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Electronic musical instrument

Patent 4483229 Issued on November 20, 1984. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject January 14, 2003. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

Patent References

3610805

3844379

Electronic musical instrument utilizing data processing system
Patent #: 4184400
Issued on: 01/22/1980
Inventor: Niimi

Musical waveshape processing system
Patent #: 4254681
Issued on: 03/10/1981
Inventor: Kugisawa ,   et al.

Function generators of time-dependent variable type
Patent #: 4267763
Issued on: 05/19/1981
Inventor: Futamase ,   et al.

Wave generator for electronic musical instrument Patent #: 4373416
Issued on: 02/15/1983
Inventor: Endo ,   et al.

Inventors

Assignee

Application

No. 06/458051 filed on 01/14/1983

US Classes:

84/605, Read out at different rates84/625, Mixing84/627Envelope shaping (i.e., attack, decay, sustain, or release)

Examiners

Primary: Isen, Forester W.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

International Classes

G10H 7/06 (20060101)
G10H 1/057 (20060101)
G10H 7/02 (20060101)

Foreign Application Priority Data

1980-02-20 JP

Abstract

A tone source system for a superior electronic musical instrument suitable for an LSI application in which the wave data can be provided in a time division multiplex form, or the envelope data can be provided in a time division multiplex form in a synchronous relationship with it, and the wave data to which the envelopes are attached can be provided in a time division multiplex form through multiplication of the data.

Other References

  • Snell, "Design of a Digital Oscillator which will Generate Up to 256 Low Distortion Sine Waves in Real Time," Computer Music Journal Apr. 1977
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