GB2040537B - Digital electronic musical instrument - Google Patents

Digital electronic musical instrument

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Publication number
GB2040537B
GB2040537B GB7942541A GB7942541A GB2040537B GB 2040537 B GB2040537 B GB 2040537B GB 7942541 A GB7942541 A GB 7942541A GB 7942541 A GB7942541 A GB 7942541A GB 2040537 B GB2040537 B GB 2040537B
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Prior art keywords
musical instrument
electronic musical
digital electronic
digital
instrument
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Expired
Application number
GB7942541A
Other versions
GB2040537A (en
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MICROSKILL Ltd
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MICROSKILL Ltd
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Priority claimed from GB7847901A external-priority patent/GB2013386A/en
Application filed by MICROSKILL Ltd filed Critical MICROSKILL Ltd
Priority to GB7942541A priority Critical patent/GB2040537B/en
Publication of GB2040537A publication Critical patent/GB2040537A/en
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of GB2040537B publication Critical patent/GB2040537B/en
Expired legal-status Critical Current

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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
    • G10H—ELECTROPHONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; INSTRUMENTS IN WHICH THE TONES ARE GENERATED BY ELECTROMECHANICAL MEANS OR ELECTRONIC GENERATORS, OR IN WHICH THE TONES ARE SYNTHESISED FROM A DATA STORE
    • G10H5/00—Instruments in which the tones are generated by means of electronic generators
    • G10H5/005—Voice controlled instruments
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
    • G10H—ELECTROPHONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; INSTRUMENTS IN WHICH THE TONES ARE GENERATED BY ELECTROMECHANICAL MEANS OR ELECTRONIC GENERATORS, OR IN WHICH THE TONES ARE SYNTHESISED FROM A DATA STORE
    • G10H1/00—Details of electrophonic musical instruments
    • G10H1/36—Accompaniment arrangements
    • G10H1/38—Chord
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
    • G10H—ELECTROPHONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; INSTRUMENTS IN WHICH THE TONES ARE GENERATED BY ELECTROMECHANICAL MEANS OR ELECTRONIC GENERATORS, OR IN WHICH THE TONES ARE SYNTHESISED FROM A DATA STORE
    • G10H2210/00—Aspects or methods of musical processing having intrinsic musical character, i.e. involving musical theory or musical parameters or relying on musical knowledge, as applied in electrophonic musical tools or instruments
    • G10H2210/325—Musical pitch modification
    • G10H2210/331—Note pitch correction, i.e. modifying a note pitch or replacing it by the closest one in a given scale
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
    • G10H—ELECTROPHONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; INSTRUMENTS IN WHICH THE TONES ARE GENERATED BY ELECTROMECHANICAL MEANS OR ELECTRONIC GENERATORS, OR IN WHICH THE TONES ARE SYNTHESISED FROM A DATA STORE
    • G10H2230/00—General physical, ergonomic or hardware implementation of electrophonic musical tools or instruments, e.g. shape or architecture
    • G10H2230/025—Computing or signal processing architecture features
    • G10H2230/041—Processor load management, i.e. adaptation or optimization of computational load or data throughput in computationally intensive musical processes to avoid overload artifacts, e.g. by deliberately suppressing less audible or less relevant tones or decreasing their complexity
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
    • G10H—ELECTROPHONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; INSTRUMENTS IN WHICH THE TONES ARE GENERATED BY ELECTROMECHANICAL MEANS OR ELECTRONIC GENERATORS, OR IN WHICH THE TONES ARE SYNTHESISED FROM A DATA STORE
    • G10H2250/00—Aspects of algorithms or signal processing methods without intrinsic musical character, yet specifically adapted for or used in electrophonic musical processing
    • G10H2250/131—Mathematical functions for musical analysis, processing, synthesis or composition
    • G10H2250/161—Logarithmic functions, scaling or conversion, e.g. to reflect human auditory perception of loudness or frequency

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Acoustics & Sound (AREA)
  • Multimedia (AREA)
  • Electrophonic Musical Instruments (AREA)
GB7942541A 1978-12-11 1979-12-10 Digital electronic musical instrument Expired GB2040537B (en)

Priority Applications (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB7942541A GB2040537B (en) 1978-12-11 1979-12-10 Digital electronic musical instrument

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB7847901A GB2013386A (en) 1977-09-10 1978-12-11 Electronic sound processing device
GB7942541A GB2040537B (en) 1978-12-11 1979-12-10 Digital electronic musical instrument

Publications (2)

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GB2040537A GB2040537A (en) 1980-08-28
GB2040537B true GB2040537B (en) 1983-06-15

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GB7942541A Expired GB2040537B (en) 1978-12-11 1979-12-10 Digital electronic musical instrument

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Families Citing this family (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP1011090B1 (en) * 1995-09-29 2004-06-09 Yamaha Corporation Musical tone-generating method and musical tone-generating apparatus
EP1394768B1 (en) * 2002-09-02 2008-05-07 Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) Sound synthesiser
US20060005690A1 (en) * 2002-09-02 2006-01-12 Thomas Jacobsson Sound synthesiser

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