Musical sound generation method for electronic wind instrument

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10347222-B2
Application number	US-201715645124-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 10, 2017
Priority date	Sep 21, 2016
Publication date	Jul 9, 2019
Grant date	Jul 9, 2019

Abstract

Calculation is performed to provide a delay and attenuated oscillation to a blowing pressure detected by a blowing pressure sensor which detects blowing pressure, and a musical sound is generated based on the blowing pressure subjected to the calculation. As a result, for example, a blowing feeling of an electronic wind instrument can be made closer to a blowing feeling of a natural musical instrument.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A musical sound generation method comprising:
acquiring a first blowing pressure detected by a blowing pressure sensor;
performing a physical model calculation by a processor based on parameters stored in a memory and the first blowing pressure, the parameters defining a physical model corresponding to a weight connected to a spring, one end of which is fixed; and
generating a musical sound based on a second blowing pressure obtained by performing the physical model calculation,
wherein performing the physical model calculation comprises:
initializing the parameters;
calculating a first force generated in the spring at a current position of the weight;
calculating a third force applied to the weight by adding the first force to a second force corresponding to the first blowing pressure;
calculating a new position of the weight changed by the third force being applied to the weight;
repeatedly executing a series of calculations including the calculation of the third force and the calculation of the new position of the weight at certain sampling intervals; and
calculating the second blowing pressure based on the position of the weight calculated at the certain sampling intervals.

2. The musical sound generation method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
controlling a sound volume of the musical sound which is replayed with a specified pitch during musical performance, based on the second blowing pressure obtained by the physical model calculation being performed on the parameters and the first blowing pressure detected in the musical performance.

3. A non-transitory computer-readable non-volatile storage medium having stored thereon a program that is executable by a computer to perform the musical sound generation method according to claim 1 .

4. The musical sound generation method according to claim 1 , wherein the physical model calculation is performed by software of a computer based on the parameters stored in the memory and the first blowing pressure.

5. The musical sound generation method according to claim 1 , wherein the parameters define the physical model corresponding to a structure where the weight is connected in series to and is supported by a plurality of resilient bodies between a pair of fixed walls arranged opposing each other and positioned a predetermined distance away from each other along a specific direction.

6. The musical sound generation method according to claim 1 , wherein the parameters include a mass m of the weight, a spring constant k of the spring, a force f occurring to the spring, and a length of the spring L, and
wherein the physical model calculation is a calculation performed based on a calculation equation for calculating a position x(t) of the weight at a time t which includes the parameters.

7. The musical sound generation method according to claim 6 , wherein the physical model is a physical model where a delay and an attenuated oscillation have been taken into consideration in an oscillation of the weight,
wherein the parameters further include an attenuation coefficient d which corresponds to friction occurring in the oscillation of the weight, and
wherein performing the physical model calculation comprises performing a calculation to simulate a state where the oscillation of the weight started by the first blowing pressure being applied is attenuated based on the attenuation coefficient d.

8. The musical sound generation method according to claim 7 , wherein the physical model calculation converts a first blowing pressure change to a second blowing pressure change such that a first blowing pressure detected by the blowing pressure sensor at a first timing continues the attenuated oscillation after a second timing which comes later than the first timing and at which the first blowing pressure is no longer detected.

9. The musical sound generation method according to claim 7 , wherein the delay and the attenuated oscillation are changeable by the parameters being changed.

10. A musical sound generation apparatus comprising:
a blowing pressure sensor which detects a first blowing pressure during musical performance;
a memory which stores parameters defining a physical model corresponding to a weight connected to a spring, one end of which is fixed; and
a processor which performs a physical model calculation based on the parameters stored in the memory and the first blowing pressure, and which generates a musical sound based on a second blowing pressure obtained by performing the physical model calculation,
wherein performing the physical model calculation comprises:
initializing the parameters;
calculating a first force generated in the spring at a current position of the weight;
calculating a third force applied to the weight by adding the first force to a second force corresponding to the first blowing pressure;
calculating a new position of the weight changed by the third force being applied to the weight;
repeatedly executing a series of calculations including the calculation of the third force and the calculation of the new position of the weight at certain sampling intervals; and
calculating the second blowing pressure based on the position of the weight calculated at the certain sampling intervals.

11. The musical sound generation apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the processor replays the musical sound with a specified pitch in the musical performance, and controls a sound volume of the musical sound which is replayed by using the second blowing pressure as sound volume data.

12. The musical sound generation apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the physical model calculation is performed by software of a computer based on the parameters stored in the memory and the first blowing pressure.

13. The musical sound generation apparatus according to claim 10 , the parameters include a mass m of the weight, a spring constant k of the spring, a force f occurring to the spring, and a length of the spring L, and
wherein the physical model calculation is a calculation performed based on a calculation equation for calculating a position x(t) of the weight at a time t which includes the parameters.

14. The musical sound generation apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein the physical model is a physical model where a delay and an attenuated oscillation have been taken into consideration in an oscillation of the weight,
wherein the parameters further include an attenuation coefficient d which corresponds to friction occurring in the oscillation of the weight, and
wherein performing the physical model calculation comprises performing a calculation to simulate a state where the oscillation of the weight started by the first blowing pressure being applied is attenuated based on the attenuation coefficient d.

Assignees

• Casio Computer Co Ltd

Inventors

• Sasaki Hiroyuki

Classifications

• G10H5/005

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• H03F3/68

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