WO2015114389A1 - A detachable sound pickup and amplification system for flute and other musical instruments of the woodwind family - Google Patents

A detachable sound pickup and amplification system for flute and other musical instruments of the woodwind family Download PDF

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WO2015114389A1
WO2015114389A1 PCT/GR2015/000004 GR2015000004W WO2015114389A1 WO 2015114389 A1 WO2015114389 A1 WO 2015114389A1 GR 2015000004 W GR2015000004 W GR 2015000004W WO 2015114389 A1 WO2015114389 A1 WO 2015114389A1
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; ELECTRIC HEARING AIDS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R1/00—Details of transducers, loudspeakers or microphones
    • H04R1/46—Special adaptations for use as contact microphones, e.g. on musical instrument, on stethoscope
    • 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
    • G10D7/00—General design of wind musical instruments
    • 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
    • G10D7/00—General design of wind musical instruments
    • G10D7/02—General design of wind musical instruments of the type wherein an air current is directed against a ramp edge
    • 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
    • G10D7/00—General design of wind musical instruments
    • G10D7/02—General design of wind musical instruments of the type wherein an air current is directed against a ramp edge
    • G10D7/026—General design of wind musical instruments of the type wherein an air current is directed against a ramp edge with air currents blown into an opening arranged on the cylindrical surface of the tube, e.g. transverse flutes, piccolos or fifes
    • 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
    • G10D9/00—Details of, or accessories for, wind musical instruments
    • 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
    • G10H3/00—Instruments in which the tones are generated by electromechanical means
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; ELECTRIC HEARING AIDS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R1/00—Details of transducers, loudspeakers or microphones
    • H04R1/08—Mouthpieces; Microphones; Attachments therefor
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16B—DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING
    • F16B2/00—Friction-grip releasable fastenings
    • F16B2/20—Clips, i.e. with gripping action effected solely by the inherent resistance to deformation of the material of the fastening
    • F16B2/22—Clips, i.e. with gripping action effected solely by the inherent resistance to deformation of the material of the fastening of resilient material, e.g. rubbery material
    • F16B2/24—Clips, i.e. with gripping action effected solely by the inherent resistance to deformation of the material of the fastening of resilient material, e.g. rubbery material of metal
    • F16B2/241—Clips, i.e. with gripping action effected solely by the inherent resistance to deformation of the material of the fastening of resilient material, e.g. rubbery material of metal of sheet metal
    • F16B2/245—Clips, i.e. with gripping action effected solely by the inherent resistance to deformation of the material of the fastening of resilient material, e.g. rubbery material of metal of sheet metal external, i.e. with contracting action

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  • a detachable sound pickup and amplification system for flute and other musical instruments of the woodwind family is provided.
  • This invention refers to a detachable sound pickup and amplification system for flute and other musical instruments of the woodwind family
  • the solutions having been used up to the present include the use of a free-standing microphone mount, which literally nails the musician on stage at a certain distance therefrom, while it has inherent problems of audio feedback or other constructions mounted on the instruments, having drawbacks such as noise from the keys when playing, nonlinear frequency response, difficulty in securing them on the instruments, while some of them require modifications - interventions to the instruments themselves when they are attached to them. All of those solutions have the final signal be transmitted through connectors of a particular type (e.g. XLR), which makes its direct further processing through additional effects impossible, since those units use connectors of the line in/out type mostly.
  • a particular type e.g. XLR
  • the described construction consists of one or more microphone heads ( Figure 2) mounted on the instrument with the help of an elastic clip/plate (3), each comprising a microphone capsule (1), a tube or rod (2), an elastic clip (plate) (3) damping material (4), a wedge/blade holder thereof (5), connectors/plugs (6), protection against wear and tear of the instruments (7), a shockproof washer (8), cable (12), and a preamplifier (11).
  • the capsule of the microphone (1) is clamped next to the lip plate (9) or the drone reed (e.g. in a bagpipe or a gaita) of the instrument ( Figure
  • an elastic shockproof washer (8) may be placed between the tube (2) and the body of the instrument (10) and also the elastic clip/plate (3) used for its securing by use of damping material (4) (rubber, gum, silicone or other).
  • damping material (4) rubber, gum, silicone or other.
  • the length of the tube/rod (2) eliminates/absorbs the throb and other noise produced during instrument usage provided that the tube does not come in direct contact with the instrument body (10) and one of its ends is mounted on damping material (4).
  • the clip/plate (3) ( Figure 2) is flexible, metal or non-metal, and embraces the body of the instrument almost circumferentially (10).
  • damping material (4) is encapsulated with the help of a plate/wedge (5), wherein the tube/rod is wedged and secured (2) longitudinally of the instrument body (10) ( Figure 1).
  • the microphone signal is transferred from the terminals (6) at the end of the tube (2) ( Figure 1) to a small, light, portable preamplifier (11) attached (or not) to the instrument, which can be operated by battery or power supply.
  • This microphone preamp should be able to boost the signal, mix and balance the signal output when two or more microphone heads are connected at the same time ( Figure 2), e.g.
  • the microphone(s) (1) operate (as in the case of an electret or condenser capsule), to turn off or mute the signal (mute switch), to control the final signal levels, to interrupt the ground line of connected equipment (ground lift), to have a phase reversal option, DI output, the possibility of adding sound effects, and to be able to have wireless connection with other sound processing and sound enhancement units, such as effects, pedals, audio mixing consoles, etc.
  • the low-impedance outlet as in the case of a wired connection (11), should be a standard 6.3mm jack or an XLR connector, something that allows easy connection of the whole system to pedals, effects units, mixing consoles, etc., and can also have LED lights to indicate whether the effect is on or the battery level (where a battery is applicable), etc.
  • the complete pickup and amplification system can be easily attached to or detached from the instrument within seconds by the musician him-/herself, it presents high resistance to audio feedback, linear frequency response, it does not alter the natural sound and timbre of the instruments, it does not reproduce nor amplify noises from the instrument itself (10) (e.g. from key's strokes, etc.), providing the musician with freedom of movement on stage and full dynamic playing range, and simultaneously, it can be connected directly to pedals, effects units, mixing consoles, a Direct Inject box, etc.

