Electronic musical instrument for simulating wind instrument musical tones

Abstract

An electronic musical instrument simulating a wind instrument is fundamentally configured by a loop circuit at least containing a linear portion and a non-linear portion. The linear portion simulates a pipe portion of the wind instrument, while the non-linear portion simulates a breath-blowing portion of the wind instrument so as to produce an excitation signal, which is supplied to the linear portion. By an interaction between the linear portion and the non-linear portion which is carried out while a signal circulates through the loop circuit, a sounding characteristic of the wind instrument is simulated. In order to accurately simulate a jet reed instrument (e.g., organ pipe), there are further provided a delay circuit and an edge tone generator. The delay circuit imparts a delay time to the output signal of the linear portion, and then, a delayed signal is supplied to the non-linear portion. The delay time corresponds to a time which is required when an air flow passing through a slit reaches an edge in the jet reed instrument. The edge tone generator generates a noise signal representing an edge tone (or an aeolian tone) which is unique to the jet reed instrument. The noise signal is mixed with the output signal of the non-linear portion, and then, a mixed signal is supplied to the linear portion. Thus, a sound of the jet reed instrument can be accurately simulated by a musical tone signal picked up from the loop circuit.