flexibility of the system. It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide means for selectively shifting each frequency sub-band in the Wayne, Jr. system by a plurality of increments. More particularly, it is an object of the present invention to permit shifting of each frequency sub-band by at least two individually selected increments.
- the basic technique employed in the Wayne, Jr. system to obtain the four frequency sub-bands is to provide three components of the input tone signal, each being of equal amplitude but separated l20 in phase. Each of these components is applied to each of four tone modulators at which all three components are modulated by four respective subsonic modulation signals. The three components are then recombined in each modulator and applied to a respective bandpass filter to provide the four resulting frequency shifted sub-bands.
- the Wayne, Jr. system therefore requires a circuit capable of segmenting a wideband signal into three like signals of equal amplitude but spaced 120 in phase. Likewise the system requires modulators capable of shifting these components by subsonic frequency increments.
- a system for achieving ensemble effects in music by separating a frequency spectrum into octaval sub-bands, each of which is shifted by a separate discrete frequency increment, and recombining the sub-bands both electrically and acoustically such that two non-adjacent sub-bands are radiated from a stationary loudspeaker and two non-adjacent sub-bands are radiated from a rotary loudspeaker.
- the incoming tone signal is supplied to two phase-shift circuits to provide two signal components of equal amplitude but shifted in phase by The two components are then summed and inverted to provide a third com ponent with the same amplitude but spaced 120 from the first two.
- the three components are applied to each of four three-phase modulator circuits, the modulation frequency being different but subsonic at each.
- Each modulation circuit includes a three-phase subsonic oscillator and three DC differential amplifiers, one of each for each of the three input signal components.
- the current through each differential amplifier is modulated by a respective sub-sonic oscillator phase.
- the output signals of all three differential amplifiers are combined to cancel out the subsonic modulation frequency components and produce a resultant signal which is an amplified version of the input tone signal applied to the system, frequency shifted by the modulation frequency.
- each modulator circuit is applied to a respective bandpass filter which provides the required octaval separation to produce the desired frequency sub-bands.
- the first and third octaval bands are combined and applied to the rotary speaker whereas the second and fourth octaval bands are combined and applied to the stationary speaker.
- the oscillators providing the 120 phase shifted subsonic modulation signals are renderednon-oscillatory; however, one DC differential amplifier in each of the four modulators is biased on while the other two are biased off to thereby permit one phase component of the input signal to be passed through each modulator.
- the increase in gain occurring as a consequence of turning off two sections in each modulator is compensated for by decreasing the gain of a preamplifier for the input tone signal before it is separated into the three phase components.
- the three subsonic oscillators associated with each modulator are primarily amplifiers with respective RC phase shift circuits connected thereto to produce oscillation.
- the capacitance of the phase shift circuitry in each group amplifiers is varied by the same amount to thereby alter the subsonic modulation frequency provided by these circuits.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the system according to the present invention.
- FIGS. 2a and 2b combined represent a schematic circuit diagram of a preferred embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 3a is a schematic circuit diagram of a single section of the all-pass filter network of FIGS. 21:, 2b;
- FIG. 3b is a plot of the phase versus frequency characteristic of the circuit of FIG. 3a.
- FIG. 4 is a plot versus time of the output signal from a single phase of the three phase modulator of the present invention.
- FIG. 1 of the accompanying drawing there is illustrated a system of the type disclosed in the aforementioned Wayne, Jr. patent wherein a wide band audio signal having a frequency f, is derived from a tone source representing, for example, an electronic organ.
- Signal f is applied to an amplifier 11 and in turn to a loudspeaker 13 in a conventional manner, and in addition is applied to an all pass filter network 15.
- the latter provides, on three separate output leads, three respective components of the original f,, the components having equal amplitudes but mutual phase differences of 120.
- the three components of signal f are identically treated, each being applied to each of four modulator circuits 17, 19, 21 and 23 which are also designated M M M and M respectively.
- These'modulators are of the single side band type, each introducing a different frequency shift f,, f f and f, respectively, in the original signal f ⁇ .
- the output signals from the modulators are thus designatedf, +f,,j", +f ,f, +f andf, +f respectively.
