Electronic musical instrument with multiple voices responsive to mutually exclusive ram memory segments
US5121667A · kind A · utility
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 6, 1989 |
| Grant date | Jun 16, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 6, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG10H7/004
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A multi-channel musical instrument/computer comprising a mass memory device connected to a plurality of random access memory divisions, each random access memory division connected to an oscillator bank to produce musical sounds from multiple sources simultaneously. A MIDI interface is provided to connect to another instrument or system for the reproduction and/or storage of musical sounds. A ROM card interface is provided to collect and/or play musical sounds stored on ROM cards supplied by various manufacturers.
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