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Abstract

A detachable sound pickup and amplification system for flute and other musical instruments of the woodwind family (bamboo flute, bagpipes, side-blown flutes, flageolet, kaval, ney, etc.), which can be easily detached from the instrument by the musician him-/herself. The complete system (Figure 1) includes one or more microphone heads (Figure 2) mounted on the instrument and an outer preamplifier (11) (Figure 1), where preamplification, mixing and final processing of the microphone signal take place. The system presents high resistance to audio feedback, it does not reproduce nor amplify noises from the instrument itself (10) (e.g. from key's strokes, etc.), providing the musician with freedom of movement on stage, and simultaneously, it can be connected directly to pedals, effects units, mixing consoles, a Direct Inject box, etc.

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A detachable sound pickup and amplification system for flute and other musical instruments of the woodwind family.
This invention refers to a detachable sound pickup and amplification system for flute and other musical instruments of the woodwind family
(bamboo flute, bagpipes, side-blown flutes, flageolet, kaval, ney, etc.), which can be easily detached from the instrument by the musician him-/herself.
The solutions having been used up to the present include the use of a free-standing microphone mount, which literally nails the musician on stage at a certain distance therefrom, while it has inherent problems of audio feedback or other constructions mounted on the instruments, having drawbacks such as noise from the keys when playing, nonlinear frequency response, difficulty in securing them on the instruments, while some of them require modifications - interventions to the instruments themselves when they are attached to them. All of those solutions have the final signal be transmitted through connectors of a particular type (e.g. XLR), which makes its direct further processing through additional effects impossible, since those units use connectors of the line in/out type mostly.
The described construction consists of one or more microphone heads (Figure 2) mounted on the instrument with the help of an elastic clip/plate (3), each comprising a microphone capsule (1), a tube or rod (2), an elastic clip (plate) (3) damping material (4), a wedge/blade holder thereof (5), connectors/plugs (6), protection against wear and tear of the instruments (7), a shockproof washer (8), cable (12), and a preamplifier (11).
The capsule of the microphone (1) is clamped next to the lip plate (9) or the drone reed (e.g. in a bagpipe or a gaita) of the instrument (Figure
1) and may be dynamic, condenser, etc. It is mounted at the end of the electroconductive or non-electroconductive tube/rod (2) by an electroconductive or non-electroconductive adhesive/solder. The same tube/rod (2) (Figure 1) that is placed longitudinally of the instrument body (10) can be used (if it is electically conductive) for ground return (grounding and shielding) of the microphone signal, which through internal wiring of the tube is transferred to its other end to conductive terminals/plug (6) embedded in the tube/rod (2). Around the tube/rod (2) (Figure 2) an elastic shockproof washer (8) may be placed between the tube (2) and the body of the instrument (10) and also the elastic clip/plate (3) used for its securing by use of damping material (4) (rubber, gum, silicone or other). The length of the tube/rod (2) eliminates/absorbs the throb and other noise produced during instrument usage provided that the tube does not come in direct contact with the instrument body (10) and one of its ends is mounted on damping material (4). The clip/plate (3) (Figure 2) is flexible, metal or non-metal, and embraces the body of the instrument almost circumferentially (10). In the body of the clip (3), damping material (4) is encapsulated with the help of a plate/wedge (5), wherein the tube/rod is wedged and secured (2) longitudinally of the instrument body (10) (Figure 1). The ends of the clip
(3) are coated with material protecting from wear and tear of the instrument body (7) (Figures 1 & 2).
The microphone signal is transferred from the terminals (6) at the end of the tube (2) (Figure 1) to a small, light, portable preamplifier (11) attached (or not) to the instrument, which can be operated by battery or power supply. This microphone preamp should be able to boost the signal, mix and balance the signal output when two or more microphone heads are connected at the same time (Figure 2), e.g. in a bagpipe, to provide the necessary phantom power supply in order that the microphone(s) (1) operate (as in the case of an electret or condenser capsule), to turn off or mute the signal (mute switch), to control the final signal levels, to interrupt the ground line of connected equipment (ground lift), to have a phase reversal option, DI output, the possibility of adding sound effects, and to be able to have wireless connection with other sound processing and sound enhancement units, such as effects, pedals, audio mixing consoles, etc.
The low-impedance outlet, as in the case of a wired connection (11), should be a standard 6.3mm jack or an XLR connector, something that allows easy connection of the whole system to pedals, effects units, mixing consoles, etc., and can also have LED lights to indicate whether the effect is on or the battery level (where a battery is applicable), etc.
The complete pickup and amplification system can be easily attached to or detached from the instrument within seconds by the musician him-/herself, it presents high resistance to audio feedback, linear frequency response, it does not alter the natural sound and timbre of the instruments, it does not reproduce nor amplify noises from the instrument itself (10) (e.g. from key's strokes, etc.), providing the musician with freedom of movement on stage and full dynamic playing range, and simultaneously, it can be connected directly to pedals, effects units, mixing consoles, a Direct Inject box, etc.

