JPH06349259A - Recorder/player incorporating instrument - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve operability and appearance at the time of playing the instrument by forming the side face part of housing into substantial T-shape and arranging the operating part of instrument on the upper face part and the recording/reproducing part on the side face part. CONSTITUTION:The housing has a substantially rectangular or oval upper face part and substantially T-shaped side face parts. The operating part 3 of instrument section 2 is arranged on the upper face part of the housing whereas the recording/reproducing part 6 is arranged on the side face part continuous to the longitudinal side part of the upper face part. This constitution allows a user to place the opposite wing parts stably on the knees thus playing the instrument while holding between the knees. The operation is also facilitated because the device part 6 is positioned oppositely to the abdomen. The speaker means is preferably located on the side face opposite to the device part 6.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a recording and / or reproducing device with a musical instrument, such as a device in which a musical instrument such as an electronic drum pad is mounted on a tape recorder / player.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Musical instruments and recording /
A device in which a reproducing device is combined has been proposed. For example, a tape recording / playback device that is equipped with electronic drums and electronic percussion using pads, and can play percussion performances by hitting the pads while playing music with tapes, or recording percussion performances Alternatively, it is conceivable that the keyboard recording / reproducing apparatus is equipped with a keyboard as a musical instrument playing section, and a synthesizer, an electronic organ, etc. are integrated.

[0003]

By the way, in such a recording and / or reproducing apparatus with a musical instrument, there is a problem that even if the recording and / or reproducing apparatus with a musical instrument is simply combined, it is not convenient to use. For example, it is difficult to allow a user to easily operate a tape recorder / player while still playing a musical instrument. Further, if both the musical instrument and the recorder / player are arranged on the upper surface of the housing in consideration of operability, especially in the case of a musical instrument such as a drum pad, the recorder / player operation switches, etc. may be mistakenly played during performance. It is not desirable because it may be pushed.

Further, since it is necessary to mount a musical instrument and various functions as a recorder / player in combination, the design of the device is limited to some extent, and the musical instrument lacks smartness. In other words, it was difficult to realize a device shape that is well-formed even when used as a musical instrument.

Further, in a recording and / or reproducing apparatus with a musical instrument, a speaker may be integrally mounted.
It is also difficult to set the speaker arrangement so that the speaker output direction is always suitable when used as a musical instrument or when a musical instrument and a player are used simultaneously.

[0006]

In view of these problems, the present invention provides a combined device of a musical instrument and a recording / reproducing device,
The object is to improve the operability, improve the visual appearance during use (especially when using a musical instrument), and optimize the speaker output direction.

For this reason, the shape of both side surfaces which are continuous with the side portions in the longitudinal direction with respect to the upper surface of the substantially rectangular shape or the substantially oval shape is substantially T-shaped with its central portion projecting below both blade portions. The main body housing is formed as described above, and the musical instrument portion and the recording and / or reproducing device portion are integrally mounted in the main body housing. The performance part of the musical instrument part is arranged on the upper surface of the main body housing, and the recording and / or reproducing device part is arranged on the side surface part continuous with the side part in the longitudinal direction with respect to the upper surface part of the main body housing. To do so.

Further, when a speaker means for supplying an audio output by being supplied with the output audio signal from the musical instrument section and the output audio signal from the recording and / or reproducing apparatus section is provided, the speaker means records and / or reproduces. The device is arranged on a side surface portion opposite to the side surface portion on which the device portion is arranged.

[0009]

Operation: Both sides of the generally rectangular or elliptical upper surface, which are continuous with the sides in the longitudinal direction, have a substantially T-shape with the central portion projecting downward from both blade portions. By forming the main body casing in the user, the user can stabilize the bottom portions of the portions that become the substantially T-shaped wing portions when viewed from the side on the left and right knees, respectively. Further, since the performance part is arranged on the upper surface of the main body casing, the performance can be performed while the device is held between the knees, which is also suitable as a performance style.

Further, at this time, the recording / reproducing device section can be located on the front side (side facing the abdomen) of the user, and therefore the operation is easy. Further, by disposing the speaker means on the side opposite to the recording / reproducing device, the speaker should face the front side (that is, the audience side listening to the performance) with the body placed on the knee. And becomes the optimum audio output direction.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the recording and / or reproducing apparatus with a musical instrument of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. This embodiment is configured as a tape recording / reproducing device (hereinafter referred to as a tape recorder with a drum pad) equipped with a drum pad as a musical instrument.

