EP0198043B1 - Dispositif de prise de son pour instruments de musique a cordes - Google Patents

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EP0198043B1
EP0198043B1 EP85905319A EP85905319A EP0198043B1 EP 0198043 B1 EP0198043 B1 EP 0198043B1 EP 85905319 A EP85905319 A EP 85905319A EP 85905319 A EP85905319 A EP 85905319A EP 0198043 B1 EP0198043 B1 EP 0198043B1
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    • G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
    • G10H—ELECTROPHONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; INSTRUMENTS IN WHICH THE TONES ARE GENERATED BY ELECTROMECHANICAL MEANS OR ELECTRONIC GENERATORS, OR IN WHICH THE TONES ARE SYNTHESISED FROM A DATA STORE
    • G10H3/00—Instruments in which the tones are generated by electromechanical means
    • G10H3/12—Instruments in which the tones are generated by electromechanical means using mechanical resonant generators, e.g. strings or percussive instruments, the tones of which are picked up by electromechanical transducers, the electrical signals being further manipulated or amplified and subsequently converted to sound by a loudspeaker or equivalent instrument
    • G10H3/14—Instruments in which the tones are generated by electromechanical means using mechanical resonant generators, e.g. strings or percussive instruments, the tones of which are picked up by electromechanical transducers, the electrical signals being further manipulated or amplified and subsequently converted to sound by a loudspeaker or equivalent instrument using mechanically actuated vibrators with pick-up means
    • G10H3/18—Instruments in which the tones are generated by electromechanical means using mechanical resonant generators, e.g. strings or percussive instruments, the tones of which are picked up by electromechanical transducers, the electrical signals being further manipulated or amplified and subsequently converted to sound by a loudspeaker or equivalent instrument using mechanically actuated vibrators with pick-up means using a string, e.g. electric guitar
    • G10H3/181—Details of pick-up assemblies

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  • the invention relates to a pickup device with at least two microphones for an acoustic string instrument, in particular for an acoustic guitar.
  • Known pickup devices of this type usually have a holder for the microphones attached to the outer surface of the acoustic guitar.
  • the installation of microphones in the resonance room is also known.
  • a multi-part sound amplifier device having a magnet for picking up vibrations for a string instrument (US Pat. No. 2,680,986), which can be arranged adjustably in the resonance chamber of the string instrument between the top and bottom walls of the resonance body. This sound amplifier device is relatively complicated, and a special tool is always required for its installation.
  • a device is known with at least one microphone for sound absorption from the soundboard of a musical instrument (DE-A 2310066), in which the microphone is arranged in a soft, elastic molded body.
  • the invention is based on the object of designing a pickup device of the type mentioned at the outset from the point of view of cost-saving mass production and universal applicability for almost all types of acoustic stringed instruments, in particular for all types of acoustic guitars, in such a way that it effects damping by which the frequency response is linearized becomes.
  • the pickup device should be easy and quick to use.
  • a guide channel for the microphones and their leads having foam cushion piece which, due to its spring-back characteristic, can be fitted into the sound hole of the instrument in such a way that it sits firmly between the edge of the sound hole and the bottom surface of the instrument and one with the outer Surface of the resonance body of the instrument has a substantially form-fitting end face, the microphones being arranged in the foam pad so that the surface of each microphone head in the resonance body of the instrument is freely accessible to the sound waves.
  • Fig. 1 shows a top view of an acoustic guitar 1, in the sound hole 2, a foam pad 3 is clamped, as particularly the view of the section shown in Fig. 2 along the line 2-2 in Fig. 1 illustrates.
  • the outwardly directed end face 4 of the foam cushion piece 3 is essentially form-fitting with the outer surface 5 of the resonance body 6 of the guitar 1 and extends in its tampon-like clamped state over the entire depth of the resonance body 6 to its bottom surface 7 the sound hole 2 fitted foam cushion piece 3 sits due to its springback property firmly between the edge of the sound hole 2 and the bottom surface 7 and is from the short lower edge 8 of the end part 9 of the fingerboard 10 of the guitar 1, which can extend slightly over the sound hole 2, against secured a distance.
  • the feed line 11 bifurcates at the lower end of the guide channel 14 into two separate feed lines 23 and 24, each run through one of the larger guide channels 15 and 16 and are connected to the corresponding microphone 9 and 20.
  • a piece of felt (not shown) can be placed in the state in which it is fitted in the sound hole 2 in order to achieve a completely flat finish with the ceiling 27 of the resonance body 6 of the guitar 1.

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Abstract

Dispositif de prise de son pour instrument de musique à cordes qui comprend une pièce en mousse de polyéthylène (3) qui s'ajuste à l'ouïe (2) de l'instrument et qui est munie de canaux pour microphones (19, 20) et de conducteurs de branchement (11). Les microphones (19, 20) sont disposés dans la pièce en mousse (3) de façon à ce que la surface de chaque microphone soit accessible aux ondes sonores de la cavité résonnante de l'instrument sans rencontrer d'obstacles. Un tel dispositif de prise de son peut être fabriqué en grande série et à un coût réduit et s'adapte à tous les types de guitares et aux instruments à cordes apparentés.

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1. Un dispositif de prise de son avec au moins deux micros, pour un instrument de musique à cordes, spécialement pour une guitare acoustique, caractérisé par un coussin de mousse 3 ayant des canaux conducteurs (14, 15, 16) pour les micros (19, 20), et leurs câbles. Ce coussin, grace à son effet de ressort est coincé dans l'ouie 2 de telle façon qu'il reste fermement fixé entre le bord de l'ouie et le fond 7 de l'instrument. La surface frontale de ce coussin se trouve au même niveau que la surface extérieure 5 de la caisse de résonance 6. Les micros se trouvent pris de telle façon dans le coussin de mousse 3 que les surfaces 21 et 22 de chaque tête de micro 25 et 26 sont directement accessibles aux ondes sonores dans la caisse de résonance 6 de l'instrument 1.
2. Dispositif de prise de son découlant de la revendication 1 caractérisé par le fait que le coussin de mousse 3 est fabriqué en une matière assourdissant fortement les fréquences moyennes graves.
3. Dispositif de prise de son d'après les revendications 1 et 2 caractérisé par le fait que le coussin de mousse 3 est cylindrique et possède un canal conducteur vertical le pénétrant jusqu'à environ la moitié, un autre canal horizontal communiquant à l'extrémité inférieure du premier et aussi long que le diamètre du cylindre.
4. Dispositif de prise de son d'après les revendications 1 à 3 caractérisé par le fait que le coussin de mousse 3 est approprié pour recevoir en plus un émetteur de son ayant um ou plusieurs canaux et son système électrique à piles en vue d'une transmission du son sans fil.
EP85905319A 1984-10-22 1985-10-21 Dispositif de prise de son pour instruments de musique a cordes Expired - Lifetime EP0198043B1 (fr)

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AT85905319T ATE53686T1 (de) 1984-10-22 1985-10-21 Tonabnehmervorrichtung fuer akustische saiteninstrumente.

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DE19848431266U DE8431266U1 (de) 1984-10-22 1984-10-22 Tonabnehmervorrichtung mit mindestens zwei mikrofonen fuer akustische saiteninstrumente, insbesondere fuer akustische gitarren

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