Electronic musical instrument utilizing a tone generator of a de

Details Electronic musical instrument utilizing a tone generator of a de Electronic musical instrument utilizing a tone generator of a de

1993-03-23

1996-04-30

Shoop, Jr., William M.

Music

Instruments

Electrical musical tone generation

84659, G10H 700

Patent

active

055127037

ABSTRACT:
The electronic musical instrument includes a detecting unit, an excitation signal generator and a tone generator. The detecting unit detects body action to produce an action signal representative of the detected body action. The detecting unit includes a sensor element directly attached to a given part of a player's body for detecting the body action of that part. The excitation signal generator produces an excitation signal according to the action signal. The tone generator is one of a delayed feedback type, receives the excitation signal, and generates a musical tone signal according to a designated tone pitch. The tone generator includes a delay element for delaying the excitation signal by a given time corresponding to the designated tone pitch, and a feedback path for feeding back the delayed excitation signal to the delay element.

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patent: 5286913 (1994-02-01), Higashi
patent: 5290966 (1994-03-01), Aoki

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