Electrical musical instrument using a time interval determined by a linear scraper operator to adjust musical parameters
First Claim
1. An electronic musical instrument comprising:
- operator means having a predetermined operation length in a predetermined operation direction along a linear axis thereof, for detecting at least one of access, contact, and push of an operating member, and generating a plurality of signals to be detected within the range of said operation length, from a plurality of signal sources, each of the signal sources being generally equally spaced apart at a predetermined distance along the linear axis;
time interval means for receiving the signals detected by said operator means and generating a time interval signal representing a time difference between consecutively detect signals from consecutive signal sources to determine a velocity; and
tone signal synthesizing means for generating a tone signal in accordance with said detected signal and said velocity determined from said time interval signal,wherein the tone signal synthesizing means generates a separate tone signal with a predetermined duration each time said operator means generates said signal to be detected.
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Abstract
An electronic musical instrument including: a scraper operator having a predetermined operation length in a predetermined operation direction, for detecting at least one of access, contact, and push of an operating member, and generating a plurality of signals to be detected within the range of the operation length; a time interval generating unit for receiving the signals detected by the scraper operator and generating a time interval signal representing a time difference between consecutively detected signals; and a tone signal synthesizer for generating a tone signal in accordance with the detected signal and the time interval signal each time the scraper operator generates the signal to be detected. Signals indicating the position, speed, and acceleration are derived from a plurality of consecutive signals time sequentially detected, providing various control ways of musical tone signals.
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17 Claims
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1. An electronic musical instrument comprising:
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operator means having a predetermined operation length in a predetermined operation direction along a linear axis thereof, for detecting at least one of access, contact, and push of an operating member, and generating a plurality of signals to be detected within the range of said operation length, from a plurality of signal sources, each of the signal sources being generally equally spaced apart at a predetermined distance along the linear axis; time interval means for receiving the signals detected by said operator means and generating a time interval signal representing a time difference between consecutively detect signals from consecutive signal sources to determine a velocity; and tone signal synthesizing means for generating a tone signal in accordance with said detected signal and said velocity determined from said time interval signal, wherein the tone signal synthesizing means generates a separate tone signal with a predetermined duration each time said operator means generates said signal to be detected. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. An electronic musical instrument comprising:
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operator means having a predetermined operation length in a predetermined operation direction along a linear axis thereof, for detecting at least one of access, contact, and push of an operating member, and generating a plurality of signals to be detected within the range of said operation length, from a plurality of signal sources, each of the signal sources being generally equally spaced apart at a predetermine distance along the linear axis; time interval means for receiving the signals detected by said operator means and generating a time interval signal representing a time difference between consecutively detected signals from consecutive signal sources to determine a velocity; tone signal synthesizing means for generating a tone signal in accordance with said detected signal; and tone modifying signal generating means for generating a tone modifying signal in accordance with said detected signal and said velocity determined from said time interval signal, wherein the tone signal synthesizing means generates a separate tone signal with a predetermined duration each time said operator means generates said signal to be detected. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An electronic musical instrument comprising:
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operator means having a predetermined operation length in a predetermined operation direction, for detecting at least one of access, contact, and push of an operating member, and generating a plurality of signals to be detected within the range of said operation length from a plurality of signal sources that are generally equally spaced apart at a predetermined distance between adjoining signal sources along said operation length; time interval means for receiving the signals detected by said operator means and generating a time interval signal between consecutively detected signals from consecutive signal sources that substantially represent a velocity of said operating member; tone modifying signal generating means for generating a tone modifying signal in accordance with a difference between a plurality of said time intervals, substantially representing acceleration of said operating member; and tone signal synthesizing means for generating a tone signal in accordance with said detected signal each time said operator means generates said signal to be detected, and with said tone amplifying signal.
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11. An electronic musical instrument comprising:
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operator means having a predetermined operation length in a predetermined operation direction, for detecting at least one of access, contact, and push of an operating member, and generating a plurality of signals to be detected within the range of said operation length from a plurality of signal sources that are generally equally spaced apart at a predetermined distance between adjoining signal sources along said operation length; time interval means for receiving the signals detected by said operator means and generating a time interval signal representing a time difference between consecutively detected signals from consecutive signal sources to determine a velocity; tone signal synthesizing means for generating a tone signal in accordance with said detected signal and said velocity determined from said time interval signal each time said operator means generates said signal to be detected; manipulation direction data deriving means for deriving manipulation direction data from a plurality of said detected signals produced from said plurality of signal sources; and tone control signal generating means for generating a tone control signal to be generated by said tone signal synthesizing means, in accordance with said manipulation direction data.
