Electronic cymbal trigger
AssigneeAvedis Zildjian Co.
InventorsJulia D. Truchsess, John V. Roderick
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Abstract
According to some aspects, a cymbal system is provided comprising a metal plate, a transducer coupled to the metal plate and configured to detect an acoustic signal generated by a strike of the metal plate, and processing circuitry, electrically connected to the transducer, configured to determine a cymbal articulation for the strike of the metal plate based on the detected acoustic signal. According to some aspects, a method is provided comprising the steps of detecting an acoustic signal generated by a strike of a metal plate, and determining a cymbal articulation for the strike of the metal plate based on the detected acoustic signal.
Claims24
A cymbal system comprising:
- a metal plate;
- a transducer coupled to the metal plate and configured to detect an acoustic signal generated by a strike of the metal plate;
- and
- processing circuitry coupled to the transducer and configured to:
- identify a first portion of the acoustic signal within a first frequency band;
- identify a second portion of the acoustic signal within a second frequency band, different from the first frequency band;
- and
- determine a cymbal articulation for the strike of the metal plate based at least in part on the first portion of the acoustic signal and/or the second portion of the acoustic signal.
A method comprising:
- detecting an acoustic signal generated by a strike of a metal plate;
- and
- determining a cymbal articulation for the strike of the metal plate based on the detected acoustic signal by:
- identifying a first portion of the acoustic signal within a first frequency band;
- identifying a second portion of the acoustic signal within a second frequency band, different from the first frequency band;
- and
- determining the cymbal articulation for the strike based at least in part on the first portion of the acoustic signal and the second portion of the acoustic signal.
A method of manufacturing a cymbal system, comprising:
- forming a metal plate;
- coupling a transducer to the metal plate, the transducer configured to detect an acoustic signal generated by a strike of the metal plate;
- and
- coupling processing circuitry to the transducer, the processing circuitry configured to determine a cymbal articulation for a strike of the metal plate based on a corresponding acoustic signal detected by the transducer by:
- identifying a first portion of the acoustic signal within a first frequency band;
- identifying a second portion of the acoustic signal within a second frequency band, different from the first frequency band;
- and
- determining the cymbal articulation for the strike based at least in part on the first portion of the acoustic signal and/or the second portion of the acoustic signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.