1979-06-07
1981-02-17
Witkowski, Stanley J.
Music
Instruments
84 124, 331 2, 331 47, 331 56, G10H 102, G10H 108, G10H 500
Patent
active
042507898
ABSTRACT:
There is disclosed herein a music synthesizer which responds to a music note played by a music instrument. The synthesizer has an envelope generator which generates a control signal in relation to the input signal to control the loudness of the synthesized note. Also, the synthesizer has a pair of voltage controlled oscillators, one of which provides a signal having a frequency related to the frequency of the input note, and the other of which provides a signal having a frequency related to the frequency of the input signal offset by the ratio of the difference between a programmed note and a referenced note, such as A440. The programmed note is that note following the operation of a control switch. The synthesizer further includes a series of footpads which control various functions of the synthesizer, such as programming the programmed note, to allow the user to control the synthesized sound while playing an instrument. The synthesizer also includes a timbral image modulator which can be selected to provide one of eight different waveshapes to control the cutoff frequency of a voltage controlled filter that filters the two oscillator signals in order to control the timbre of the synthesized signal. The synthesized sound is obtained by amplifying the filter output signal by a gain determined by the envelope generator signal.
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