- Each of the modulators includes means for generating a three-phase subsonic modulation signal at frequencies f,, f f and f respectively, one phase for each of the three phases of the input signal received from all pass filter network 15.
- the resulting modulator output signals are applied to respective filters 25, 27, 29 and 31.
- filters act to separate the four modulator output signals into respective octavely related sub-bands.
- filter 25 which has its 3 db points at 65 Hz and 250 Hz receives the signal f, +f from M and represents the lowest octave sub-band. Consequently, modulation frequency f is the lowest of the four modulation frequencies.
- the pass band of filter 27 is 250 to 1,000 Hz, that of filter 29 is 1,000 to 4,000 Hz, and that of filter 31 is 4,000 Hz and above.
- the output signals from filters and 29 are electrically combined in amplifier 33 and acoustically radiated by loudspeaker 35.
- the output signals from filters 27 and 31 are electrically combined in amplifier 37 and acoustically radiated via loudspeaker 39.
- loudspeakers 35 and 39 are well spaced and provide desirable acoustic mixing. Undesired beats between the acoustically radiated signals are avoided by applying adjacent sub-bands to different loudspeakers.
- one of loudspeakers 35 and 39 for example loudspeaker 35, is preferably of the rotary type whereas the other is stationary. The resulting sound, when acoustically combined with the unmodified version of signal f, radiated by loudspeaker 13, produces the desired ensemble effect.
- FIG. 1 also serves as a block diagrammatic representation of the system of the present invention; however, the improvements afforded by the present invention are clearly specified in the following description of FIGS. 2a and 2b.
- Expressions (4), (5), and (6) may be expanded by trigometric identities to provide the following expressions, respectively:
- Expression ([0) represents a signal shifted from frequency f, by an amount f,,,.
- the incoming signal f, must be segmented into a three phase signal; that is, into three components of equal amplitude displaced from one another by 120;
- an oscillator must be employed having a frequency f, which also provides a three phase output in which each component has the same amplitude and is displaced from the others by 120; f,, is subsonic because only very small percentage shifts in the tone frequency can be musically tolerated;
- steps (b), (c) and (d) must be performed at each of modulators 17, 19, 21 and 23 to obtain the four different frequency shifted sub-bands.
- signal f is illustrated as applied to the input terminal of all pass filter network from which it is AC coupled via capacitor C2 to the base of NPN amplifier transistor Q2.
- Q2 is biased to operate in the class A mode, and as part of its bias circuitry has a resistor R3 connected between its collector and base. Connected across R3 is the series combination of the collector-emitter circuit of NPN transistor Q1, resistor R2, and transient suppression capacitor C1.
- the base of Q1 is coupled via resistor R1 to the arm Sla of one section of a three-section selector switch S1.
- Switch S1 as described in greater detail below, is capable of switching the system into three operational modes, namely chorus, celeste,.and off.
- the amplified version of signal f, appearing at the collector of O2 is applied to the filter section of all pass filter network 15.
- the purpose of all pass filter network 15 is to separate signal f into three separate signals of equal magnitude and 120 out of phase with one another.
- the filter must have a flat amplitude versus frequency response characteristic over the entire audio band of signal f,.
- the filter includes a second order filter section comprising resistor R6, capacitor C5 and resistor R7 connected in series and a capacitor C6 connected from ground to the junction between capacitor C5 and resistor R7.
- Phase-inverter O3 is also in series with a filter section comprising series connected resistor R13, capacitor C10, and resistor R14, there being a further capacitor C11 connected between ground and the junction between C10'and'R1'4.
- a resistor R16 is connected between the collector of Q2 and the end of R14 remote from C11. The collector of O3 is returned to +26 volts DC via resistor R12 and to ground via voltage divider resistors R11 and R15, the junction between which is connected to the base of Q3.
- the base and collector of Q3 are coupled to ground via respective capacitors C8 and C9.
- the collector of Q3 is alsoconnectedtothe end of R7 remote from C6 via resistor R10.
- the same end of R7 is connected to the base of a further transistor Q4, and the end of R16 remote from the collector of Q2 is connected tothe base of transistor Q5.
- FIG. 3a of the accompanying drawings wherein a single section of the above described'filter is illustrated.
