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Rhythm generator
Assignee: Toshiba Corp
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Filing: 1983-08-12
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Granted: 1984-12-11
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Expires: 2003-08-12
Abstract
Abstract Frequency information is stored in a tone coefficient memory and accumulated to obtain address information for reading out a musical sound from a musical waveshape memory by a musical sound generating circuit. Envelope information is stored in an envelope coefficient memory and accumulated to obtain address information for reading out an envelope waveshape from an envelope memory by an envelope generating circuit. An address counter performs address assignment for operating the musical sound generating circuit and the envelope generating circuit on a time-divided basis. The frequency information and the envelope information are respectively accumulated by a common accumulator on the time-divided basis. Further, attack and decay coefficients are stored in the envelope memory by higher and lower order bits of the same address, respectively, and the contents of the higher and lower order bits are selectively read out.
Inventors
- 👤 Toshio Mishima
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-31 09:02
CPC Classifications
G; G10; G10H; G10H1/00; G10H1/02; G10H1/04; G10H1/053; G10H1/057; G10H1/0575; G10H1/36; G10H1/40; G10H1/42; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S84/00; Y10S84/12
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim
124 words
A rhythm generator comprising: a musical sound generating circuit for reading out a musical sound from a musical waveshape memory using address information obtained by accumulating frequency information stored in a tone coefficient memory; an envelope generating circuit for reading out from an envelope memory an envelope waveshape corresponding to each tone by accumulating envelope information determining an envelope time corresponding to each tone using address information obtained by accumulating the envelope information stored in an envelope coefficient memory; and an address counter for performing address assignment to cause the musical sound generating circuit and the envelope generating circuit to operate on a time-divided basis; wherein the frequency information and the envelope information are respectively accumulated by a common accumulator on the time-divided basis.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
124 words
A rhythm generator comprising: a musical sound generating circuit for reading out a musical sound from a musical waveshape memory using address information obtained by accumulating frequency information stored in a tone coefficient memory; an envelope generating circuit for reading out from an envelope memory an envelope waveshape corresponding to each tone by accumulating envelope information determining an envelope time corresponding to each tone using address information obtained by accumulating the envelope information stored in an envelope coefficient memory; and an address counter for performing address assignment to cause the musical sound generating circuit and the envelope generating circuit to operate on a time-divided basis; wherein the frequency information and the envelope information are respectively accumulated by a common accumulator on the time-divided basis.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
141 words
A rhythm generator comprising: a musical sound generating circuit for reading out a musical sound from a musical waveshape memory using address information obtained by accumulating frequency information stored in a tone coefficient memory; an envelope generating circuit for reading out from an envelope memory an envelope waveshape corresponding to each tone by accumulating envelope information determining an envelope time corresponding to each tone using address information obtained by accumulating the envelope information stored in an envelope coefficient memory; an address counter for performing address assignment to cause the musical sound generating circuit and the envelope generating circuit to operate on a time-divided basis; and means for storing attack and decay coefficients in the envelope coefficient memory by high-order and low-order bits of the same address, respectively, and for selectively reading out the contents of the high-order and the low-order bits.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
141 words
A rhythm generator comprising: a musical sound generating circuit for reading out a musical sound from a musical waveshape memory using address information obtained by accumulating frequency information stored in a tone coefficient memory; an envelope generating circuit for reading out from an envelope memory an envelope waveshape corresponding to each tone by accumulating envelope information determining an envelope time corresponding to each tone using address information obtained by accumulating the envelope information stored in an envelope coefficient memory; an address counter for performing address assignment to cause the musical sound generating circuit and the envelope generating circuit to operate on a time-divided basis; and means for storing attack and decay coefficients in the envelope coefficient memory by high-order and low-order bits of the same address, respectively, and for selectively reading out the contents of the high-order and the low-order bits.
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