Music – Instruments
Patent
1978-05-25
1979-11-06
Witkowski, Stanley J.
Music
Instruments
84 124, 84DIG8, G10H 104, G10H 500
Patent
active
041731646
ABSTRACT:
An electronic musical instrument comprises first and second voltage-controlled frequency-variable oscillators responsive to application of a pitch determining voltage signal from a keyboard circuit to produce first and second audible frequency signals, respectively. The second audible frequency signal is coupled to the first voltage-controlled oscillator to produce a frequency-modulated tone signal to be sounded in which the first audible frequency signal is frequency-modulated with the second audible frequency signal. The content of harmonic components in a musical tone can be increased by sideband components resulting from frequency modulation. The second audible frequency signal may be amplitude-controlled to be proportional, in amplitude, to the magnitude of pitch determining voltage signal, amplitude-modulated with a time-varying control waveform, and/or waveform-modified to provide desirable modulation effects. The mixture of the pitch determining voltage signal and the second audible frequency signal may be coupled to the first voltage-controlled oscillator through an absolute value circuit. The second audible frequency signal may be also coupled to a sound system together with the frequency-modulated tone signal.
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Adachi Takeshi
Koike Masahiko
Takahashi Toshiyuki
Nippon Gakki Seizo Kabushiki Kaisha
Witkowski Stanley J.
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