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12. An electronic musical instrument comprising:
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operator means having a predetermined operation length in a predetermined operation direction, for detecting at least one of access, contact, and push of an operating member, and generating a plurality of signals to be detected within the range of said operation length from a plurality of signal sources that are generally equally spaced apart at a predetermined distance between adjoining signal sources along said operation length; time interval means for receiving the signals detected by said operator means and generating a time interval signal representing a time difference between consecutively detected signals from consecutive signal sources; tone signal synthesizing means for generating a tone signal in accordance with said detected signal each time said operator means generates said signal to be detected; manipulation direction data deriving means for deriving manipulation direction data from a plurality of said detected signals produced from the plurality of signal sources; and tone modifying signal generating means for generating a tone modifying signal to be generated by said tone signal synthesizing means, in accordance with said manipulation direction data.
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13. An electronic musical instrument comprising:
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a housing; a plurality of pads, disposed on said housing, each of which generates a pad-operation signal in response to a player'"'"'s operation thereto; a scraper operator, disposed on said housing, having a predetermined operation length in a predetermined operation direction and having a plurality of switches, each of which generates a scraper-operation signal in response to at least one of access, contact, and push of an operating member thereto, each of which is generally equally spaced apart along the operation length; time interval means for generating a time interval signal corresponding to the time interval between succeeding signals from adjacent switches of said scraper operator to determine a velocity; and tone signal synthesizing means for generating tone signals in response to said pad-operation signal, said scraper-operation signal and said velocity determined from said time interval signal, wherein the tone signal synthesizing means generates a separate tone signal with a predetermined duration each time one of said switches of said scraper operator generates said scraper-operation signal.
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14. An electronic musical instrument comprising:
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operator means having a predetermined operation length in a predetermined operation direction along a linear axis thereof, for detecting at least one of access, contact, and push of an operating member, and generating a plurality of signals to be detected within the range of said operation length, from a plurality of signal sources, each of the signal sources being generally equally spaced apart at a predetermined distance along the linear axis; time interval means for receiving the signals detected by said operator means and generating a time interval signal representing a time difference between consecutively detected signals from consecutive signal sources to determine a velocity; and tone signal synthesizing means for generating a tone signal in accordance with said detected signal and said velocity determined from said time interval signal each time said operator means generates said signal to be detected, wherein said operation direction is detected to generate different tone signals in accordance with said detected operation direction.
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15. An electronic musical instrument comprising:
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operator means having a predetermined operation length in a predetermined operation direction along a linear axis thereof, for detecting at least one of access, contact, and push of an operating member, and generating a plurality of signals to be detected within the range of said operation length, from a plurality of signal sources, each of the signal sources being generally equally spaced apart at a predetermined distance along the linear axis; time interval means for receiving the signals detected by said operator means and generating a time interval signal representing a time difference between consecutively detected signals from consecutive signal sources to determine a velocity; tone signal synthesizing means for generating a tone signal in accordance with said detected signal each time said operator means generates said signal to be detected; and tone modifying signal generating means for generating a tone modifying signal in accordance with said detected signal and said velocity determined from said time interval signal, wherein said operation direction is detected to generate different tone signals in accordance with said detected operation direction.
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16. An electronic musical instrument comprising:
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operator means having a predetermined operation length in a predetermined operation direction along a linear axis thereof, for detecting at least one of access, contact, and push of an operation member, and generating a plurality of signals to be detected within the range of said operation length, from a plurality of signal sources, each of the signal sources being generally equally spaced apart at a predetermined distance along the linear axis; time interval means for receiving the signals detected by said operator means and generating a time interval signal representing a time difference between consecutively detected signals from consecutive signal sources to determine a velocity; and tone signal synthesizing means for generating a tone signal in accordance with said detected signal and said velocity determined from said time interval signal each time said operator means generates said signal to be detected, wherein said operation direction is detected to generate different tone signals in accordance with said detected operation direction, and said tone signal is modified in accordance with said operation direction and said velocity determined from said time interval signal.
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17. An electronic musical instrument comprising:
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operator means having a predetermined operation length in a predetermined operation direction along a linear axis thereof, for detecting at least one of access, contact, and push of an operating member, and generating a plurality of signals to be detected within the range of said operation length, from a plurality of signal sources, each of the signal sources being generally equally spaced apart at a predetermined distance along the linear axis; time interval means for receiving the signals detected by said operator means and generating a time interval signal representing a time difference between consecutively detected signals from consecutive signal sources to determine a velocity; tone signal synthesizing means for generating a tone signal in accordance with said detected signal each time said operator means generates said signal to be detected; and tone modifying signal generating means for generating a tone modifying signal in accordance with said detected signal and said velocity determined from said time interval signal, wherein said operation direction is detected to generate different tone signals in accordance with said detected operation direction, and said tone signal is modified in accordance with said operation direction and said velocity determined from said time interval signal.
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