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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 1978
Filed:
Aug. 09, 1977
Norio Tomisawa, Hamamatsu, JP;
Yasuji Uchiyama, Hamakita, JP;
Takatoshi Okumura, Hamamatsu, JP;
Toshio Takeda, Hamamatsu, JP;
Nippon Gakki Seizo Kabushiki Kaisha, Hamamatsu, JP;
Abstract
In a digital type electronic musical instrument, a glide effect is produced by digitally frequency-modulating the frequency of a musical tone in such a manner that the frequency changes quickly and smoothly. Glide information used for effecting this frequency-modulation is produced on the basis of a glide code obtained by counting a clock pulse. The glide information which changes its contents uniformly is multiplied with the basic frequency information to effect the frequency-modulation. The glide effect can be controlled for each individual keyboard. According to an embodiment of the invention, the frequency-modulation is applied to an attack portion of a musical tone only and sustain and decay portions of the musical tone are reproduced with a normal frequency so that the musical tone will be provided with a crisp, vivid musical effect.
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