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- a matrix connects the stages selectively to tone signal 35 Claims, 22 Drawing Figs. sources, enabling generation of repetitive multitone patterns, the characters and/or the durations of which may be modified [52] U.S.C
- a flip-flop circuit may be used to modify the connections of the matrix to the tone sources, for alternate [56] References cued measures.
- a more complex counter than a flip-flop may pro- UNITED STATES PATENTS vide modification more infrequently than in alternate mea- Re. 26,521 2/1969 Park 84/1 .03 sures, say per three measures.
- the repetition may be partial by 3,247,307 4/1966 Campbell 84/1 .03 feeding back pulses from an intermediate point of the chain to 3,358,068 12/1967 Campbell 84/ 1.01 the beginning, or from its end to a midpoint, i.e. there may be 3,441,653 4/1969 Clark 84/1. 17 a chain within a chain, or a ring within a ring. Initiating a cycle 3,480,718 11/1969 Kohls et al..
- rhythmic accompaniment instruments are slaved to the instrument they'accompany. This can be accomplished, in the case of the electronic organ, by initiating a pattern in response to predetermined pedal tones. This system is called semiautomatic. Or, the patterns may run at some predetermined tempo and the musician be constrained to follow the accompaniment unit. This system may be called free running.
- a master oscillator drives a counterchain, which essentially acts to spread spatially the output of the oscillator.
- the outputs of the counterstages are selected by a matrix, and the outputs of the matrix used to turn on tone sources selectively for different tone patterns.
- Instruments of this type can be free running, or slaved to another instrument, and if slaved can be fully slaved, as to beginnings and terminations of measures, or can be slaved only as to measure initiations and free running otherwise. 7
- monostable stages are cascaded, and operated asynchronously, to provide spatially distributed pulses. It is feasible to modify delay time per stage independently, or delay time of all stages simultaneously, to provide the possibility of generating an infinite number of tone patterns with a small number of stages.
- a wide variety of patterns can'be achieved by means of a relatively small number of stages, and each stage need only involve one transistor.
- the chain may be a closed ring, for a free running system, or an open chain for a semiautomatic or automatic system. Multiple pulses may traverse the chain, so long as they are adequately spaced, i.e. are separated by at least one Stage, and feedback and feedforward expedients may be employed, as well as playing of diverse patterns for alternate measures.
- the system is of extreme flexibility, yet can be achieved at relatively low cost.
- the chain may be open or closed, automatically synchronized with playing of an accompanied instrument or free running, and controls, by means of a matrix, a plurality of diverse tone sources in any desired groupings, within a pattern.
- FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of a system according to the invention
- FIG. 2 is a schematic circuit diagram of the basic pattern generator of FIG. 1, 1
- FIG. 3 isa chart providing illustrative delay times of the basic pattern generator of FIG. 2, for various tempos,
- FIG. 4 is a schematic circuit diagram of rhythm pattern selector switches of FIG. 1,
- FIG. 5 is a schematic circuit diagram of capacitive matrices of FIG. 1, a
- FIG. 6 is a schematic circuit diagram of trigger amplifiers A and A, of FIG. '1, coupled to a base drum tone generator,
- FIG. 7 is a schematic circuit diagram of trigger amplifiers B and B ofFIG. l, I
- FIG. 8 is a schematic circuit diagram of a flip-flop 20 of FIG. 1,
- FIG. 9 is a circuit diagram of a brush tone generator
- FIG. .10 is a chart of the tone patterns and colors available in the system of FIG. 1,
- FIG. 11 is a circuit diagram of a clave tone generator
- FIG. 12 is a circuit diagram of a congo drum tone generator
- FIGS. 13-22 are functional block diagrams of modifications of the basic pattern generator of FIGS. 1 and 2.
- FIG. 1 is a basic multishape pattern generator of the asynchronous type, having facilities for modifying time delay between stages, and having also means 11 for varying a common parameter of all the stages in the same sense and ratio, to
- counter may be a ring, i.e., may close on itself, or it may be an open chain. It may operate to initiate a pattern in response to closure of a control switch, or actuation of an organ pedal, or
- the common parameter controls tempo, and the interstage delay times determine rhythmic pattern. If delay time is increased at one pointof the chain, it must be correspondingly decreased at another point, if tempo is to remain the same.
