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Tone signal generating apparatus for performing a timbre change by storing a full frequency band in a wave memory

US5428183A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 17, 1993
Grant dateJun 27, 1995
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Expiry dateDec 17, 2013

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

Abstract

A tone signal generating apparatus, including a memory for storing wave data containing frequency components within a full band; a tone generator for reading the wave data from the memory in accordance with key ON/OFF data to generate a tone signal; a velocity generator for generating a velocity value based on key ON/OFF data; a first coefficient processor for producing a first coefficient to control the amplitude in accordance with the velocity value generated by the velocity generator; a first operator for performing an operation on the first coefficient produced by the first coefficient processor and the tone signal generated by the tone generator, a filter for extracting frequency components within a specific band from the tone signal output from the first operator to produce a first tone signal and outputting the first tone signal; a second coefficient processor for producing a second coefficient to control the amplitude in accordance with the velocity value generated by the velocity generator; and a second operator for performing an operation on the second coefficient produced by the second coefficient processor and the tone signal produced by the tone generator to obtain a s…

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