Percussion simulating techniques

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1977-08-15

1979-04-10

Witkowski, Stanley J.

Music

Instruments

74 126, 84DIG12, G10H 102, G10H 502

Patent

active

041482409

ABSTRACT:
The disclosure describes an improved electronic musical instrument capable of simulating a sound resulting from the striking of a natural percussion instrument. The electronic instrument includes playable keys, a tone signal generator for generating tone signals and an output circuit for converting the tone signals to audible tones. A control circuit responsive to the depression of any one of the keys enables one or more of the tone signals representing one or more fundamental pitches to be transmitted to the output circuit for a first time period and enables another tone signal representing a pitch nonharmonically related to the fundamental pitches to be transmitted to the output circuit for a second time period less than the first time period. By combining the tone signals corresponding to the fundamental and nonharmonic pitches, the sound of a percussion instrument is simulated.

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patent: 3582530 (1971-06-01), Adachi
patent: 3739071 (1973-06-01), Niinomi
patent: 3809791 (1974-05-01), Uchiyama
patent: 3825668 (1974-07-01), Okamoto
patent: 3937115 (1976-02-01), Staley

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