A percussion instrument is adapted with a foam arrangement directly or indirectly in communication with its percussion surface. The foam arrangement reduces acoustic impact sounds when the instrument is struck, helps isolate vibrations from nearby percussion surfaces, and reduces or removes sound generation when air is released from the damper. To achieve these results, directly or indirectly secured to the percussion surface is an open-cell foam layer that is configured with a closed-cell foam layer positioned in a lateral side-by-side arrangement to create a spring and damper system. The open-cell foam may have one or more holes that extend entirely through its body, and inside those, one or more holes are closed-cell foam to provide additional spring-like functionality. The side-by-side dual-layer arrangement enables the closed- and open-cell foam layers to operate in tandem—the closed-cell layer operates as a spring, and the open-cell layer operates as a damper.

The present invention provides an electronic percussion melody musical instrument, comprising: a key module including a plurality of keys each arranged to receive a knock from the outside, and a plurality of energy conversion units each configured to sense mechanical energy generated by the knocking of the key and convert the mechanical energy into electrical energy in the form of an electrical signal; a storage unit configured to store sound source data associated with the plurality of keys; an output unit configured to output a sound signal corresponding to the sound source data; and a control unit configured to: receive the electrical signal from the energy conversion unit; acquire the sound source data associated with the electrical signal from the storage unit according to the electrical signal; and control e output unit to output the sound signal corresponding to the sound source data.

A percussion instrument is adapted with a foam arrangement directly or indirectly in communication with its percussion surface. The foam arrangement reduces acoustic impact sounds when the instrument is struck, helps isolate vibrations from nearby percussion surfaces, and reduces or removes sound generation when air is released from the damper. To achieve these results, directly or indirectly secured to the percussion surface is an open-cell foam layer that is configured with a closed-cell foam layer positioned in a lateral side-by-side arrangement to create a spring and damper system. The open-cell foam may have one or more holes that extend entirely through its body, and inside those, one or more holes are closed-cell foam to provide additional spring-like functionality. The side-by-side dual-layer arrangement enables the closed-and open-cell foam layers to operate in tandem—the closed-cell layer operates as a spring, and the open-cell layer operates as a damper.

A vibraphone pickup has a bobbin having two coils, one for outputting an analog signal and one for outputting a digital signal. A plurality of filters and buffers are used to isolate the signals. A rare earth (or neodymium) magnet is used in the center of the bobbin. In one method of use, a vibraphone pickup is used to pick up each note of the vibraphone. The output of each vibraphone pickup is combined and fed into an amplifier.

The present invention provides an electronic percussion melody musical instrument, comprising: a key module including a plurality of keys each arranged to receive a knock from the outside, and a plurality of energy conversion units each configured to sense mechanical energy generated by the knocking of the key and convert the mechanical energy into electrical energy in the form of an electrical signal; a storage unit configured to store sound source data associated with the plurality of keys; an output unit configured to output a sound signal corresponding to the sound source data; and a control unit configured to: receive the electrical signal from the energy conversion unit; acquire the sound source data associated with the electrical signal from the storage unit according to the electrical signal; and control the output unit to output the sound signal corresponding to the sound source data.

A vibraphone pickup has a bobbin having two coils, one for outputting an analog signal and one for outputting a digital signal. A plurality of filters and buffers are used to isolate the signals. A rare earth (or neodymium) magnet is used in the center of the bobbin. In one method of use, a vibraphone pickup is used to pick up each note of the vibraphone. The output of each vibraphone pickup is combined and fed into an amplifier.

A vibraphone pickup has a bobbin having two coils, one for outputting an analog signal and one for outputting a digital signal. A plurality of filters and buffers are used to isolate the signals. A rare earth (or neodymium) magnet is used in the center of the bobbin. In one method of use, a vibraphone pickup is used to pick up each note of the vibraphone. The output of each vibraphone pickup is combined and fed into an amplifier.

The invention discloses a western and national ensemble instrument which comprises an instrument body, and a key assembly, a matrix circuit, a main board, a function control device and a timbre control device arranged on the instrument body; the key assembly is electrically connected with the matrix circuit; the matrix circuit is electrically connected with the main board; the main board is electrically connected with the function control device; the main board comprises an electrically connected timbre device packaged with a plurality of western musical instrument timbres and a plurality of national opera timbres. Due to the fact that the timbre control device is arranged on the panel of the instrument body, the timbre control device is electrically connected with the function control device by the main board to invoke timbre information corresponding control and any matching and superposition control.

An electrically amplified percussive instrument has at least one tone bar having a bottom side and fundamental nodes each of the fundamental nodes defined by a channel. A permanent magnet on the bottom side of the tone bar is proximal to one of the fundamental nodes and not aligned with a location of maximum tone bar vibration. A pickup coil positioned underneath the tone bar is aligned with the first permanent magnet and in electrical communication with an amplifier.

A vibraphone pickup has a bobbin having two coils, one for outputting an analog signal and one for outputting a digital signal. A plurality of filters and buffers are used to isolate the signals. A rare earth (or neodymium) magnet is used in the center of the bobbin. In one method of use, a vibraphone pickup is used to pick up each note of the vibraphone. The output of each vibraphone pickup is combined and fed into an amplifier.