Classifications

• • G—PHYSICS
  • G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
  • G10D—STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; WIND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACCORDIONS OR CONCERTINAS; PERCUSSION MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; AEOLIAN HARPS; SINGING-FLAME MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • G10D13/00—Percussion musical instruments; Details or accessories therefor
  • G10D13/10—Details of, or accessories for, percussion musical instruments
  • G10D13/12—Drumsticks; Mallets

Definitions

• the invention relates to an electromechanical percussion instrument with at least one stop and a stop section to be hit by the stopper, in which the tones are generated using a mechanically excited vibrator when the stop and the stop section meet or beat together, and by means of transducers coupled to pickups into electrical sound signals converted and electronically processed and processed for reproduction as sound sounds.
• Such percussion instruments are known in particular as electrical drum pad systems for studio and live applications and make it possible to .
• Drum rhythms to be recorded or recorded in a sequence as realistic as possible via so-called MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface worldwide standardized digital interface for coupling electronic musical instruments) or to be used in live situations.
• Main components of such conventional electronic drum systems include velocity-sensitive drum pads or striking surfaces mainly made of rubber or other elastic materials, with which the vibration behavior of conventional drum heads can be realistically imitated as well as with
• Drum pads coupled pickups, microphones or similar electromechanical transducers which generate electrical sound signals and process and process them for reproduction as sound sounds, for example via a drum trigger module and ultimately to a loudspeaker.
• Such electronic drum pad systems are played with very conventional drum sticks, drum sticks or truncheons or also clappers with or without felt or cork balls.
• the purpose of such previously known electronic or electromechanical drum pad systems is essentially that
• the space requirement of the devices of this type is significantly less in relation to the modular systems, but the degree of integration of the pads is also unfavorable in these systems: the diameter of the pads is considerably smaller than that of normal acoustic drums, but in relation to the smallest, in terms of Playable dimension that is still feasible is still unnecessarily large, which means that the number of pads per device or space is still too small.
• the pad areas are usually fixed immovably on a base plate in the device, so that the stationary systems can only be modularly expanded and designed, if at all, with considerable additional effort.
• Dru Pad systems have major disadvantages that prevent many midi programmers from buying and using one of these systems, especially in the home recording area, where the Volume aspect with regard to the room volume to be maintained, as well as the optimal use of the mostly only small available space for the equipment plays a not negligible role.
• the present invention has for its object to provide an electromechanical percussion instrument for the midi recording of beat rhythm for both studio and live applications /, which one. allows fast and time-saving, but also inspiring, motivating and with high artistic quality input of drum rhythms, practicing on drums largely without noise pollution, but with good sound via headphones or via a hi-fi system or the like, and beyond a problem-free live application either in
• the mechanically excited oscillator is formed by the stop itself, the stop being a rigid, at least strongly damped and therefore essentially non-oscillating or sounding holding or Support part and an attached to the holding or supporting part, shaped or arranged elastically oscillatable vibrating body.
• a stop according to the invention for an electromechanical percussion instrument, with a rigid or, in any case, strongly damped and therefore essentially non-vibrating or sounding holding or supporting part is characterized in that the stop has a molded or arranged elastically oscillatable oscillating body attached to the holding or supporting part.
• the physical vibration properties or vibration patterns or vibration behavior of the vibrating body come closer to that of commercially available..acoustic. Similar to eardrums.
• Vibrating body formed or shaped by an elastic coil spring.
• one end of the elastic coil spring can advantageously be attached to the holding or supporting part of the stop and the other end can have a striking element.
• the stopper is essentially designed in the form of a rod • in the form of a drumstick or bobbin case, whereby.
• Holding and supporting part has a handle, and the vibrating body is attached, molded or formed on the end of the drumstick facing away from the handle.
• the oscillating body can be parked transversely with respect to the longitudinal direction of the handle.
• the stop can also be designed as a kick pedal, the holding and supporting part of the stop being coupled to the actuation of a foot pedal.
• the drum-skin behavior of classic percussion instruments can be excellently simulated and an extremely realistic drum play is possible due to favorable vibration properties.
• the vibration properties of the club faces are no longer critical.