The shape of the tape recorder with a drum pad is shown in FIGS. 1 is a plan view (top view of the main body), FIG. 2 is a front view (that is, one side surface continuous with a side in the longitudinal direction with respect to the top surface of the housing), and FIG. 3 is a rear view (that is, top surface of the housing). On the other hand, the other side surface continuous to the side portion in the longitudinal direction), FIG. 4 is a bottom view, FIG. 5 is a side view, and FIG. 6 is a schematic perspective view. Note that FIGS. 3, 5, and 6 show a state in which a removable microphone is attached.

In these drawings, reference numeral 1 shows the entire tape recorder with a drum pad, and this casing is made of resin, for example. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 2 denotes a drum pad, and the drum pad 2 is provided in four units 2a to 2d. Of these, the long diameter drum pads 2a and 2d are for low-pitched sound (lower pitch drum), and the short diameter drum pads 2b and 2d.
2c is for high-pitched sound (high pitch drum). These drum pads 2 are configured as so-called electronic drums, and a predetermined drum sound is generated and output in an internal circuit by hitting the drum pad 2 as described later with reference to FIG.

The drum pad 2 is formed of, for example, a rubber material, and is suitable for the user to tap the percussion performance by hand. Further, the drum pads 2a and 2d are set to a size that does not hinder the performance, and the diameter of the drum pads 2a and 2d is 8 to
About 15 cm, the diameter of the drum pads 2b, 2c is 5 to 1
It is set to about 0 cm.

Reference numeral 3 denotes a control panel, which is provided with various operating means. Reference numeral 3a is a power supply and operation mode switch for switching the power off, the drum pad performance mode, and the rhythm synthesis performance mode. As will be described later, this tape recorder 1 with a drum pad is equipped with not only a drum pad performance mode operation for performing percussion performance on the drum pad 2, but also a so-called rhythm box (auto rhythm generator unit). Drum pad 2 synthesized with the auto rhythm and bass sound of
It is possible to operate in the rhythm synthesis performance mode in which the performance voice of is output. By operating the power supply and operation mode switch 3a, the power supply is turned on and at the same time these operation modes are set.

Reference numeral 3b is a pad sound selection key for varying the sound quality output when the drum pad 2 is hit. The selected sound quality is indicated by the indicator 3c. Reference numeral 3d is an autorhythm selection key for selecting a voice (autorhythm) such as a rhythm generated from the rhythm box. The selected autorhythm is indicated by the indicator 3e. Reference numeral 3f is a tempo setting key for variably setting the tempo of the output autorhythm.

Reference numeral 4 is a microphone connecting portion to which the microphone 5 is attached. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 6, the microphone 5 has a sound collecting portion 5a attached to a flexible neck 5b, and an attaching portion 5c formed at a lower end portion of the neck 5b. In FIG. 3, the neck 56 is shown by partially connecting and disconnecting, but the length of the microphone 5 is set such that the sound collecting unit 5a reaches the vicinity of the player's mouth when the playing style of FIG. There is. Then, as shown in FIG. 7, the mounting portion 5c is inserted into the microphone connecting portion 4 from above and mounted as shown in FIG. In this case, the user can bend the neck 5b as shown in FIG. 6, for example, to bring the microphone position to a desired state.

As can be seen from FIGS. 2 and 6, the tape deck portion 6 is arranged on the front side of the main body. Reference numeral 7 is a lid portion for opening and closing the tape deck portion to insert and remove the cassette tape, and 8 is a window portion provided in the lid portion. Reference numerals 9 to 14 are operation sections for the tape deck section 7, 9 is a stop / eject key, 10 is a fast-forward key, 11 is a rewind key, 12 is a reproduction key, and 13 is a recording key. Reference numeral 14 is a tape speed operation knob for adjusting the running speed of the tape.

15, 1 appearing in FIGS. 1, 2 and 6.
Reference numerals 6 and 17 denote volume operation units, and 16 denotes an instrument output volume for adjusting the output volume of the sound of the drum pad 2 (and the autorhythm sound and the microphone input sound), 1
Reference numeral 7 is a deck output volume for adjusting the volume of the reproduced sound output from the tape deck section 6, and 15 is a master volume for adjusting the output volume after the instrument sound and the deck reproduced sound are mixed.

As can be seen from FIGS. 3 and 5, a speaker 18 is arranged on the back side of the main body. That is, the speaker 18 is formed on the surface opposite to the cassette deck section 6.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the main body housing of the tape recorder 1 with a drum pad has a substantially T-shape with its central portion protruding downward when viewed from the front and back sides.
Then, handles 19 for carrying the device body are formed on both wings of the substantially T-shape when viewed from the front and back sides.