Claims

1. A detachable sound pickup and amplification system for flute and other musical instruments of the woodwind family, which comprises one or more microphone heads (Figure 2) mounted on the instrument body, and a preamplifier (11) and it is characterized by the fact that each of the microphone heads comprises a microphone capsule (1), dynamic or condenser, clamped next to the lip plate (9) (Figure 1) or the drone reed, a tube or rod
(2), an elastic metal or non-metal clip/plate (3) used for its mounting on the instrument
(3), damping material
(4), a wedge/blade holder thereof (5), connectors/plugs (6), protection against wear and tear of the instruments (7), a shockproof washer (8), cable (12], while the preamplifier is small, portable, attached to the instrument or not.
A detachable sound pickup and amplification system for flute and other musical instruments of the woodwind family, where each microphone capsule (1), as referred to in Claim 1, is secured at the end of the electroconductive or non-electroconductive tube/rod (2) by an electroconductive or non-electroconductive adhesive/solder.
A detachable sound pickup and amplification system for flute and other musical instruments of the woodwind family, where the clip/plate (3), as referred to in Claim 1 (Figures 1 & 2), is flexible, metal or non-metal, and embraces the body of the instrument almost circumferentially, while in the body of the clip/plate (3) with the help of a plate/wedge
(5), damping material (4) is encapsulated, wherein the tube/rod is wedged and secured (2) (Figure 2) longitudinally of the instrument body (Figure 1) and the ends of the clip (3) are coated with material protecting from wear and tear of the instrument body (7) (Figures 1 & 2).
A detachable sound pickup and amplification system for flute and other musical instruments of the woodwind family, where the tube/rod (2) itself, as referred to in Claim 1, is placed longitudinally of the instrument body (10) and is used, if electically conductive, for grounding and shielding of the microphone signal, which through internal wiring of the tube is transferred to its other end to conductive terminals/plug (6) embedded in the tube/rod (2).
A detachable sound pickup and amplification system for flute and other musical instruments of the woodwind family, where around the tube/rod (2), as it is referred to in Claim 1, an elastic shockproof washer (8) is placed between the tube (2) and the instrument body (10) (Figure 2), so that their direct contact is avoided.
6. A detachable sound pickup and amplification system for flute and other musical instruments of the woodwind family, where each of the microphone heads (Figure 2), as referred to in Claim 1, can vary in size depending on the dimensions, the type and the specific characteristics of the instruments it is attached to.
7. A detachable sound pickup and amplification system for flute and other musical instruments of the woodwind family, where the length of the tube/rod (2), referred to in Claim 1, eliminates/absorbs the throb and other noise produced during instrument usage, provided that the tube does not come in direct contact with the instrument body [10) and one of its ends is mounted on damping material [4).
8. A detachable sound pickup and amplification system for flute and other musical instruments of the woodwind family, where the preamplifier boosts the signal, mixes and balances the signal output when two or more microphone heads are connected at the same time (Figure 2), it provides the necessary phantom power supply in order that the microphone[s) (1) operate, and last but not least, it uses an unbalanced line output, so that the signal can be routed directly to further sound processing and amplifying units.
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