Preamplifier for musical instruments

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10396726
APP PUB NO 20180309418A1
SERIAL NO

15954945

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A preamplifier for musical instruments includes: an operational amplifier 40 to amplify an inputted analog audio signal; a dual-unit variable resistor 30 to change an amplification factor of the operational amplifier 40 by manually operating an operation unit; an A/D converter 51 to convert the amplified analog audio signal to a digital audio signal; and a digital signal processor 60 to digital-signal process the digital audio signal, wherein the dual-unit variable resistor 30 includes a second variable resistor 32 to output a detection signal in accordance with an amount of operation of the operation unit, and the digital signal processor 60 is capable of implementing, based on a value of the detection signal, a first digital gain process to amplify the digital audio signal and/or a second digital gain process to attenuate the digital audio signal.

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ZOOM CORPORATION4-4-3 KANDASURUGADAI CHIYODA-KU TOKYO 101-0062

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Nozokido, Michihito Tokyo, JP 2 2

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