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Electronic musical instrument of waveshape memory reading type

US4176577A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 27, 1977
Grant dateDec 4, 1979
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Expiry dateOct 27, 1997

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S84/09
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

In an electronic musical instrument comprising a keyboard including a plurality of keys, a frequency information memory device for storing frequency informations corresponding to respective keys, a plurality of musical tone forming means including a waveshape memory device for forming musical tones in response to the output of the frequency information memory device, and a shift circuit interposed between the frequency information memory device and the musical tone forming means for effecting a footage change of an octave unit, there is provided a preset circuit for applying a plurality of preset footage signals to the shift circuit and for applying another preset signals which are necessary to form musical tones to the musical tone forming means.

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