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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 1983
Filed:
Sep. 10, 1981
Masanobu Chibana, Hamamatsu, JP;
Nippon Gakki Seizo Kabushiki Kaisha, Hamamatsu, JP;
Abstract
A musical tone is synthesized by frequency modulation which realizes a desired fixed formant. A first accumulator repeatedly adds a constant corresponding to a center frequency of the fixed formant at a regular time interval to generate phase angle data of a carrier. A second accumulator repeatedly adds a constant corresponding to a fundamental frequency of a selected note at a regular time interval to output a carry out signal each time the accumulated value has exceeded a predetermined modulo number. By resetting the first accumulator repeatedly by this carry out signal, the phase angle data of the carrier is brought into a harmonic relation with the fundamental frequency. By effecting frequency modulation using this phase angle data of the carrier and the fundamental or harmonic frequency of a selected note, a musical tone in which harmonic components of the selected note are controlled in accordance with the desired fixed formant is synthesized. A third accumulator repeatedly adds a constant corresponding to a modulating frequency peculiar to the desired fixed formant at a regular time interval. Contents of the third accumulator are repeatedly reset by a carry out signal from the second accumulator. As a result, the output of the third accumulator is brought into a harmonic relation with the selected note and therefore is suitable for use as phase angle data of a modulating frequency in the frequency modulation.