- a first circuit branch including a phase inverter I, corresponding to Q3 of FIG 2a, connected in series with resistor R capacitor C,,, and resistor R there being a capacitor C,, connected between ground and the junction of capacitor C, and resistor R Across this series circuit there is connected a resistor R and the entire parallel combination is returned to ground via load resistor R connected to the output terminal.
- R corresponds to resistor R 16 in FIG. 2a; similar correspondence between the elements of FIGS. 2a and 3a is had betweenR andRI3, R andR14, C
- phase inverter I is inserted in series with resistor R instead of with the resistor-capacitor network.
- Such a configuration corresponds to that in FIG. 20
- 3a can thus be spaced by a 120 phase angle at 1 KHZ and are maintained within of being 120 out of phase for about 2% octaves on either side of 1 KHZ; this is true in spite of the fact that curves A and B are 180 out of phase at zero and 180 out of phase at infinity on the frequency scale.
- The'two phase shift networks described above are illustrated in FIG. 2a as sharing a common phase inverter, namely that comprising transistor Q3.
- the two circuits apply their respective 120 phase-displaced signals to the bases of transistors Q4 and Q5 as described above.
- Q4 and Q5 are NPN transistors, connected in emitter-follower configuration, and provide respective 120 spaced signals at their emitter electrodes without further phase alteration.
- the two signals applied to Q4 and OS are combined via resistors R18 and R19, respectively, at the base of PNP transistor Q6. This serves to effectively sum the two individual components at the base of Q6.
- the output signal from Q6 is taken from its collector and is therefore an inverter version of the sum of the signals applied to the base of Q6.
- the two 120 spaced components have been summed and inverted, a procedure which results in a third component spaced 120 from the first two.
- the gains of amplifiers Q4, Q5, and Q6 are selected to assure that the three 120 spaced components supplied thereby are of equal amplitude.
- the all pass filter network when provided with the exemplary component values indicated on the drawing, provides the three output signals, spaced in phase as desired, and having equal magnitudes over approximately a five octave range (175 Hz to 5,400 Hz) with a center frequency of approximately 1,000 Hz.
- each of the output signals from Q4, Q5, and O6 is conducted along four individual lines by which it is applied to each of the four modulator circuits M M M and M respectively. Since all four modulators are identical except for the modualtion frequency employed in each, only one such circuit,
- each of the modulators is illustrated as having five input terminals numbered 1 through 5 respectively, these terminals being employed as the second number in a subscript to designate signal destination. More particularly, the output signal from O4 is directly applied to terminal 1 of modulator M as well as to destinations indicated as M M and M These latter designations mean that this signal is applied to modulator M terminal 1; to modulator M terminal 1; and to modulator M terminal 1. Similar references appear at the output terminals of Q5 and Q6 to indicate the modulator and the terminal number destinations for these signals. Like references appear for signals applied to terminals 4 and 5 of the various modulators, which signals are described in detail hereinbelow.
- each phase of the three-phase input signal is applied to a respective DC differential amplifier having its second input terminal at AC ground.
- the first phase of the input signal for example, is connected to the base of NPN transistor Q7 which has its collector returned to +26 volts DC via resistor R24 and its emitter connected to the anode of diode D1.
- a similar NPN transistor Q8 has its base tied to +18 volts DC, its collector tied to +26 volts DC via resistor R25, and its emitter connected to the anode of diode D2;
- the cathodes of D1 and D2 are connected to opposite ends of capacitor C21 and also via respective resistors R26 and R27 to one section of a three phase subsonic oscillator to be described in detail below.
- Phase two of the input signal is connected to a similar DC differential amplifier having transistors Q9, Q10, diodes D3, D4, capacitor C22, and resistors R28 and R29 which correspond respectively to transistors Q7, Q8, diodes D1, D2, capacitor C21, and resistors R26 and R27.
- phase three of the input signal is applied to a differential amplifier having corresponding components in transistors Q11, Q12, diodes D5, D6, capacitor C23, and resistors R30 and R31.
- the collectors of Q9 and Q11 share collector resistor R24 with Q7; the collectors of Q10 and Q12 share collector resistor R25 with Q8.
