Musical tone generating apparatus employing microresonator array

Details Musical tone generating apparatus employing microresonator array Musical tone generating apparatus employing microresonator array

1994-06-14

1996-10-29

Witkowski, Stanley J.

Music

Instruments

Electrical musical tone generation

84698, 84718, G10H 108, G10H 300, G10H 700

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055698719

ABSTRACT:
A musical tone generating apparatus employs an array of microresonant structures to generate the harmonic component signals of a musical tone to be generated. The microresonant structures produce high frequency signals which are down converted to audio frequency range by mixing them with a high frequency reference signal. The desired tone color is achieved by modifying the relative amplitudes of the harmonic component signals to produce a desired tone color. A large number of microresonators are preferably integrated on a single integrated circuit substrate to provide a variable tone generating system in a relatively compact environment.

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