Patent ID: 6100461
Filing Date: 2000-08-08
Classification: G10H

Abstract:
An audio wavetable synthesizer comprising:an interface bus that transfers data using a burst transmission of a plurality of data samples having a burst size;a memory coupled to the interface bus and including a voice sample storage patch including a plurality of loop samples beginning at a start address and extending to an end address, the voice sample storage patch further including a plurality of repeated loop samples repeating the voice sample storage patch samples beginning at the start address and extending the burst size, the repeated loop samples being appended to the voice sample storage patch following the end address sample;a wavetable audio synthesis device coupled to the interface bus to receive the burst-size plurality of data samples from the memory; anda burst data transmission interface that controls the burst transmission from the memory to the wavetable audio synthesis device, the burst data transmission interface controlling the burst transmission to transfer a burst of data extending past the end address to include at least one repeated loop sample, the burst data transmission interface resetting an address of the next burst beyond the start address to account for the at least one repeated loop sample.