- Each phase of a three-phase subsonic oscillator varies emitter current flow in a respective differential amplifier, thereby modulating the signals applied to those amplifiers.
- the three -spaced input signal components are thus seen to be modulated by three respective subsonic modulation signals having the same frequency but also spaced 120 in phase.
- the three output signals from the differential amplifiers are then summed by tying the collectors of transistors Q8, Q10, and Q12 to a common junction, the summing of these signals resulting in a signal described by expression (10) above.
- the three phase subsonic oscillator comprises three respective phase shift oscillators. More particularly, one section of the subsonic oscillator includes NPN transistor Q16 having its emitter connected directly to ground and its collector connected to the junction between R28 and R29 in the second differential amplifier section. The base of Q16 is returned to ground via resistor R47. and the parallel combination of R42 and C30 is connected between its base and collector. In addition, there is a series path comprising the collectoremitter circuit of NPN transistor circuit Q13 and ca pacitor C27connected across capacitor C30, and a resistor R39 connected to ground from the junction between capacitor C27 and transistor Q13.
- the base of Q13 is connected to +26 volts DC via R36 and a transient suppression filter comprising three sections of series resistors R33, R34, and R35, shunt capacitors C24, C25, and C26, and current limiting resistor R32.
- the +26 volts DC may be selectively shorted to ground, away from the base of Q13, by means of arm Slb of switch S1 whenever switch S1 is in the celeste position.
- S1 is in the chorus position
- +26 volts is applied to the base of Q13 which is then rendered conductive to effectively place C27 in parallel with C30.
- the collector of Q16 is also connected via resistor R43 to the base of Q17 which forms a further section of the three phase subsonic oscillator.
- Elements Q14, R37, C28, R40, C31, R44, and R48 correspond identically in circuit configuration and component values to elements Q13, R36, C27, R39, C30, R42, and R47.
- the collector of Q17 is connected to the base of transistor Q18 via resistor R45, Q18 comprising the active element of the third subsonic oscillator section and having components Q15, R38, C29, R41, C32, R46, and R49 which correspond to respective components comprising the circuit associated with Q17.
- the collector of Q18 is coupled to the base of Q16 via resistor R90. All three of transistors Q13, Q14 and Q are turned on and/or off simultaneously by the action of arm 81b of switch S1.
- the collector of Q18 is coupled to the junction between resistor R26 and R27; the collector of Q17 is coupled to the junction between resistors R30 and R31.
- the three subsonic oscillator sections oscillate when the phase shift across each transistor is 120, because then the total circuit loop phase shift is 360.
- the frequency of oscillation of each is determined by respective resistors R42, R44, R46 in parallel with respective capacitors C30, C31, and C32.
- capacitors C27, C28, and C29 when made effective in the circuit via Q13, Q14, and Q15, play a part in determining the oscillation frequency of these oscillators.
- the component values in all three oscillators are identical to assure that each operates at the same subsonic frequency.
- the approximate frequencies for modulator M M M and M, in the chorus mode are I, 2, 4, and 8 Hz. respectively; in the celeste mode the approximate oscillation frequencies are 2, 4, 8 and 16 Hz. respectively.
- the output voltages of the collectors of each of the Q16, Q17, and Q18 can be represented by the following three expressions, respectively:
- the base of'Ql6 is coupled via resistor R54 to the collector of Q19, an NPN transistor whose emitter is grounded.
- the base of Q19 is connected to +26 volts DC via current limiting resistor R50, a transient suppression network and base resistor R53. This 26 volts may be selectively shunted to ground by section Slc of switch S1, the arm of which is connected between current limiting resistor R50 and the transient suppression network.
- a positive voltage is applied to the base of Q19 which is rendered conductive thereby and effectively switches resistor R54 in parallel with base bias resistor R47 for 016. This maintains transistor Q16 cut-off, rendering its collector more positive. This increased positive voltage is coupled to the base of Q17 which is driven thereby into high conduction to in turn reduce its collector voltage sufficiently to bias 018 off.
- Q16 and Q18 remain off while 017 remains on; there is no oscillation in this mode.
- the emitter currents in Q9 and Q10 are severely limited.
