Electronic percussion instrument for producing sound at intended loudness and electronic percussion system using the same

An electronic percussion instrument for generating a first electric signal representative of first vibrations and a second electric signal representative of second vibrations, comprising:

• a first vibration propagating member to be struck for generating said first vibrations;
• a second vibration propagating member to be struck for generating said second vibrations;
• a first connector having a first surface receiving said first vibrations from said first vibration propagating member and a second surface onto which said first vibrations are transmitted from said first surface;
• a first vibrations-to-electric signal converter connected to said second surface of said first connector in a cantilever fashion, and shaken in the presence of said first vibrations for enlarging a magnitude of said first electric signal;
• a second connector having a third surface receiving said second vibrations from said second vibration propagating member and a fourth surface onto which said second vibrations are transmitted;
• and
• a second vibrations-to-electric signal converter connected to said fourth surface in a cantilever fashion, and shaken in the presence of said second vibrations for enlarging a magnitude of said second electric signal.

An electronic percussion system for generating electronic percussion sound, comprising:

• an electronic percussion instrument generating an electric signal representative of vibrations, and including
• a vibration propagating member to be struck for generating vibrations;
• a connector having a first surface receiving said vibrations from said vibration propagating member and a second surface onto which said vibrations are transmitted from said first surface, and
• a vibrations-to-electric signal converter connected to said second surface in a cantilever fashion and shaken in the presence of said vibrations for enlarging a magnitude of said electric signal;
• and
• an electronic sound generating system connected to said vibrations-to-electric signal converter, analyzing said electric signal to see whether or not said vibration propagating member is struck, generating music data codes representative of beats on said vibration propagating member, producing an audio signal representative of said electronic percussion sound on the basis of said music data codes, and converting said audio signal to said electronic drum sound.