Electrical musical instrument using a joystick-type control apparatus
US5403970A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 19, 1990 |
| Grant date | Apr 4, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 19, 2010 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG10H2250/521
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A control apparatus, for an electronic musical instrument and other electronic apparatuses, comprises a freely operable operation rod having an operation gripping portion at a distal end of the rod, X- and Y-position detectors for respectively detecting X- and Y-positions of the operation rod, and a pressure or rotation amount detector for detecting an operation pressure operating on the operation rod or a rotational amount of the operation rod about an axis thereof. The control apparatus can input a pressure or rotational amount detection signal of the operation rod to a control object together with X- and Y-position detection signals. An electronic musical instrument has the control apparatus as a performance operation member for controlling electronic tone generation parameters in correspondence with a performance function of a kind of instrument, and a physical sound source for generating an electronic tone on the basis of inputs from a keyboard and the performance operation member.
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