Music – Instruments
Patent
1977-04-14
1979-01-16
Witkowski, Stanley J.
Music
Instruments
84 119, 84 124, 84DIG2, 84DIG9, G10H 100, G10H 500
Patent
active
041343212
ABSTRACT:
In an electronic musical instrument a demultiplexing audio waveshape generator, which accepts multiplexed frequency signals and generates a complex audio waveshape. This is accomplished by having a multiplexed frequency source with one or more outputs with each output being individually connected to a weighted resistor. The outputs of the resistors are connected in common to create a current source for presentation to an analog switch. The analog switch selects the multiplexed channels to be combined to produce the audio output signal, and through the use of gating signals can be made to create pulsed waveshapes. In the preferred embodiment of the present invention the signal from the analog switch is presented to a capacitance-resistance combination. The switched current presented to the capacitor causes an incremental charging and discharging of the capacitor which corresponds to the desired contribution of that particular channel to the audio output signal. The capacitance-resistance combination also functions as a low-pass filter to smooth the waveshape and provide some formant filtering.
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patent: 3610799 (1971-10-01), Watson
patent: 3746773 (1973-07-01), Uetrecht
patent: 4018125 (1977-04-01), Nishimoto
patent: 4041826 (1977-08-01), Oya
Allen Organ Company
Witkowski Stanley J.
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