- the fact that Q18 is off severely limits the emitter currents in Q7 and Q8.
- transistor pairs Q7, Q8, and Q9, Q10 held in low gain condition, substantially all of the signal applied to all pass filter section 15 is passed via transistor Q6 and amplifier pair Q11, Q12 to the filter and amplifier circuits which follow the modulator circuits.
- Each one, of the differential amplifiers modulates a different phase of the three-phase signal applied to the modulator.
- the gains of the differential amplifiers are inversely proportional to their emitter impedances which in turn are inversely proportional to their emitter currents.
- the emitter currents are directly controlled by the subsonic oscillations and therefore the output signal from each transistor pair is an amplitude modulated signal, achieved as stated.
- An example of the output signal waveform from one transistor pair appears in FIG. 4.
- the high frequency input signalf is seen to be amplitude modulated and superimposed on the subsonic modulation frequency f,,,.
- the modulation frequency components of the three modulated signals are cancelled out when summed at the junction point of the three collectors of transistors Q8, Q10 and Q12.
- Filters 25, 27, and 29 aresubstantially identical with the exception of their component values (and hence their pass bands) and therefore only filter 25 is described in detail. Filters 27 and 29 are illustrated in block form with their appropriate component values specified. Filter 31 is shown in detail because it differs somewhat from the other three.
- Filter 25 comprises'an active low pass filter cascaded with an active high pass filter, the overall result providing an active bandpass filter with a pass band gain of one and a controllable selectivity. The attenuation of the filter in the stop bands is 12 db per octave.
- the pass bands are designated in FIG. 1.
- the low pass filter in filter 25 comprises transistor Q24 and associated resistor and capacitor elements connected conventionally to provide an active low pass filter.
- the output signal from low pass filter Q24 is taken from the emitterelectrode of Q24 and applied to the high pass filter section comprising transistor Q25 and associated'resistive and capactive elements connected to provide high pass filtering in a conventional manner.
- the output signal from the high pass filter is taken from the emitter electrode of Q25 and coupled'along with the output signal from filter 29 to the base of NPN transistor Q26.
- the latter, along with transistor Q27 comprises a wideband amplifier corresponding to amplifier 33of FIG. 1, the
- Filter 31 includes only an active high pass filter in which transistor Q28 is analogous to transistor Q25 of filter 25.
- the high pass filter output signal is applied along with the signal from filter 27 to amplifier 37 and in turn to speaker 33 as described in reference to FIG. 1.
- a frequency shift modulator comprising a source of an audio frequency band of tone signals, means for deriving from said audio frequency band of tone signals three corresponding bands of tone signals phase separated from each other by 120, a three phase oscillator for generating three subaudio modulation signals separated in phase from each other by 120, three differential amplifiers, each of said differential amplifiers including first and second differentially connected transistors having respectively first and second differential signal input terminals and a common output terminal, means for ac grounding said second differential input terminals of said three differential amplifiers, means applying each of said corresponding bands of tone signals to a different one of said first input terminals of said three differential amplifiers, means for varying the current flow in each pair of said first and second transistors in response to current flow in a different one of the phases of said three-phase oscillator, and means for summing the signals appearing at said output terminals of said three differential amplifiers.
- each phase of said three-phase oscillator includes a transistor having a separate RC phase shift feedback circuit and means connecting said feedback circuits in cascade in a closed loop, whereby said three-phase oscillator oscillates at a frequency such that the total phase shift around said closed loop provided by said RC phase shift feedback circuits is 360 and each of said RC phase shift feedback circuits supports a phase shift of 7 3.
- each of said RC phase shift feedback circuits includes a separate control transistor connected collector to emitter as an element of that RC phase shift circuit, each of said control transistors having a base, means connecting each of said control transistors in series with a different one of said differential amplifiers to control current flow jointly in the first and second transistors included in each of said differential amplifiers.
- a frequency shift modulator comprising a source of an aduio frequency band of tone signals
- a three-phase RC ring oscillator including three transistors arranged for generating three sub-audio modulation signals separated in phase from each other by 120,
- each of said amplifiers including a signal input terminal and a signal output terminal
- said last means including a series connection of each of said three amplifiers with a different one of said transistors, and
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