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US 5,396,025 AGranted
Tone controller in electronic instrument adapted for strings tone
AssigneeYamaha Corporation
InventorMotoichi Tamura
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Abstract
A tone controller includes: a string counterpart member; a bow; a friction sound detector for detecting a friction sound generated by rubbing together the bow and the string counterpart member; and a signal processor for generating a tone control signal representing a bow pressure and a bow speed from an output of the friction sound detector.
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A tone controller comprising:
- a string counterpart member;
- a bow for rubbing said string counterpart member to generate a friction sound;
- friction sound detecting means for detecting said friction sound generated by rubbing together said bow and said string counterpart member and producing an output signal indicative of said detected friction sound;
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- signal processing means for generating a tone control signal from said output signal of said friction sound detecting means.
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A tone controller comprising;
- a string counterpart member;
- a bow for rubbing said string counterpart member to generate a friction sound;
- friction sound detecting means for detecting said friction sound generated by rubbing together said bow and said string counterpart member and producing an output signal indicative of said detected friction sound;
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- signal processing means for generating a tone control signal representing a bow pressure and a bow speed from said output signal of said friction sound detecting means.
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A tone controller comprising;
- a string counterpart member;
- a bow for rubbing said string counterpart member to generate a friction sound;
- friction sound detecting means for detecting a friction sound generated by rubbing together said bow and said string counterpart member and producing an output signal indicative of said detected friction sound;
- strain detecting means for detecting a strain in said string counterpart member caused by pressure of said bow on said string counterpart member and producing an output signal indicative of said detected strain;
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- signal processing means for generating a bow speed tone control signal from said output signal of said friction sound detecting means, and generating a bow pressure tone control signal from said output signal indicative of said detected strain.
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