Musical tone forming device by FM technology
US4253367A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 3, 1979 |
| Grant date | Mar 3, 1981 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 3, 1999 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG10H7/08
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A musical tone forming device comprises circuit system of digital calculation realizing frequency modulation technology in three different modes. In the first mode a plurality of frequency modulated waveforms are individually calculated in response to key depression and resultant data is added together to provide a musical tone signal, in the second mode, a signal waveform having a frequency corresponding to a depressed key is frequency-modulated with a plurality of signal waveforms, and in the third mode a signal waveform of a frequency corresponding to a depressed key is frequency-modulated in a multiple manner with a plurality of signal waveforms. Throughout these systems, the same component parts are commonly used and tone signals of the respective systems can be produced by a simple switching operation.
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