The handle 19 is formed as seen in FIG. 4 and in FIG. 8 which shows the left wing portion of the housing in cross section. Since the handle 19 is formed so as to be constricted toward the upper surface on the left and right bottom surfaces of the housing, the tape recorder 1 with the drum pad 1
When carrying, it suffices to hold the left and right handles 19, 19 with both hands, and it can be carried easily.

Reference numeral 20 shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 denotes a battery storage portion, which is adapted to be capable of storing a predetermined number of batteries by opening the lid. The tape recorder with drum pad 1 can use a household AC power source in addition to being driven by a battery, and is provided with an AC adapter connection terminal 22 as shown in FIG.

Next, referring to FIG. 10, an audio signal circuit block inside the tape recorder 1 with the drum pad will be described. Reference numeral 30 denotes a pad sound generating section, which is a circuit portion as a so-called drum synthesizer. When the drum pad 2 is struck, the pad sound generation unit 30 detects the drum pad 2
The percussion sound is generated and output in accordance with the information from (the signal for detecting that the drum pad is hit or the signal for detecting the strength of the hit).

The signal level of the percussion sound to be output is set according to the strength with which the drum pad 2 is hit, and the sound quality is set according to the operation of the pad sound selection key 3b on the control panel 3. The output percussion sound is supplied to the mixer circuit 31.

Reference numeral 32 denotes an autorhythm generator unit, which is a power source of the control panel 3 and an operation mode switch 3a.
When the rhythm synthesis performance mode is set by the operation of, the autorhythm (rhythm, bass line, chord sound, etc.) output from the autorhythm generator 32 is synthesized with the performance voice of the drum pad 2 and output. Will be. That is, the drum pad 2 can be played according to the autorhythm. The output autorhythm is selectively set by operating the autorhythm selection key 3d on the control panel 3.

The autorhythm voice output from the autorhythm generator 32 in the rhythm synthesis performance mode is supplied to the mixer circuit 31 and synthesized with the percussion voice produced by the performance of the drum pad 2.

The output of the mixer circuit 31 is the mixer circuit 3
3 is supplied. The input sound from the microphone connection section 4 is supplied to the mixer circuit 33 through the amplifier 40. Therefore, when the microphone 5 is connected to the microphone connection section 4 as described above, the mixer circuit 33 33, the microphone input voice signal is also transmitted to the drum pad 2
Will be synthesized with the performance voice (or the voice signal in which the performance voice of the drum pad 2 and the autorhythm voice are synthesized). The output of the mixer circuit 33 is supplied to the mixer circuit 34 via the musical instrument output volume 16 described above.

On the other hand, in the cassette deck section 6, the recording / reproducing head 35 reproduces sound from the cassette tape and records sound on the cassette tape. The audio signal read from the magnetic tape by the recording / reproducing head 35 is supplied to the reproducing circuit section 37 via the PB terminal of the switching section 36 and output as a reproducing signal. The reproduction signal output from the reproduction circuit unit 37 is the deck output volume 17 described above.
Is supplied to the mixer circuit 34 via.

Further, the audio signal of the performance or the like output via the instrument output volume 16 is also supplied to the recording circuit section 39 via the switch 38. Therefore, the switch 38 is turned on and the switching unit 36 is switched to the REC terminal, so that the performance voice of the drum pad 2 and the voice input by the microphone can be recorded on the magnetic tape. The tape running operation of the deck section 6 is operated in response to an operation from a deck operation section (operation keys 9 to 13, tape speed operation knob 14). When the recording key 13 is pressed, the switch 38 is turned on, and the switching unit 36 is connected to the REC terminal.

In the mixer circuit 34, the supplied audio signal of the performance and the like, the cassette deck section 6, the reproduction circuit section 3
The reproduced audio signal reproduced in 7 is mixed and supplied to the master volume 15. And master volume 15
Will be supplied to the speaker 19 via the drive amplifier 41 and will be output as sound.

With such a configuration, the tape recorder with a drum pad 1 of this embodiment is used as a cassette tape player, as a musical instrument by the drum pad 2, and as a microphone 5 connected to them, and autorhythm. A variety of usage modes are possible, such as a combination of sound output and a sound played from a cassette tape to perform a drum performance, and the performance sound of the drum pad 2 and the microphone 5 are used. It is also possible to record Kasho voices on magnetic tape.

The operation and function of the tape recorder with drum pad 1 of this embodiment having the above-described structure will be described below.