• the striking surfaces essentially serve to transmit the tones generated by the stopper to the pickups coupled to the stop sections and convert them into electrical tone signals by means of transducers, and finally to further process the electric tone signals into midi-capable signals for controlling electronic sequencers and other electronic ones Sound generation or processing circuits.
• the stop sections or the striking plate of the percussion instrument according to the invention are preferably made of an inelastic, low-sounding, in any case strongly vibration-damping material, which in the simplest case can even be wood or a non-elastic plastic. Succeed with the inventive percussion instrument an intuitive, easy and fast Einspieliana virtually all drum playing techniques, in particular vertebrae, pressing vertebrae, Rolls into a sequencer or other electronic MIDI devices that are electronically coupled with the percussion instrument, 'both in the studio " as well as in live situations as authentic and realistic way and continuing authentic realistic tonal characteristics se .with well.
• the purchase price of the percussion instrument according to the invention is considerably lower because of the considerably more compact and simpler construction compared to the previously known instruments.
• Rebound-./ vibration pattern acoustic .Trommeln is through the N & N 'slinger with the elastic swingable swinging body related. Simulated simply but very effectively with the electromechanical percussion instrument according to the invention: let it be. according to the invention loosely in: holding the hand. fall on the highly sensitive stop section designed for this purpose, the stopper springs up and down many times in a very similar manner to a standstill, the number of back vibrations upwards and the time course to a standstill essentially from the vibration parameters of the Vibrating body depends; with just one hand movement, namely dropping the striker, multiple triggering is achieved using the simplest musical technique.
• the stop sections should not vibrate themselves, but rather only transmit the pulses emitted by the stopper to the pickups, for example pressure or acceleration sensitive pad transducers; the oscillation pattern .. comes only from the oscillating body on the stop.
• the pickups coupled with the stop sections should, however, be sensitive enough to be able to. quietest stroke strength. recognize and. to be transmitted Pakistan This simply opens the .increase in. Sensitivity 'of. Stop sections. or ./.der ' . customers for improvement. the address in general; through a structurally simplest 1 possible construction. wise . In addition, is an improvement in the sensitivity of the. Stop sections or " the pickup also required to adapt to the lower ' force in the stopper according to the invention on the stopper sections. (Otherwise, with the stopper according to the invention, it would not be possible to borrow on commercially available drums. Playing rubber pads because they are too insensitive because they are designed for greater force from real hard wooden sticks.)
• FIG. 1 a schematic top view of a complete drum set consisting of several electromechanical percussion instruments according to the invention
• Fig. 2 in a schematic sectional view closer
• FIG. 3 a schematic view of a stopper according to an embodiment of the. Invention
• FIG. 5 shows a schematic view of a stopper according to a further exemplary embodiment of the invention.
• FIG. 6A, 6B in schematic. Views of further embodiments of a stop for the electromechanical percussion instrument according to the invention.
• a plurality of electromechanical percussion instruments 15 are combined to form an ensemble of a complete percussion set 2, the typical individual drums of a classical percussion being represented by an electromechanical percussion instrument, that is to say represented by a snare drum, as shown. 3, hi-hat 4, toms 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 0 with different dimensions 8 ", 10", 12 ", 13",
• FIG. 2 shows “a schematic sectional view taken along the line II-II from FIG. 1. Both the illustration according to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 are highly schematic and are only intended to provide the details necessary for understanding the basic principles of the invention.
• the electro-mechanical percussion instrument .1 comprises a stop section, section 19. with one.
• Striking plate 20 Made of ... an inelastic, little-sounding, at least strongly vibration-damping material .. such as wood, and / or ... a little or no elastic plastic material. £> er. Strike plate 20 is assigned a pickup .21, which, responds to the
• Impact plate changes in mechanical forces, in particular. Pressure ⁇ or acceleration forces, .. and converts these forces into electrical sound signals, which can be electronically processed and processed for sound reproduction.
• the pickup 21 a shown in Figure 2 any more detail
• the geometrical thickness is substantially less than 'the strength such as the impact plate 20 (the thickness of the disc 21 is exaggerated in Figure 2 shown ).
