Music – Instruments – Electrical musical tone generation
Patent
1992-11-04
1994-05-17
Shoop, Jr., William M.
Music
Instruments
Electrical musical tone generation
84644, 84743, G10H 700
Patent
active
053130103
ABSTRACT:
A musical tone control apparatus has grips and elbow angle detectors, in which the grips are hand held and provided with push-button switches and an actuator, both of which are operated by fingers to generate musical tone control data having variations of musical tone. While the elbow angle detectors are provided with an angle detector for measuring an angle of the elbow during a performance, and generating musical tone control data with the variations corresponding to the angle of the elbow. Each variation is determined by function assignments which correspond to each of the fingers and elbows. The function assignments are preloaded in a memory device, such as a depth of vibrato, a speed of tremolo, a range of pitch-bend, and the like. Accordingly, the musical tone control apparatus transfers musical tone control data having variations to a musical tone generating apparatus to produce a musical tone from a speaker.
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Masabuchi Takamichi
Matsushima Shunichi
Obata Masahiko
Sakama Masao
Suzuki Hideo
Donels Jeffrey W.
Shoop Jr. William M.
Yamaha Corporation
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