US4699037A
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Electronic musical instrument with glide function
Assignee: Casio Computer Co Ltd
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Filing: 1985-11-18
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Granted: 1987-10-13
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Expires: 2005-11-18
Abstract
Abstract An electronic musical instrument has a keyboard, a key depression speed detector and a glide pattern generator. When any key of the keyboard is depressed, the key depression speed detector detects the speed of depressing the key and produces a signal representing this speed. In accordance with this signal the glide pattern generator changes a reference glide pattern to a new pattern. The instrument generates a musical tone having the glide effect determined by the new glide pattern.
Inventors
- 👤 Junichi Minamitaka
- 👤 Tsunehisa Nogimura
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 16:13
CPC Classifications
G; G10; G10H; G10H1/00; G10H1/02; G10H7/00; G10H7/008; G10H2210/00; G10H2210/155; G10H2210/195; G10H2210/221; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S84/00; Y10S84/07
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
148 words
An electronic musical instrument, comprising: a keyboard including a plurality of keys each actuatable with a desired speed; key operation detecting means for detecting operation of said keys on said keyboard; key depression state detecting means for detecting the speed with which a key on said keyboard is actuated and producing corresponding output data; glide pattern generating means for generating glide pattern data for determining glide pattern for tones to be generated in response to operation of said keys; glide pattern data altering means for altering glide pattern data obtained from said glide pattern generating means according to the output data from said key depression state detecting means; and tone generating means for generating a tone with a desired glide effect in response to the altered glide pattern data from said glide pattern data altering means when a key operation is detected by said key operation detecting means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
148 words
An electronic musical instrument, comprising: a keyboard including a plurality of keys each actuatable with a desired speed; key operation detecting means for detecting operation of said keys on said keyboard; key depression state detecting means for detecting the speed with which a key on said keyboard is actuated and producing corresponding output data; glide pattern generating means for generating glide pattern data for determining glide pattern for tones to be generated in response to operation of said keys; glide pattern data altering means for altering glide pattern data obtained from said glide pattern generating means according to the output data from said key depression state detecting means; and tone generating means for generating a tone with a desired glide effect in response to the altered glide pattern data from said glide pattern data altering means when a key operation is detected by said key operation detecting means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
44 words
The electronic musical instrument according to claim 1, wherein said glide pattern generating means includes a memory for storing data of a plurality of glide patterns, and selecting means for selecting data of one of said plurality of glide patterns stored in said memory.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
51 words
The electronic musical instrument according to claim 1, wherein said glide pattern generating means comprises means for generating glide pattern data corresponding to a frequency change, in which the frequency is highest at the time of a key operation and gradually decreases toward a tone frequency corresponding to the operated key.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
51 words
The electronic musical instrument according to claim 1, wherein said glide pattern generating means comprises means for generating glide pattern data corresponding to a frequency change, in which the frequency is lowest at the time of a key operation and gradually increases toward a tone frequency corresponding to the operated key.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
36 words
The electronic musical instrument according to claim 1, wherein said glide pattern data altering means alters glide pattern data so that the greater the speed of actuation of a key, a lesser glide effect is obtained.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
36 words
The electronic musical instrument according to claim 1, wherein said glide pattern data altering means alters glide pattern data so that the greater the speed of actuation of a key, a greater glide effect is obtained.
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