Music – Instruments – Electrical musical tone generation
Patent
1989-12-26
1992-06-02
Shoop, Jr., William M.
Music
Instruments
Electrical musical tone generation
84657, 84445, 84451, G10H 700, G10H 500, H02M 500
Patent
active
051177277
ABSTRACT:
A tone pitch changing device comprising an operation content memory for storing the contents of an operation required for generating a sound having a pitch which belongs to one of a group of pitches, a frequency interval between each pair of adjacent pitches of each group being different among the groups of pitches, a group selecting unit for selecting and indicating one of the groups of pitches, an operation content reading unit for reading the contents of an operation, required for generating a sound having a pitch of the group selected and indicated by the group selecting unit, from the operation content storing unit, an operating unit for performing an operation in accordance with the contents of the operation read from the operation content reading unit, an operation result memory for storing the result of the operation performed by the operating unit, a pitch indicating unit for indicating a pitch of the group, and an operation result reading unit for reading the result of the operation performed with respect to a pitch indicated by the pitch indicating unit.
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Donels Jeffrey W.
Kawai Musical Inst. Mfg. Co. Ltd.
Shoop Jr. William M.
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