Apparatus for and method of generating musical tones

Details Apparatus for and method of generating musical tones Apparatus for and method of generating musical tones

1995-02-24

1997-05-06

Shoop, Jr., William M.

Music

Instruments

Electrical musical tone generation

84659, G10H 700

Patent

active

056273347

ABSTRACT:
The content of component waveforms of at least one signal is changed in a variety of ways among the formant center signals that are synthesized with the formant waveform signals, making it possible to arbitrarily change the waveform of a musical tone that is generated. To cope with changes in the formant waveform signals Ffj(t) or the formant carrier signals Gj(t) formed by synthesizing the component waveforms, furthermore, the signals Fj(t) and Gj(t) are weighed and interpolated. This permits the signals Fj(t) and Gj(t) to change smoothly. Moreover, the number or combination of formant waveform signals synthesized to produce a musical tone is controlled depending upon the musical factors, elapsed time of sounding, envelope levels, envelope phases and/or settings instructed by an operator. This enables the form of the synthesized formant to be changed and the content of a musical tone that is generated to he changed in a variety of ways.

REFERENCES:
patent: 5138927 (1992-08-01), Nishimoto
patent: 5412152 (1995-05-01), Kageyama et al.
patent: 5536902 (1996-07-01), Serra et al.

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