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Musical waveshape processing system
Assignee: Kawai Musical Instruments Manufacturing Co Ltd
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Filing: 1978-03-31
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Granted: 1981-03-10
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Expires: 1998-03-31
Abstract
Abstract A musical waveshape processing system for an electronic musical instrument in which time-division time slots are set corresponding to a plurality of channels for producing notes selected on keyboards of the electronic musical instrument and the notes are each produced by repeatedly calculating the musical waveshape amplitude value of each channel in each time-division time slot. A musical waveshape calculator is provided which calculates the musical waveshape amplitude value as f(t)=at2+bt+c based on waveshape data a, b and c and address information t. A multiplier is provided by which the value of an envelope synchronized with the time-division time slot is multiplied by the waveshape data a, b and c. A tone control circuit is provided which counts time-division multiplex signals of the ON-OFF state of a tone selection switch with a counter every frame of the time-division multiplexing and compares the count values of two successive frames to detect a change in the state of the tone selection switch from non-coincidence between the both count value, thereby controlling the musical waveshape.
Inventors
- 👤 Toshio Kugisawa
- 👤 Noriji Sakashita
Bibliographic Details
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-11-05 19:02
CPC Classifications
G; G10; G10H; G10H7/00; G10H7/08; G10H1/00; G10H1/02; G10H1/04; G10H1/053; G10H1/057; G10H1/0575; G10H1/18; G10H1/183; G10H1/187; G10H7/10; G10H2250/00; G10H2250/131; G10H2250/165; G10H2250/201
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
116 words
An electronic musical instrument, comprising calculating means for producing a note by repeatedly calculating the musical waveshape amplitude value of each of channels for producing notes selected on keyboards, using time-division time slots corresponding to the purality of channels, said calculating means comprising a musical waveshape calculator for calculating the musical waveshape amplitude value as a function f(t), wherein f(t)=at 2 +bc+C, wherein a, b and c are waveshape data stored in a waveshape memory and t is the address information of the data in the memory, and said calculating means further comprising a circuit means for multiplying an envelope signal value synchronized with the time-division time slot of the waveshape data a, b and c.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
116 words
An electronic musical instrument, comprising calculating means for producing a note by repeatedly calculating the musical waveshape amplitude value of each of channels for producing notes selected on keyboards, using time-division time slots corresponding to the purality of channels, said calculating means comprising a musical waveshape calculator for calculating the musical waveshape amplitude value as a function f(t), wherein f(t)=at 2 +bc+C, wherein a, b and c are waveshape data stored in a waveshape memory and t is the address information of the data in the memory, and said calculating means further comprising a circuit means for multiplying an envelope signal value synchronized with the time-division time slot of the waveshape data a, b and c.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
52 words
An electronic musical instrument according to claim 1, wherein there is provided a respective counter for counting clocks of each scale of musical notes in synchronism with the time-division time slots, and wherein the count value of the counter is used as an address of data related to the musical waveshape calculator.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
135 words
An electronic musical instrument comprising means for calculating a musical waveshape, a tone control circuit which counts the number of time-division multiplex signals of a tone selection switch which are in the ON state with a counter every frame of time-division multiplexing and compares the count values of two successive frames representing respectively the old and the new frames to detect a change in the state of the tone selection switch from non-coincidence between the count values, thereby controlling the calculation of the musical waveshape from a corresponding old waveshape to a new waveshape, and wherein the tone control circuit has means for imparting complementary weighted envelopes to the old and the new wave shapes so as to facilitate smooth replacement of the waveshapes following the change in the state of the tone selection switch.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
135 words
An electronic musical instrument comprising means for calculating a musical waveshape, a tone control circuit which counts the number of time-division multiplex signals of a tone selection switch which are in the ON state with a counter every frame of time-division multiplexing and compares the count values of two successive frames representing respectively the old and the new frames to detect a change in the state of the tone selection switch from non-coincidence between the count values, thereby controlling the calculation of the musical waveshape from a corresponding old waveshape to a new waveshape, and wherein the tone control circuit has means for imparting complementary weighted envelopes to the old and the new wave shapes so as to facilitate smooth replacement of the waveshapes following the change in the state of the tone selection switch.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
48 words
An electronic musical instrument according to claim 3, wherein the tone circuit has means for generating an event signal indicating the change in the state of the tone selection switch to clear the tone control circuit of the old waveshape for immediately starting calculation of the new waveshape.
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