First, the tape recorder with drum pad 1 is suitable for playing the drum pad because it has a substantially T-shape when viewed from the front and back sides as described above. That is, as shown in FIG. 11, it is possible to stabilize the user in a state where the user sits down with both wings of the housing (the portion where the handle 19 is formed) placed on both knees.

At this time, the cassette deck 6 is located on the user side, and the speaker 18 is located in the front direction of the user. Further, the drum pads 2a-2
Since d is the upper surface, it is in a position where the user can easily play it, that is, it can take the same playing style as normal percussion, which is very suitable for playing and the appearance when viewed from the audience. Good.

Since the speaker 18 faces the front side, that is, the side of the audience without being disturbed by the user himself or the performance operation, it is an optimal sound output direction. Furthermore, since the cassette deck 6 is located on the user side,
Even when the played voice and the reproduced voice are mixed and output, the cassette deck section 6 can be easily operated.

Further, as shown in FIG. 11, the user can easily grasp the handles 19 on both sides from the state where the tape recorder with a drum pad 1 is held on the knee, so that the drum pad with There is no difficulty in starting up with the tape recorder 1. Moreover, since the handle 19 is provided by utilizing the shape of the housing (the shape in which both wings are formed) itself, the shape of the tape recorder with drum pad 1 does not form the appearance.
In other words, it does not appear on the outside like a hanging handle of a so-called cassette telephone. This is suitable when the tape recorder with drum pad 1 is used as a musical instrument in that the appearance of the musical instrument can be smartly viewed.

Further, since the operation related to the performance of the drum pad 2 is performed by the control panel 3 arranged on the upper surface of the equipment, it is possible to easily change the percussion tone quality and the autorhythm during the performance. . When the control panel 3 is placed in the playing style shown in FIG. 11, the control panel 3 is located farther from the user than the drum pad 2. Therefore, even if the control panel 3 is placed on the same surface as the drum pad 2, it does not hinder the performance.

Here, the upper surface of the housing is not a completely horizontal surface, but as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the central portion is slightly curved so as to be raised. In response to this, the upper surfaces of the drum pads 2a to 2d are not arranged in a horizontal state but are arranged on a gentle curve. With this configuration, the percussion performance by the drum pad 2 is easier to perform than the horizontal state.

Further, since the cassette deck portion 6 is on the front side and is not on the same surface as the drum pad 2, the cassette deck portion 6 and its operating portion are erroneously hit during the performance of the drum pad 2 and malfunction occurs. It will not occur.

By the way, the stop / eject key 9, the fast-forward key 10, the rewind key 11, the replay key 12, and the record key 13 are switches which are pushed in from above, and therefore are arranged on the front face. However, it cannot be said that these keys are not accidentally pressed during the performance of the drum pad 2. For this reason, the tape recorder 1 with the drum pad of this embodiment is provided with the guard portion 21. The peripheral parts of these operation keys are shown enlarged in FIG.

As can be seen from FIG. 9, the stop / eject key 9, the fast forward key 10, the rewind key 11, and the play key 1
2. The back side of the recording key 13 is a wall part having substantially the same height as when the operation keys are in the off state, and therefore the operation keys are turned on unless they are accurately fingered from the front or the top. The guard portion 21 is formed so that it cannot be performed.
In other words, even if the player accidentally hits these operation keys while hitting the drum pad 2 with his / her palm, the palm (fingertip) will hit the guard portion 21, preventing the operation key from being pressed. To be done.

Further, the microphone 5 is attached as described above, and the neck 5b can be bent and directed to a desired position in the attached state.
Even when such a playing style is adopted, the microphone 5 can be attached as shown in FIG. 6 to perform percussion performance and vocal simultaneously. At this time, since the microphone connecting portion 4 is provided on the back side of the housing, the neck 5b of the microphone 5 does not interfere with the percussion performance.

As can be understood from the circuit block of FIG. 10, the volume control includes the instrument output volume 16 for the drum pad 2, the microphone 5, or the audio signal by the auto rhythm, and the reproduction sound from the tape deck section 6. Since the deck output volume 17 for adjusting the output volume is provided independently, the volume balance between the performance voice and the reproduction voice can be adjusted as desired by the user.

As described above, the tape recorder 1 with the drum pad of the embodiment is suitable for percussion performance, has good operability, and is easy to handle the cassette deck 6, and is a device in which a musical instrument and a recording / reproducing device are combined. As a result, it has a very suitable configuration.

The present invention is not limited to the embodiments, and various modifications can be considered. For example, the audio output may be stereophonic, or a sound quality effect means (equalizer, delay, phase shifter, pitch shifter, etc.) may be installed to change the sound quality.

