Reassignment of digital oscillators according to amplitude
CA 1292895 C · Owner: Gulbransen Incorporated · Inventors: Starkey, David Thomas; Williams, Anthony Glenn
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A process for operating a digital synthesizer type of electronic musical instrument to rapidly make available digital oscillators to produce newly keyed notes even when all digital oscillators are currently active with previous assignments. The process contains a way of maintaining a record of the digital oscillator with lowest amplitude and reassigning this lowest amplitude digital oscillator to produce the new note on the rationale that the output of the lowest digital oscillator will be the least missed if an output has to be prematurely curtailed. Besides a straight amplitude critereon, the process also allows for prioritizing some low amplitude outputs over others to make a more …
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- Granted December 10, 1991. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended December 10, 2008.
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