- the rhythm selector switches 12 operate to select a rhythm by selecting certain output stages of the pattern generator 10 and ignoring others.
- the pattern generator 10 has delays, in the preferred embodiment. This is quite adequate for equating one cycle of the generator with one measure of 4/4. time by collecting alternate pulses, having all equal delays. If the same generator is to be used for 3/4 time, the delays may be suitably modified, and only three of these taken off, per cycle.
- the selector switches 12 then abstract from an extensive pattern, made available by generator 10, and comprising, for example, nine pulses, the times between adjacent ones of which are subject to control, into another pattern, usually of reduced number of pulses, and representing the pattern which is to be heard. But the latter pattern may not involve suitable delays, i.e.
- the waltz button 13 if the waltz button 13 is actuated, this may call for pulses from outputs 0, 3, 6, of generator 10.
- Leads 14 represent the insertion of voltages or resistances into the generator 10 which change interstage times appropriately to provide 3/4 pattern at outputs 0, 3, 6.
- the pattern selector switch 12 selects output stages, at leads 15 of the pattern generator 10, and also selects interstage time delays, such that a desired input pattern is achieved,
- Each input position of the pattern selector 12 leads to two or more output leads, as at 16, 17, which carry duplicate pulses.
- the leads l6, l7 proceed to a capacitive matrix 18, which applies many input pulses to relatively few utilization devices.
- FIG. 1 it is assumed that there are five percussive voice sources, A-E. These may be drum, clave, etc. Each of these is turned on by an applied pulse. The pulses proceed to the voice sources via either of two channels, represented by a primed and an unpn'med trigger amplifier, as A, A, B, B, etc. These are selected by a flip-flop 20, which changes state in response to each completion of a cycle of pattern generator 10, so that the pattern changes for alternate measures.
- A-E percussive voice sources
- a tempo is set into the system, in terms of a control voltage V which simultaneously adjusts all the delays of basic pattern generator 10 in the same ratio.
- a rhythm is selected by pressing a selected one of pushbuttons 13, which not only selects a set of output leads 16, 17, but also feeds appropriate individual delay variations via leads 14 into basic pattern generator 10, so that a desired temporal pattern in the selected tempo will be achieved.
- This pattern is spatially distributed over leads 16, 17, some of which carry duplicate pulses. Assume that leads 16 do so, and also that leads 17 do so.
- the capacitor matrix 18 distributes the sequence of pulses to voice sources. For example, one lead 16 may proceed to lead 19 and another lead 16 to lead 20. One lead 17 may proceed to lead 21, another to lead 22, another lead 23.
- each of these leads will receive a pulse, on each run of a pattern. But these leads proceed sometimes to a primed trigger amplifier, as at A, and sometimes to an unprimed trigger amplifier, as A.
- the primed and unprimed trigger amplifiers are selectively rendered operative on alternate pattern runs, by flip-flop 20. It follows that on a first run amplifier A will energize voice A, and amplifier 8, voice B, but that on a succeeding run amplifier A, will trigger voice A, amplifier B, voice B and amplifier C, voice C. For 3/4 time only voice A may sound, for both pattern runs, if desired, or voice A may sound for one pattern and voice B for the alternate patterns.
- all patterns may be duplicate; or, for a 3/4 pattern, we may hear the sequence of voices A, B, C, D, E, A. Any desired sequence may be programmed into the system in terms of the wiring of capacitor matrix 18. At some increase of complexity, selective manual switching to voices AE may also be employed, if extreme flexibility is desired.
- FIG. 2 is illustrated a simple form of asynchronous basic pattern generator chain, having provision for adjustable in; terstage delay and for adjustable overall delay, or tempo.
- Each stage of the chain employs an NPN transistor T,, T etc., having a grounded emitter and a resistive collector load R.
- the base of T is connected to a common lead 25, carrying a voltage +V which normally maintains the transistors fully .conductive.
- a steering diode D leads from the collector of T,
- an output terminal 26 labeled to represent 0 time.
- the anode of D is connected to the positive supplylead 27 via a 1m resistance 28.
- the output terminal -26 is normally at or near ground potential, when T, is conductive.
- lead 29, connected to a point of load resistance R rises in voltage. If V, is suitably selected, the capacitor C becomes charged, say, so that its right-hand plate, as seen in FIG. 2, is more negative than its left-hand plate.