Further, the musical instrument is not limited to the drum pad, and a keyboard may be arranged on the upper surface of the device to mount a synthesizer, an electronic organ or the like, or a string and a pickup may be provided to form a slide guitar. To be

Further, not only the recording / reproducing apparatus, but only the recording apparatus or only the reproducing apparatus may be provided. As these recording and / or reproducing devices, other than tape cassette recorders, other tape recording / reproducing devices such as DAT recorders / players, mini disk recorders / players using magneto-optical disks / optical disks, and compact disks. A CD player or the like using the optical disc as described above may be used. Of course, it is also possible to provide two or more recording and / or reproducing devices such as a cassette deck.

[0049]

As described above, in the recording and / or reproducing apparatus with a musical instrument of the present invention, the housing shape is continuous with the side portion in the longitudinal direction with respect to the upper surface of the substantially rectangular shape or the substantially oval shape. By forming the shape of both side surfaces (front and back) so that the central portion thereof projects downward from both wing portions and is formed into a substantially T shape, the user sees from the side surface substantially T.
It is possible to stabilize the bottom portions of the character-shaped wing portions on the left and right knees, respectively. Since the performance part is located on the upper surface of the main body, it is possible to perform in a style in which the equipment is held between the knees, and the operability during the performance is good and the performance style is also good. There is an effect that there is.

Further, at this time, the recording / reproducing device section can be positioned on the front side (side facing the abdomen) of the user, so that the operation is easy and the recording / reproducing apparatus section cannot be operated by mistake when playing the musical instrument section. It also has the effect of eliminating the loss. In addition, by disposing the speaker means on the side opposite to the recording / reproducing device, the speaker faces the front side (that is, the audience side listening to the performance) with the body placed on the knee. Therefore, there is an advantage that the audio output direction is optimum.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a tape recorder with a drum pad as an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the tape recorder with a drum pad according to the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a rear view of the tape recorder with a drum pad according to the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a bottom view of the tape recorder with a drum pad according to the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a side view of the tape recorder with a drum pad of the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a tape recorder with a drum pad according to an embodiment.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of how the microphone of the tape recorder with a drum pad of the embodiment is attached.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of a handle of the tape recorder with a drum pad according to the embodiment.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram of a guard part of the tape recorder with a drum pad according to the embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram of an audio circuit configuration of a tape recorder with a drum pad according to an embodiment.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram of a usage mode of the tape recorder with a drum pad according to the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Tape recorder with drum pad 2, 2a, 2b, 2c, 2d Drum pad 3 Control panel 3a Power and operation mode switch 3b Pad sound selection key 3c, 3e Indicator 3d Autorhythm selection key 3f Tempo setting key 4 Microphone connection part 5 Microphone 5a Sound collecting part 5b Neck 5c Mounting part 6 Cassette deck part 7 Lid part 8 Window part 9 Stop and eject key 10 Fast forward key 11 Rewind key 12 Playback key 13 Recording key 14 Tape speed operation knob 15 Master volume 16 Musical instrument output volume 17 Deck output volume 18 Speaker 19 Handle 20 Battery compartment 21 Guard part 22 AC adapter connection terminal 30 Pad sound generator 31, 33, 34 Mixer circuit 32 Autorhythm generator 35 Recording / playback head 36 Switching section 37 Reproducing circuit section 38 Switch 39 Recording circuit section 40 Amplifier 41 Drive amplifier

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A substantially rectangular or oval upper surface having a shape of both side surfaces continuous with side portions in the longitudinal direction, a central portion thereof protruding downward from both blade portions to form a substantially T-shape. The main body has a main body, the musical instrument and the recording and / or reproducing device are integrally mounted in the main body, and the performance part of the musical instrument is arranged on the upper surface of the main body. The recording and / or reproducing apparatus with a musical instrument, wherein the recording and / or reproducing apparatus section is arranged on a side surface portion which is continuous with a side portion in a longitudinal direction with respect to an upper surface portion of a main body housing. 2. A speaker means is provided to output an audio signal by the output audio signal from the musical instrument section and the output audio signal from the recording and / or reproducing apparatus section, and a performance part in the musical instrument section is arranged. The recording and / or reproducing device section is arranged on one side surface and the speaker means is arranged on the other side surface of the both side surface sections continuous with the side portions in the longitudinal direction with respect to the upper surface section. The recording and / or reproducing apparatus with a musical instrument according to claim 1, wherein