• the striking plate 20 in the percussion instrument according to the invention should practically not vibrate or sound at all in the sense of a characteristic that underpins the sound, but rather only transmit the sound produced by the striker described in more detail directly to the pickup 21, which converts the sound into an electronic signal.
• the striking plate 20 thus actually serves only as a transmission medium of a striking tone to the pickup 21.
• Decisive for the functioning according to the invention is therefore firstly the highest possible sensitivity of the pickup 21 and secondly the most intimate mechanical coupling of the pickup 21 and striking plate 20.
• the latter is preferably achieved by means of threaded screws 22, 23, which serve to fix the striking plate 20 and pickup 21 on or on a carrier plate 24, which can also consist, for example, of wood or a plastic material. With the help of such threaded screws, the. Degree of connection strength of striking plate 20 and pickup 21 simply by the force of the screws 22 and 23 to be tightened, are set.
• ⁇ • taker- 21 together with carrier plate 24 can, / as shown in the embodiment according to .Figur 2, on a. Damping r • teil._25 off. a. sound absorbing or swallowing material such as foam. stored or fastened . «; and is. i Other supported. a base part 26-. preferably wood or plastic.
• The: Su: ckelteil 26 and all parts attached thereto 20, 21, - '24, 25 are in an overall. housed part 27 and slidably mounted in height, with locking screws 28'2.9 "fixing the base part 26 within the housing part 27.
• the overall height ⁇ of all the individual percussion instruments 1 of the percussion set 2 are very simple in this way to adapt to the personal needs of the player or to adjust them for reasons of expediency, for example the internal percussion instruments 3, 4, 5, 6, etc. can be lowered in height compared to the outer percussion instruments 13, 14, 15, ... in order to simplify playing All percussion instruments can be attached to a base board 31 by means of pins 30. Alternatively, the bottom of the percussion instrument can be magnetic and adhere to the base board by means of magnetic force.
• FIGS. 3, 4A, 4B, 5, 6A, 6B show preferred exemplary embodiments of stops according to the invention for the electromechanical percussion instrument shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, specifically FIGS. 3, 4A, 4B show stops according to the invention, each with one (Numeric word) vibrating body, while the embodiments according to Figures 5, 6A, 6B Show stop with two oscillating bodies each.
• the stop 32 has a holding or
• a second oscillating body 35 is additionally provided.
• the holding or supporting part 33 is also made of a material which is not capable of oscillating, such as preferably wood or plastic, the shape being chosen such that the stop 3.2 can be held comfortably and loosely in the hand of the musician , In particular in the embodiments according to FIGS. 4A, 4B, 6A. and Fig.
• the support member 33 is shaped in the manner of conventional drum sticks; the shape of the stopper according to the invention should in no way be limited to this, but shapes which are not customary per se are also conceivable, as are those with not necessarily round but square cross-sectional shapes as in the embodiments according to FIGS. 3 and 5.
• the oscillating body 34 is formed or shaped by an elastic helical spring, the oscillating body 34 being arranged transversely with respect to the longitudinal direction of the holding or supporting part 33.
• One end 36 of the elastic helical spring 34 is in this case attached to the outer end of the holding or supporting part 33 of the stop 32, and the other end 37 has a striking element which, in the exemplary embodiments shown in FIGS. 3 and 5, has one end 37 of the coil spring is soldered or welded onto metal plate 38.
• the oscillating body 34 is formed by a metal stem 39 shaped like a needle or lancet-like shape, which within a bore 40 made in the holding or supporting part 33 and open on one side is mounted such that a free end 41 of the metal handle from the holding or. Supporting part 33 protrudes, at the extreme end of the.
• Metal handle. 39 may be a blow molded body 42 or formed, is ..
• a control element 43 is provided which is firmly connected to the oscillating body 39 and can be actuated from the outside by hand. hen, which with a Rif feiung 44. the outer surface is provided. The actuating element 43 is mounted in a channel 45 and enables the oscillating body 34 to be displaced within the bore 40 by hand.
• the oscillating body 34 is also slidably fastened within the holding or supporting part 33; however, an actuator is omitted in this example.

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