- the time required for this to occur is determined by adjusting the value of V or by paralleling the resistance R with another resistance, as R,,, connected to a voltage source also labeled V
- the operation described in respect to T, and T applies for a chain as long as desired, and the chain of FIG. 2 extends to T T.,T,, to T,,, inclusive, provide output pulses at times 0, 1, 2-7, while T supplies signal to flip-flop 20, causing it to change state.
- Each base is permanently connected to V, via a resistance, and is also provided with an optional resistance R V is adjustable, and the R, resistances may be connected in circuit 2 or omitted, at will, to vary tempo and pattern, respectively.
- FIG. 3 a pattern of time delays which may be employed in the present system. It is assumed that switch S is opened to start a cycle. Switch S normally maintains the base of T grounded, and when opened permits that base to rise in voltage, producing a negative going pulse at lead 30, which transiently cuts off T,. T, recovers after a time delay TD to provide a negative pulse at terminal 0, at time 0. It will be noted that the delay is 125, where a full measure is 1,000, for all tempos except rhumba, for which it is 83. This implies that R, is out of circuit except when a rhumoa tempo is desired. Alternate tempos are waltz, march, fox trot, dixieland, tango,
- cha-cha. Delays are set up as in the table of FIG. 3, for the terminals 0-7 inclusive, with delay T D, bringing the system back to zero time.
- the first column, labeled TD to represent delays at the input of T,; TD, delay at the input of T and so on for all eight transistors.
- the columns labeled 0, l, 2 etc. represent total elapsed time, at the output terminals 0, l, 2 etc.
- Total elapsed time per measure must always be 1,000, on an arbitrary basis, as representing one measure of music.
- the actual time represented by 1,000 is established byvarying V and the time delay per stage is always either 125 or 83, in the present embodiment of the invention. 4/4 time is then established in terms of 125 125 250 while 3/4 time is established in terms of 125 125 83 333.
- Other rhythms may be more complex, as cha-cha, but use of only two basic time delays can provide any desired pattern.
- rhythm selector switches are illustrated in FIG. 4, which has been simplified to clarify the disclosure by avoiding drawing of all wiring of the system. Inclusion of all wiring could only serve to obscure.
- SID-57 For each tempo of FIG. 4 are shown eight sets of two terminals each, labeled SID-57, inclusive. These are in the form of squares. Certain of these squares are encircled to show their particular significance, and they are labeled. For example, waltz 0 is labeled A A B B. A Bass Drum, B Snare Drum, C Clave, E Brush Cymbal, F Conga Drum. An unprimed letter implies the first of two measures and a primed letter implies the second, the measures being in immediate succession.
- contacts are labeled 3 and 6, which represent values of voltage V for these time slots in the basic pattern.
- the contacts 42, 43, 44, 45 are interconnected, and contact 44 is labeled EE.
- the contacts 47, 48, 49, 50 are interconnected and the contact 49 is labeled EE.
- a lead 30, extends therefrom.
- This lead extends to a capacitive matrix, FIG. 5, the output terminals of which are 60, 61 for A and A, respectively, and 62, 63 for B and B, respectively. These output terminals are connected to the A and A terminals of FIG. 6,
- stage 8 proceeds to a flip-flop, I FIG. 8, which provides two alternate outputs at terminals X and X.
- the output pulse is amplified by pulse amplifier 80, and the amplified pulses applied jointly to the collectors of transistors T,0, T 1, which are cross-connected in a conventional flip-flop or bistable configuration. It follows that a first of two successive input pulses generates a control voltage at X, and a second at X, and that each completion of a pattern effects a transfer.
- two gates are provided. These employ normallyton transistors TR, and TR To the bases of TR,, and TR are applied the A and A outputs of the capacitor matrix.
- the bases of TR TR are connected to ground through capacitors, as 60 and to a positive voltage terminal 61 via a timing resistance, as 62.
- the capacitors 60 are normally charged, and the transistors TR,,, TR normally conductive.
- the collectors of TR,,, TR are resistance loaded, by resistances 63 and capacitively coupled jointly to the base of a sustain transistor TR,, normally nonconductive, having a grounded emitter and a collector connected in series with the emitter of transistor TR of tone oscillator 64, normally inoperative because TR, has no current path.
