Musical tone synthesizing apparatus using comb filter
US5442130A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 2, 1993 |
| Grant date | Aug 15, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 2, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S84/09
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
The musical tone synthesizing apparatus utilizes a loop circuit receptive of an input signal for looping the same with a given delay time to produce an output signal representative of a musical tone. The loop circuit includes a delay element for delaying the input signal and a feedback path for feeding back the delayed input signal to the delay element. A control unit is provided for controlling the delay element according to a designated pitch of a musical tone so as to set the delay time of the loop circuit to thereby determine the pitch of the musical tone. A generator generates the input signal containing various frequency components. A high-pass filter is connected precedingly to the loop circuit for selectively attenuating relatively lower frequency components of the input signal, which have periods longer than the set delay time of the loop circuit.
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