Electronic musical instrument for generating musical tone approximate to acoustic instrument for generating a sustaining tone, and musical tone control apparatus used in this electronic musical instrument
US5278350A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 9, 1993 |
| Grant date | Jan 11, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 9, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S84/10
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
An electronic musical instrument suitable for synthesizing musical tones, comprises a musical tone control apparatus for generating velocity data and a musical tone generator for generating a musical tone signal having musical tone characteristics according to the velocity data. The musical tone control apparatus comprises an operation member which can be movably operated, a detector for detecting operation data according to an operation position or displacement amount of the operation member along its moving direction, a conversion memory for converting the operation data outputted from the detector into velocity data, and a control circuit for controlling musical tone characteristics on the basis of the velocity data outputted from the conversion memory.
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