Title:
ELECTRONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT WITH MULTIPLE VIRTUAL CONTACTS
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2017/149754
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
[Problem] To achieve the musical performance of an organ with a multi-contact system through a simpler keyboard mechanism. [Solution] Provided is an electronic musical instrument such that the musical performance of an organ with a multi-contact system can be achieved through a simpler keyboard mechanism, the organ with a multi-contact system having each key associated with a tone-wheel sound generating device by means of a keying mechanism having multiple contacts, wherein the electronic musical instrument is configured to include: a key 11 having less physical contacts than an organ with a multi-contact system; a distribution device 13 that allocates the physical contacts of each key to the same number of virtual contacts as the number of contacts in an organ with a multi-contact system; a delay device 14 that transmits a signal from the distribution device to a sound source system after a prescribed time delay as the making of the set virtual contacts; and the sound source system that creates or silences the sounds in accordance with a delay time caused by a change in the keying of the physical contacts.
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Inventors:
ATSUMI KEN (JP)
TOMIE MASATO (JP)
TOMIE MASATO (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2016/056781
Publication Date:
September 08, 2017
Filing Date:
March 04, 2016
Export Citation:
Assignee:
SUZUKI MUSICAL INSTR MFG CO LTD (JP)
International Classes:
G10H1/18; G10H1/08; G10H1/34
Foreign References:
| JP2004053938A | 2004-02-19 | |||
| JP2013029584A | 2013-02-07 | |||
| US9024170B1 | 2015-05-05 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
IZAWA Makoto (JP)
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