TIMBRAL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MUSICAL SOUNDS

摘要

A musical instrument responsive controller (6) and method generate at least three control signals which are respectively responsive to pitch, amplitude and at least one timbral characteristic of a sound produced from the instrument (4). Although these signals can control various output effects regardless of their relationship to the input sound or to sound in general, in one application the control signals drive a synthesizer (8) to produce a synthesized musical sound that has not only a controlled pitch and amplitude but also a controlled timbre. This control can occur with respect to each note played on the controlling musical instrument and with respect to each note produced in response.