- TR its collector is normally at ground potential.
- a negative control pulse is applied to its base, tuming the transistor off transiently.
- capacitor 60 recharges slowly to+l6v.
- the input circuit of TR is a pulse lengthener, but capacitor 60 also has a decoupling effect between stages. Meanwhile, a positive voltage has appeared at the collector of TR, and is transiently transferred to the base of TR-,, turning the latter on.
- TR has a timing capacitor 66 connected between its collector and ground, with an interposed small resistance 67.
- Capacitor 66 is normally charged. On turning TR, on, capacitor 66 discharges through TR, which times the turn on of oscillator 64, i.e., of TR,,. TR, then turns off. The oscillator continues to oscillate, as capacitor 66 charges through resistance 68 and TR8, but with gradually decreasing amplitude until capacitor 66 becomes fully charged. TR8 is then cut off because it has no current path.
- Oscillator 64 is an RC oscillator, conventional per se, and has a frequency of 100 cps. Timing or sustain is established to simulate the bass drum. As pulses arrive at A, A at the beginning of each pattern, a drum sound occurs.
- TR,, TR are unnecessarily.
- the clave tone generator of FIG. 11 is essentially the same as the bass drum tone generator of FIG. 6, a difference residing in oscillator frequency, which is 2,100,, c.p.s. for clave and I00, c.p.s. for bass drum.
- oscillator frequency is 2,100,, c.p.s. for clave and I00, c.p.s. for bass drum.
- a typical congo drum tone generator is illustrated in FIG. 12, for which oscillator frequency is 250 c.p.s. Additional distinctions reside in delay times employed, and these are determined by R,, C
- Brush sounds are produced by gating through a noise signal illustrated in FIG. 9.
- TR is the sustain gate, responsive to a control pulse.
- TR When TR, is turned on, a current path is provided for TR,, to the base of which is connected a noise source.
- the collector of TR is connected to an active passband filter employing transistor TR,0, peaking at about kc. 66 and 68 provides the necessary sustain time constants, as in the case ofFIG. 6.
- Noise is obtained from noise source NPN transistor TR (FIG. 7) operated in the Zener breakdown mode, i.e., with its base and collector grounded and its emitter connected to +22-.v. via a load resistance.
- the phenomenon is well known, noise voltage appearing at the emitter. That noise voltage is applied to the base of TR,2, and to the base of TR (FIG. 9) all in parallel.
- Snare drum sound is obtained by simultaneously gating on a TOM-TOM voice and noise gate TR,2, to provide the snare drum voice at terminal 80.
- tone sources employed represent a matter of choice and the specific tone sources employed have been derived from commercially sold electronic organs, and represent no novelty, but are included for completeness of this disclosure.
- the system of FIG. 1 represents a basic system, which, how ever, is subject to many variations.
- FIG. 13 is shown a chain of delay stages, TD,, TD TD TD., four only being included for purposes of simplification, although, as in FIG. 2, nine might be included in a commercial system.
- a starting pulse can be inserted by opening of switch 8,, normally closed to break the chain, and a flip-flop FF included at the output of the chain.
- switch S is operated, as by the pedals of an electronic organ, or if S represents a tone responsive semiconductor switch, we have a semiautomatic accompaniment system.
- switch S is operated, as by the pedals of an electronic organ, or if S represents a tone responsive semiconductor switch, we have a semiautomatic accompaniment system.
- switch S is operated, as by the pedals of an electronic organ, or if S represents a tone responsive semiconductor switch, we have a semiautomatic accompaniment system.
- switch S we may open switch S, and close switch 8,, which makes a closed ring out of an open chain.
- the system of FIG. 13 is amplified in FIG. 14, by inserting two pulses into the chain, as by means of switches S, and 8,. These will follow each other, either in the open or ring configuration, without mutual interference, provided they are separated by at least one delay stage.
- opening of switch S produces an input control pulse which travels down the stages TD,-TD,, with predetermined but not necessarily equal interstage delays.
- the input control pulse is directly employed to transfer the state of a flip-flop FF,, so that alternate input control pulses are ineffective in respect to TD,.
- the flip-flop FF drives a frequency divider flip-flop FF,, which in turn supplies control pulses to TD, via lead L,,. It is assumed that switches S S S, are open.
