in which amplitudes at successive sample points of a tone waveform are stored in one or more memories

Introduced: January 1990

Last revised: January 2006

Full Title

Instruments in which the tones are synthesised from a data store, e.g. computer organs > in which amplitudes at successive sample points of a tone waveform are stored in one or more memories

Classification Context

Section:: PHYSICS
Class:: MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
Subclass:: 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

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Child Classifications

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G10H 7/04 in which amplitudes are read at varying rates, e.g. according to pitch
G10H 7/06 in which amplitudes are read at a fixed rate, the read-out address varying stepwise by a given value, e.g. according to pitch