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Electronic musical instrument using filters for timbre control
Assignee: Kawai Musical Instruments Manufacturing Co Ltd
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Filing: 1990-11-29
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Granted: 1992-09-22
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Expires: 2010-11-29
Abstract
Abstract A filter calculating section has a plurality of basic filters formed on a time-divisional basis. The timbre of a musical tone signal is controlled by a memory section, an accumulator, a selector, an I/O assign section and a control section using the basic filters formed by the filter calculating section. A digital filter coefficient stored in a digital filter coefficient memory is read out using integer data output from a cutoff controller as an address. An interpolation circuit interpolates this digital filter coefficient on the basis of fraction data output from the cutoff controller. Based on the interpolated digital filter coefficient, the timbre of a musical tone signal is controlled.
Inventors
- 👤 Yutaka Washiyama
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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2026-11-01 17:12
CPC Classifications
G; G10; G10H; G10H1/00; G10H1/02; G10H1/06; G10H1/12; G10H1/125; G10H2250/00; G10H2250/055; G10H2250/095; G10H2250/111; G10H2250/115; G10H2250/121; G10H2250/541; G10H2250/545; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S84/00; Y10S84/09
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
112 words
An electronic musical instrument comprising: musical tone signal outputting means for outputting a musical tone signal having a frequency according to a pitch; control information outputting means for outputting control information for controlling a timbre of said musical tone signal output from said musical tone signal outputting means; filter combining means for combining a plurality of basic filters having flat and different frequency responses based on said control information from said control information outputting means; and timbre control means for filtering said musical tone signal from said musical tone signal outputting means using said basic filters combined by said filter combining means to thereby control said timbre of said musical tone signal.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
112 words
An electronic musical instrument comprising: musical tone signal outputting means for outputting a musical tone signal having a frequency according to a pitch; control information outputting means for outputting control information for controlling a timbre of said musical tone signal output from said musical tone signal outputting means; filter combining means for combining a plurality of basic filters having flat and different frequency responses based on said control information from said control information outputting means; and timbre control means for filtering said musical tone signal from said musical tone signal outputting means using said basic filters combined by said filter combining means to thereby control said timbre of said musical tone signal.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
23 words
An electronic musical instrument according to claim 1, wherein said filter combining means is designed so as to form said basic filters time-divisionally.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
110 words
An electronic musical instrument according to claim 2, wherein said timbre control means includes: storage means having a plurality of memory areas; synthesizing means for synthesizing a read output of said storage means and filtered outputs of said basic filters; write means for selectively writing said musical tone signal from said musical tone signal outputting means, said filtered outputs of said basic filters and a synthesized output of said synthesizing means into said storage means based on said control information; and read means for selectively reading a signal from said storage means and supplying said read signal to said storage means and said synthesizing means based on said control information.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
16 words
An electronic musical instrument according to claim 1, wherein said control information is timbre select information.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
15 words
An electronic musical instrument according to claim 1, wherein said control information is range information.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
22 words
An electronic musical instrument according to claim 1, wherein said control information is touch information representing a touched state of a key.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
141 words
An electronic musical instrument using filters for timbre control comprising: musical tone signal outputting means for outputting a musical tone signal having a frequency according to a pitch; storage means for storing filter coefficients to control a timbre of said musical tone signal output from said musical tone signal outputting means; data output means for repeatedly preparing and outputting integer data and fraction data, which vary with time; filter coefficient read means for reading out filter coefficients from said storage means using said integer data as an address; filter coefficient interpolation means for interpolating said read-out filter coefficients based on said fraction data; and filter means for filtering said musical tone signal from said musical tone signal outputting means based on said filter coefficients interpolated by said filter coefficient interpolation means to thereby control said timbre of said musical tone signal.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
141 words
An electronic musical instrument using filters for timbre control comprising: musical tone signal outputting means for outputting a musical tone signal having a frequency according to a pitch; storage means for storing filter coefficients to control a timbre of said musical tone signal output from said musical tone signal outputting means; data output means for repeatedly preparing and outputting integer data and fraction data, which vary with time; filter coefficient read means for reading out filter coefficients from said storage means using said integer data as an address; filter coefficient interpolation means for interpolating said read-out filter coefficients based on said fraction data; and filter means for filtering said musical tone signal from said musical tone signal outputting means based on said filter coefficients interpolated by said filter coefficient interpolation means to thereby control said timbre of said musical tone signal.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
33 words
An electronic musical instrument according to claim 7, wherein said storage means is designed to store said filter coefficients in a floating point form consisting of a power part and a fraction part.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
44 words
An electronic musical instrument according to claim 7, wherein said storage means is designed to store said filter coefficients in a floating point form having a an effective value and a differential effective value in a fraction part with a power part being common.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
91 words
An electronic musical instrument according to claim 7, wherein said storage means includes: first memory means for storing those filter coefficients which are commonly used for a high-pass filter and a low-pass filter; second memory means for storing that filter coefficient used only for said high-pass filter; third memory means for storing that filter coefficient used only for said low-pass filter; and select means for selecting one of said filter coefficients stored in said second and third memory means based on select information for said high-pass filter and said low-pass filter.
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