- the pulse which FF, interdicts is passed FF,, which transfers a pulse to TD, on alternate interdiction pulses, and provides output pulses from TD, and TD in sequence.
- the sequence of sounds, if S is closed once per measure, is L,, L L L, for the first measure and L,, L,, for the second measure.
- FIGS. 16 and 17 illustrate the feed forward of pulses from an early to a late stage of a chain, via flip-flop FF in the case of FIG. 16, and via a time delay circuit TD in the case of FIG. 17.
- flip-flop FF flip-flop FF
- time delay circuit TD time delay circuit
- FIG. 18 indicates the utilization of two parallel chains, which are operated in alternation.
- the chains are 104), 101.
- S FF feeds a pulse to chain 100 but not to chain 101.
- the pulse travels down chain 100 and on completion switches FF and starts a train down 101. If switch SW is closed, the pulse now resets FF and starts down 100. The result is a closed ring of effectively eight units. If SW is open, the chain 101 is open. If SW is open, successive closures of S are required for each half of the chain. This can be useful if two pedal notes are played per measure, or to provide alternative patterns for successive measures.
- FIG. 19 represents a system in which cross coupling of parallel chains occurs at 103, but otherwise is the system of FIG. 18. Either feed-forward or feedback may occur in any chain, via a flip-flop to provide alternate measure variation, directly or via a delay device. See FIGS. 20 and 21.
- FIG. 22 is illustrated a system having two patterns.
- the flip-flop FF supplies voltage V to either lead 90 or 91. But this voltage is applied to the delay stages via diverse sets of resistances R. These are selected to provide the same tempo, but diverse patterns, on a per measure basis. FF can assure two passes of a pulse for each closure of S, if'S flis closed and 8,1 open. But feedback can occur from TD to TD directly, providing a free-running closed ring, with alternate patterns per measure, if 5,0 is open and 8 1 closed.
- a stepping circuit comprising:
- each of said stages having an on state and an off state
- each of said stages being responsive via the intervening delay circuit to a change of state of a preceding circuit to change its own state, said stages being responsive to a' common control voltage to modify in the same sense and in the same ratio all said delay times;
- a switching matrix selectively interconnecting said stepping circuit and said tone signal sources for selectively interconnecting said stages with said plural tone signal sources.
- An electronic musical instrument for generating continuous repetitive pattern repetitions at a frequency corresponding with the basic tempo of said instrument
- an asynchronous multistage delay circuit having a plurality of two condition cascaded stages arranged for providing a sequence of relatively delayed spatially distributed pulses
- An electronic musical instrument for generating continuous repetitive tone patterns comprising:
- a ring circuit having a plurality of cascaded two condition stages
- variable delay circuits intercoupling said stages
- matrix means for selectively activating said normally inactive rhythmic tone signal sources in response to the conditions of said stages.
- An electronic musical instrument for generating continuous repetitive patterns comprising:
- a closed ring circuit having a plurality of cascaded two condition stages intercoupled by delay circuits
- said last means is a switching matrix interconnecting said ring circuit with said at least one inactive tone signal source and having means for varying said pattern by modifying the interconnections of said ring circuit with said at least one tone signal source.
- An electronic musical instrument for generating repeated patterns of sound comprising:
- An electronic musical instrument for generating repetitive patterns of sound comprising:
- a system including a plurality of two state monostable stages; adjustable delay circuits connecting the individual stages of said circuit in cascade;
- each of said stages provides said control signal to a succeeding stage of said system via one of said delay circuits.
- said delay circuits are voltage responsive delay circuits.
- An electronic musical instrument for generating repetitive patterns of sound comprising:
- a system including a cascaded plurality of two state monostable stages, each of said stages having a stable state and an -unstable state attained in response to operation of a transient control signal;
- I means responsive to the states of selected ones of said stages for activating said at least one signal source to provide a pattern of tones.
- a counter connected in cascade with one of said stages and actuable to count control pulses delivered by said one of said stages;
- said plural stages include two parallel chains of said stages, wherein said counter is a flip-flop, and wherein said flip-flop has two control pulse output points connected respectively to different ones of said two parallel chains.
- said flipflop has an input terminal and is arranged to change state in response to a control pulse applied to said input terminal, wherein is provided means for deriving said last named control pulse from at least one of said chains.
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