Electronic keyboard musical instrument and method of generating musical sound

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11881196-B2
Application number	US-202117191916-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 4, 2021
Priority date	Mar 17, 2020
Publication date	Jan 23, 2024
Grant date	Jan 23, 2024

Abstract

An electronic keyboard musical instrument includes a sound source configured to, in response to detection of key-pressing of the first key in damper-off detection, input first excitation signal data corresponding to the first key to a first channel, input first channel output data which is output from the first channel to each of low-register channels corresponding to the respective low-register keys, and output musical sound data which is generated based on respective pieces of low-register channel output data which is output from the respective low-register channels and the first channel output data, as musical sound data corresponding to the first key.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic keyboard musical instrument comprising:
a keyboard including a first key and a plurality of low-register keys on a low register side;
a processor; and
a sound source,
wherein the sound source is configured to, in response to detection of key-pressing of the first key in damper-off detection by the processor, execute processing of:
inputting first excitation signal data corresponding to the first key to a first channel which corresponds to the first key,
inputting first channel output data which is output from the first channel in response to input of the first excitation signal data to each of low-register channels corresponding to the respective low-register keys, and
outputting musical sound data which is generated based on: respective pieces of low-register channel output data which is output from the respective low-register channels in response to the input of the first channel output data and the first channel output data output from the first channel, as musical sound data corresponding to the first key,

wherein the low-register keys includes at least low-register keys for one octave.

2. The electronic keyboard musical instrument according to claim 1 ,
wherein the sound source is further configured to, in response to detection of key-pressing of the first key in the damper-off detection by the processor, input no pieces of low-register excitation signal data corresponding to the respective low-register keys to the respective low-register channels.

3. The electronic keyboard musical instrument according to claim 1 ,
wherein the sound source is further configured to, in response to detection of key-pressing of the first key at the time when no damper-off is detected by the processor, execute processing of:
inputting the first excitation signal data corresponding to the first key to the first channel which corresponds to the first key, and
outputting the first channel output data which is output from the first channel in response to the input of the first excitation signal data, as the musical sound data corresponding to the first key, without inputting the first channel output data to each of the low-register channels corresponding to the respective low-register keys.

4. The electronic keyboard musical instrument according to claim 1 ,
wherein the sound source is configured to, in response to the detection of key-pressing of the first key in damper-off detection by the processor, execute processing of:
the inputting the first excitation signal data to the first channel, and
inputting stroke sound signal data of stroke sound complementing a frequency component between a basic sound component and a harmonic tone component corresponding to the first key to the first channel.

5. The electronic keyboard musical instrument according to claim 1 ,
wherein the sound source is further configured to, in response to detection of key-pressing of a second key in the low-register keys in damper-off detection by the processor, execute processing of:
inputting second excitation signal data corresponding to the second key to a second channel which corresponds to the second key,
inputting second channel output data to be output from the second channel in response to input of the second excitation signal data to each of the low-register channels corresponding to the respective low-register keys of the low-register keys excluding the second key, and
outputting musical sound data which is generated based: on respective pieces of low-register channel output data which is output from the respective low-register channels in response to the input of the second channel output data and the second channel output data to be output from the second channel, as musical sound data corresponding to the second key.

6. The electronic keyboard musical instrument according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a damper pedal,
wherein the processor is configured to detect the damper-off in response to treading of the damper pedal by the user.

7. A method of generating musical sound, comprising:
causing a sound source to, in response to detection of key-pressing of a first key in damper-off detection by a processor, execute processing of:
inputting first excitation signal data corresponding to the first key to a first channel which corresponds to the first key;
inputting first channel output data which is output from the first channel in response to input of the first excitation signal data to each of low-register channels corresponding to respective low-register keys;
outputting musical sound data which is generated based on respective pieces of low-register channel output data which is output from the respective low-register channels in response to the input of the first channel output data and the first channel output data output from the first channel, as musical sound data corresponding to the first key; and
configuring the low-register keys to include at least low-register keys for one octave.

8. The method according to claim 7 , further comprising
causing the sound source to, in response to detection of key-pressing of the first key in the damper-off detection by the processor, input no pieces of low-register excitation signal data corresponding to the respective low-register keys to the respective low-register channels.

9. The method according to claim 7 , further comprising
causing the sound source to, in response to detection of key-pressing of the first key at the time when no damper-off is detected by the processor, execute processing of:
inputting the first excitation signal data corresponding to the first key to the first channel which corresponds to the first key, and
outputting the first channel output data which is output from the first channel in response to the input of the first excitation signal data, as the musical sound data corresponding to the first key, without inputting the first channel output data to each of the low-register channels corresponding to the respective low-register keys.

10. The method according to claim 7 , further comprising
in response to the detection of key-pressing of the first key in damper-off detection by the processor, causing the sound source to execute processing of:
the inputting the first excitation signal data to the first channel, and
inputting stroke sound signal data of stroke sound complementing a frequency component between a basic sound component and a harmonic tone component corresponding to the first key to the first channel.

11. The method according to claim 7 , further comprising
causing the sound source to, in response to detection of key-pressing of a second key in the low-register keys in damper-off detection by the processor, execute processing of:
inputting second excitation signal data corresponding to the second key to a second channel which corresponds to the second key;
inputting second channel output data to be output from the second channel in response to input of the second excitation signal data to each of the low-register channels corresponding to the respective low-register keys of the low-register keys excluding the second key; and
outputting musical sound data which is generated based on: respective pieces of low-register channel output data which is output from the respective low-register channels in response to the input of the second channel output data and the second channel output data to be output from the second channel, as musical sound data corresponding to the second key.

12. The method according to claim 7 , further comprising
causing the processor to execute processing of detecting the damper-off in response to treading of a damp

Assignees

• Casio Computer Co Ltd

Inventors

• Sakata Goro

Classifications

• G10H1/053 Primary

  during execution only {(voice controlled instruments G10H5/005)} · CPC title

• G10H1/0091

  Means for obtaining special acoustic effects (combined with modulation G10H1/043) · CPC title

• G10H1/08

  by combining tones (G10H1/14, G10H1/16 take precedence; chord G10H1/38) · CPC title

• G10H1/125

  using a digital filter · CPC title

• G10H1/346

  Keys with an arrangement for simulating the feeling of a piano key, e.g. using counterweights, springs, cams · CPC title