# US 10,482,855 B2 · Hi-hat cymbal sound generation apparatus, hi-hat cymbal sound generation method, and recording medium > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,482,855 B2 - Document ID: US10482855B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/196,353 - Filed: 2018-11-20 - Published: 2019-05-23 - Granted: 2019-11-19 - Earliest claimed: 2017-11-22 - Assignees: Korg Inc. - Applicants: Korg Inc. - Inventors: Haruhiko Motohashi; Masahiko Akino; Tatsuya Nishikawa - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10482855B2 ## CPC - G10D 13/065: Hi-hats - G10H 1/0041: {in coded form} - G10H 1/06: Circuits for establishing the harmonic content of tones {, or other arrangements for changing the tone colour} - G10H 1/46: Volume control - G10H 3/146: {using a membrane, e.g. a drum; Pick-up means for vibrating surfaces, e.g. housing of an instrument} - G10H 2230/331: Spint cymbal hihat, e.g. mimicking high-hat cymbal; Details of the pedal interface, of the pedal action emulation or of the generation of the different sounds resulting from this pedal action - G10H 2250/035: Crossfade, i.e. time domain amplitude envelope control of the transition between musical sounds or melodies, obtained for musical purposes, e.g. for ADSR tone generation, articulations, medley, remix - G10H 2250/435: Gensound percussion, i.e. generating or synthesising the sound of a percussion instrument; Control of specific aspects of percussion sounds, e.g. harmonics, under the influence of hitting force, hitting position, settings or striking instruments such as mallet, drumstick, brush or hand - G10D: STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; WIND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACCORDIONS OR CONCERTINAS; PERCUSSION MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; AEOLIAN HARPS; SINGING-FLAME MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (organs, harmoniums or similar wind musical instruments with associated blowing apparatus G10B; pianos, harpsichords, spinets or similar stringed musical instruments with one or more keyboards G10C; automatic musical instruments G10F; electrophonic musical instruments in which tones are generated by electromechanical means G10H) - 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 ## Abstract To provide a change of sound in response to a player's operation that is close to the change of sound of real hi-hat cymbals. A hi-hat cymbal sound generation apparatus according to the present invention includes an input part, a recording part, a trigger part and a sound volume control part. The input part acquires state information and vibration information. The recording part records data on a foot close sound, data on a foot open sound, and data on a hit sound in each state indicated by the state information. The trigger part checks whether the vibration indicated by the vibration information falls within a predetermined range in which a sound generation procedure is to be started, and starts sound generation procedures for at least all the hit sounds when the trigger part determines that the vibration falls within the range in which a sound generation procedure is to be started. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A hi-hat cymbal sound generation apparatus that generates a sound of hi-hat cymbals based on information on an operation to a top pad, which corresponds to a top cymbal, and a bottom pad, which corresponds to a bottom cymbal, the top pad and the bottom pad being attached to a hi-hat stand with a pedal, wherein a distance between the top pad and the bottom pad is changeable by an operation of the pedal, state information is information that indicates which of a predetermined number of states a state is, the state being determined by the distance between the top pad and the bottom pad, of the states, a state in which the top pad and the bottom pad are closest to each other is designated as a close state, and the hi-hat cymbal sound generation apparatus comprises: an input that acquires at least the state information and vibration information, which is information on a vibration of the top pad; a recorder that records data on a foot close sound that corresponds to a sound in the close state generated by the top cymbal and the bottom cymbal coming into contact with each other in response to an operation of the pedal, data on a foot open sound that corresponds to a sound in a state other than the close state generated by the top cymbal and the bottom cymbal coming into contact with each other in response to an operation of the pedal, and data on a predetermined number of hit sounds, which correspond to sounds generated by hitting in the states indicated by the state information; a trigger that checks whether the vibration indicated by the vibration information falls within a predetermined range in which a sound generation procedure is to be started, and starts sound generation procedures for at least all the hit sounds when the trigger determines that the vibration falls within the range in which a sound generation procedure is to be started; and a sound volume controller that generates an output signal by controlling a sound volume of each sound whose sound generation procedure is being performed based on the current state information and information on a change of the distance between the top pad and the bottom pad. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The hi-hat cymbal sound generation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein at a time for the trigger to start a sound generation procedure, the trigger starts the sound generation procedures for all the hit sounds, and the sound volume controller controls the sound volume so that the hit sound in the state indicated by the state information is provided as the output signal if a current state is not the close state, or if a current state is the close state and the change of the distance between the top pad and the bottom pad does not meet a predetermined condition, and the trigger starts the sound generation procedures for the foot close sound, the foot open sound and all the hit sounds, and the sound volume controller controls the sound volume so that the foot close sound is provided as the output signal if the current state is the close state and the change of the distance between the top pad and the bottom pad meets the predetermined condition. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The hi-hat cymbal sound generation apparatus according to claim 2, wherein at a time other than the time for the trigger to start a sound generation procedure, (1) if a state change from the close state occurs, the sound volume controller (1-1) controls the sound volume so that the hit sound in the state indicated by the state information after the change is provided as the output signal if the output signal before the change is the hit sound in the close state, and (1-2) controls the sound volume so that the foot open sound is provided as the output signal if the output signal before the change is the foot close sound and a predetermined time has not lapsed from the start of the sound generation procedure, and (2) if a state change from a state other than the close state occurs, the sound volume controller (2-1) controls the sound volume so that the hit sound in the state indicated by the state information after the change is provided as the output signal if there is at least the hit sound in the state indicated by the state information after the change if the output signal before the change is the hit sound in the state indicated by the state information, (2-2) continues providing the foot open sound as the output signal if the output signal before the change is the foot open sound and the change of the state indicated by the state information is not a change toward the close state, and (2-3) controls the sound volume so that the hit sound in the state indicated by the state information after the change is provided as the output signal if there is at least the hit sound in the state indicated by the state information after the change if the output signal before the change is the foot open sound and the change of the state indicated by the state information is a change toward the close state. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The hi-hat cymbal sound generation apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the sound volume controller controls the sound volume so that the sound volume of the output signal after the change continuously attenuates from the sound volume of the output signal before the change. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The hi-hat cymbal sound generation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the trigger ends a current sound generation procedure and starts a new sound generation procedure when the trigger determines that a vibration indicated by new vibration information acquired in the course of the current sound generation procedure falls within the predetermined range in which a sound generation procedure is to be started. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The hi-hat cymbal sound generation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the recorder records a plurality of sets of data on the foot close sound, data on the foot open sound and data on the predetermined number of hit sounds, and the trigger starts a sound generation procedure by selecting a set of data that corresponds to an intensity of the vibration or the sound volume. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) A computer-readable non-temporary recording medium in which a hi-hat cymbal sound generation program is recorded, the hi-hat cymbal sound generation program making a computer function as the hi-hat cymbal sound generation apparatus according to claim 1. ### Claim 8 A hi-hat cymbal sound generation method that generates a sound of hi-hat cymbals based on information on an operation to a top pad, which corresponds to a top cymbal, and a bottom pad, which corresponds to a bottom cymbal, the top pad and the bottom pad being attached to a hi-hat stand with a pedal, wherein a distance between the top pad and the bottom pad is changeable by an operation of the pedal, state information is information that indicates which of a predetermined number of states a state is, the state being determined by the distance between the top pad and the bottom pad, of the states, a state in which the top pad and the bottom pad are closest to each other is designated as a close state, data on a foot close sound that corresponds to a sound in the close state generated by the top cymbal and the bottom cymbal coming into contact with each other in response to an operation of the pedal, data on a foot open sound that corresponds to a sound in a state other than the close state generated by the top cymbal and the bottom cymbal coming into contact with each other in response to an operation of the pedal, and data on a predetermined number of hit sounds, which correspond to sounds generated by hitting in the states indicated by the state information are previously recorded in a recorder, and the method comprises: acquiring at least the state information and vibration information, which is information on a vibration of the top pad; a triggering of checking whether the vibration indicated by the vibration information falls within a predetermined range in which a sound generation procedure is to be started, and reading at least all the hit sounds from the recorder and starting sound generation procedures for the hit sounds when the triggering determines that the vibration falls within the range in which a sound generation procedure is to be started; and a sound volume controlling of generating an output signal by controlling a sound volume of each sound whose sound generation procedure is being performed based on the current state information and information on a change of the distance between the top pad and the bottom pad. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The hi-hat cymbal sound generation method according to claim 8, wherein at a time for the triggering to start a sound generation procedure, the triggering starts the sound generation procedures for all the hit sounds, and the sound volume controlling controls the sound volume so that the hit sound in the state indicated by the state information is provided as the output signal if a current state is not the close state, or if a current state is the close state and the change of the distance between the top pad and the bottom pad does not meet a predetermined condition, and the triggering starts the sound generation procedures for the foot close sound, the foot open sound and all the hit sounds, and the sound volume controlling controls the sound volume so that the foot close sound is provided as the output signal if the current state is the close state and the change of the distance between the top pad and the bottom pad meets the predetermined condition. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The hi-hat cymbal sound generation method according to claim 9, wherein at a time other than the time for the triggering to start a sound generation procedure, (1) if a state change from the close state occurs, the sound volume controlling (1-1) controls the sound volume so that the hit sound in the state indicated by the state information after the change is provided as the output signal if the output signal before the change is the hit sound in the close state, and (1-2) controls the sound volume so that the foot open sound is provided as the output signal if the output signal before the change is the foot close sound and a predetermined time has not lapsed from the start of the sound generation procedure, and (2) if a state change from a state other than the close state occurs, the sound volume controlling (2-1) controls the sound volume so that the hit sound in the state indicated by the state information after the change is provided as the output signal if there is at least the hit sound in the state indicated by the state information after the change if the output signal before the change is the hit sound in the state indicated by the state information, (2-2) continues providing the foot open sound as the output signal if the output signal before the change is the foot open sound and the change of the state indicated by the state information is not a change toward the close state, and (2-3) controls the sound volume so that the hit sound in the state indicated by the state information after the change is provided as the output signal if there is at least the hit sound in the state indicated by the state information after the change if the output signal before the change is the foot open sound and the change of the state indicated by the state information is a change toward the close state. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The hi-hat cymbal sound generation method according to claim 10, wherein the sound volume controlling controls the sound volume so that the sound volume of the output signal after the change continuously attenuates from the sound volume of the output signal before the change. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The hi-hat cymbal sound generation method according to claim 8, wherein the triggering ends a current sound generation procedure and starts a new sound generation procedure when the triggering determines that a vibration indicated by new vibration information acquired in the course of the current sound generation procedure falls within the predetermined range in which a sound generation procedure is to be started. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The hi-hat cymbal sound generation method according to claim 8, wherein the recorder records a plurality of sets of data on the foot close sound, data on the foot open sound and data on the predetermined number of hit sounds, and the triggering starts a sound generation procedure by selecting a set of data that corresponds to an intensity of the vibration or the sound volume.