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| 084626000 | Expression or special effects (e.g., force or velocity responsive, etc.) | 46 |
| 20080223201 | Acoustic-effect assignment controlling apparatus and computer readable medium having a computer program for controlling assignment of acoustic effects - When it is determined that Insertion Effect Block | 09-18-2008 |
| 20090013856 | ELECTRONIC ASSISTANT SYSTEM FOR LESSON IN MUSIC AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENT EQUIPPED WITH THE SAME - While a player is fingering a music tune on a piano, an electronic assistant system monitors the keys to see whether or not the player starts to produce tones through a particular playing technique such as repetition; when the electronic assistant system finds particular key movements unique to the particular playing technique in an early stage, the electronic assistant system decides that the player intends to produce the tone through the particular playing technique, and forces the key to travel on a reference key trajectory in the later stage, whereby the player learns the particular playing technique. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090019997 | INNER FORCE SENSE CONTROLLING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INNER FORCE SENSE AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENT USING THE SAME - An electronic keyboard musical instrument has a load applier, which gives rise to inner force sense equivalent to another musical instrument such as a piano in the player through black keys and white keys, and the load applier has a mechanical load applier applying a part of load to the keys and an electromechanical load applier applying a remaining part of load to the keys so that the manufacturer can reduce the actuator in size. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090183625 | Effects Control Apparatus And Method - The invention relates to a method and apparatus for digitally controlling analogue effect devices for musical instruments. The invention comprises an analogue effects device controlled by digital means such that the output sound from the musical instruments is of analogue sound quality. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090235810 | TOUCH CONTROL APPARATUS OF ELECTRONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT - In order to detect a state of a key | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090314156 | REACTIVE FORCE CONTROL APPARATUS FOR PEDAL OF ELECTRONIC KEYBOARD INSTRUMENT - Reactive force control apparatus for a pedal comprises: a movement detection section that detects movement of the pedal; a solenoid that produces a reactive force in response to operation of the pedal; a reference reactive force impartment table defining intensities of the reactive force corresponding to amounts of the operation of the pedal; a setting value input section operable to input a setting value for changing the reactive force responsive to the operation of the pedal; and a control section that controls the reactive force to the pedal by changing content of the table, on the basis of the input setting value, to thereby create a changed reactive force impartment table, so that the reactive force to the pedal is controlled on the basis of the changed table and detected movement of the pedal. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20100089225 | Pedal Apparatus and Electronic Keyboard Apparatus Having the Same - An electronic keyboard apparatus capable of changing, with a simple construction, a musical tone control characteristic for each pedal manipulation stroke section. A detection value representing a pedal depression depth is converted into an output value according to a table group, and a musical tone parameter is controlled based on the output value. The table group includes default and alternate tables exhibiting a hysteresis such that the output value converted from the same detection value becomes smaller in a reverse pedal stroke than in a forward pedal stoke. In the forward stroke, the default table is changed to the alternate table when the detection value passes a second threshold value provided on a deeper depression depth side than a first threshold value. In the reverse stroke, the alternate table is changed to the default table when the detection value passes the first threshold value. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100236388 | ELECTRONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT - A computer portion | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100269670 | Foot-Operated Audio Effects Device - A foot-operated audio effects device ( | 10-28-2010 |
| 20120011989 | OPERATION DETECTION APPARATUS - Operation detection apparatus includes a sensor section, and a pad formed of a transparent or translucent material and including at least one hitting portion provided on its surface. The hitting portion is suitable for being hit by a user. The sensor section is provided in a region positionally corresponding to the hitting portion under the pad, to detect hitting of the hitting portion. The sensor section includes a see-through portion provided in association with the hitting portion for allowing a region below the sensor section to be partly seen therethrough. The sensor section is sheet-shaped as a whole, and the see-through portion is an opening provided in a predetermined position of the sheet-shaped sensor section. Display area is located under the sensor section and exposed through the opening. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120186418 | System for Automatically Adjusting Sound Effects and Method Thereof - A system for automatically adjusting sound effects and a method thereof. The system includes a communication module, a playing module, an input module for receiving a choice among a plurality of songs made by a user, and a processing module configured to search a storage module for one of sets of sound effects parameters corresponding to the choice made by the user. If the set of sound effects parameters corresponding to the choice made by the user is not found, the processing module is then configured to obtain the set of sound effects parameters from a plurality of servers through a communication module. The playing module is configured to adjust a playing mode according to the set of sound effects parameters found or obtained by the processing module, and to play the song of choice in the playing mode. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120297959 | System and Method for Applying a Chain of Effects to a Musical Composition - A method for applying audio effects to one or more tracks off musical compilation is disclosed. The method comprises identifying a first virtual musician to be associated with a first instrument track; identifying a first virtual producer to be associated with the first instrument track; applying a first series of effects to the first instrument track, the first series of effects being dependent upon the first virtual musician; and applying a second series of effects to the first instrument track, the second series of effects being dependent upon the first virtual producer. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20130112066 | COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM STORED THEREIN, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing program executed by a computer of an information processing apparatus that performs processing based on an input from an input device including an acceleration sensor and an angular velocity sensor, is provided, and the information processing program causes the computer to function to set a combined speed indicating a speed based on a movement of the input device, by using acceleration data outputted by the acceleration sensor, and angular velocity data outputted by the angular velocity sensor; and to execute a predetermined process based on the combined speed having been set. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130118338 | SIMULATED PERCUSSION INSTRUMENT - Embodiments of an electronic instrument simulating a percussion instrument using capacitive touch sensitive sensors are described herein. Embodiments described comprise an art layer, a sensor layer, a shielding layer, an electronics package and a speaker. The art layer has depictions of one or more percussion instruments. The sensor layer is deposed under the art layer. The sensor layer has one or more instrument sensors, each comprising one or more capacitive touch sensors. Instrument sensors are positioned underneath one of the depicted percussion instruments in the art layer so that a finger tapping the depicted instrument will trigger the sensor. The capacitive touch sensors are electrically connected to the electronics package configured to detect changes in capacitance when a particular capacitive touch sensor is touched, causing the electronics package to play on the speaker a sound sample of an percussion instrument associated with that capacitive touch sensor. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130233156 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DOWNLOADING EFFECTS TO AN EFFECTS UNIT - Various embodiments relate to a systems and methods for downloading one or more effects to an effects unit. One or more effects may be received on an effects unit. Audio signals for the one or more effects may be processed based on instructions for processing the audio signals received with the one or more effects. For each subsequent effect received on the effect unit, the processing of the audio signals may be reprogrammed. The one or more effects may be transmitted for output from the effects unit. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130239786 | TOUCH SENSING DEVICE, TOUCH SENSING UNIT, STORAGE MEDIUM AND TOUCH SENSING METHOD - A first contact and a second contact are provided at each of a plurality of keys, and are successively closed in accordance with a key press operation. On the basis of respective closed sense signals from the first contact and the second contact, a duration from when the first contact is closed until the second contact is closed is counted as a first count value and then a duration after this counting has ended is counted as a second count value. An attainment duration value and the second count value are compared, and when a predetermined condition is satisfied, a control signal is outputted. When this control signal is received, sound emission information instructing an emission of a sound by a sound emission controller is sent. The sound emission information includes touch information based on the first count value. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130263721 | SOUND MANIPULATOR - A sound manipulator comprising a touch sensitive sensor detecting finger tapings and multiplying them electronically on simultaneously produced sound, such that touches and releases affect sound composition in part (e.g. added sound effects and their characteristics) or as a whole (e.g. full or partial muting). The Sound manipulator may be attached to a guitar and allow the player both pick and tap fretted tones to give a fully new type of sound producing to the guitar. Rhythmical and electronic music may be imitated by the Sound manipulator, without losing the basic authentic guitar sound and while maintaining the flavor of live play. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130291708 | VIRTUAL AUDIO EFFECTS PACKAGE AND CORRESPONDING NETWORK - A system, method and computer-readable medium incorporating instructions are provided to enable a user to create and to share a digital effects package. The instructions enable user input of a first sound effect, and a first trigger that, when activated, plays the first sound effect, and to associate the first sound effect and the first trigger with the digital effects package. The trigger can be on a musical instrument, such as on a fretboard or fingerboard of a stringed instrument. The digital effects package may be created and shared by a user at a first terminal connected via a network. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130327200 | Piano Keyboard with Key Touch Point Detection - The present invention relates to an application for an iPad or similar electronic device having a touch screen. It provides a sensor to detect the touch position along the vertical length of a key as it is being engaged and to then offset the notes of the keyboard accordingly. This enables several octaves of notes to be accessed on the touch screen at any given time with a key size that is sufficient for real time playing. This arrangement further enables the incremental offset of the note pitches in a continuous manner to emulate the “string stretching” and “fretless neck” techniques of guitars and basses. The invention further provides a screen overlay to physically define the borders and travel of the on-screen keys thereby emulating the tactile feedback of real keys, again in a manner sufficient for real time playing. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130327201 | PROGRAMMABLE MUSICAL INSTRUMENT PEDALBOARD - In one embodiment, a programmable pedalboard for a musical instrument is provided. The pedalboard includes a docking station for receiving a removable portable computer that provides a plurality of instrument effects. The docking station is configured to receive an audio signal from a musical instrument and to modify the audio signal from the musical instrument based on at least one instrument effect from the plurality of instrument effects. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20140020547 | ELECTRONIC PERCUSSION DEVICE AND METHOD - An electronic percussion device includes a drum shell, a drumhead as striking surface, vibration sensors, and a peripheral and a central vibration carrier. The vibration carriers abut against the drumhead to convey vibrations therefrom to the sensor(s). The central vibration carrier is a helicoidal spring. The peripheral vibration carrier is a rigid body of solid material supported by peripheral sensors disposed thereunder. Two electrical leads of each one of the peripheral sensors are correspondingly coupled in parallel to produce only two common output leads. An electronic sound module is configured to sample the sensors and employs software procedures to detect percussion strokes delivered on the drumhead, and to generate sounds accordingly. The software procedures use averaged and aggregated signals to provide accurate detection of position and intensity of a drum stroke. Alternative embodiments of the device use only a peripheral vibration carrier or only a central vibration carrier. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140020548 | ELECTRONIC PERCUSSION DEVICE AND METHOD - An electronic percussion device includes a drum shell, a drumhead as striking surface, vibration sensors, and a peripheral and a central vibration carrier. The vibration carriers abut against the drumhead to convey vibrations therefrom to the sensor(s). The central vibration carrier is a helicoidal spring. The peripheral vibration carrier is a rigid body of solid material supported by peripheral sensors disposed thereunder. Two electrical leads of each one of the peripheral sensors are correspondingly coupled in parallel to produce only two common output leads. An electronic sound module is configured to sample the sensors and employs software procedures to detect percussion strokes delivered on the drumhead, and to generate sounds accordingly. The software procedures use averaged and aggregated signals to provide accurate detection of position and intensity of a drum stroke. Alternative embodiments of the device use only a peripheral vibration carrier or only a central vibration carrier. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140090546 | SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FOOT-OPERATED EFFECTS - A foot-operated pedal for programming audio and other effects, including an HMI or Human-Machine Interface that digitally communicates with a CPU, providing the parameters of effects set by the user, where a PC Interface is responsible for the mediation of the communication between the CPU and an external computer used to program the settings and adjustments of the device, with the audio interface having the function of promoting the compatibility between the electrical signal from the musical instrument and the CPU. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140090547 | MODULAR WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK FOR MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND USER INTERFACES FOR USE THEREWITH - A wireless sensor network for musical instruments is provided that will allow a musician to communicate natural performance gestures (orientation, pressure, tilt, etc) to a computer. User interfaces and computing modules are also provided that enable a user to utilize the data communicated by the wireless sensor network to supplement and/or augment the artistic expression. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140123838 | AUDIO EFFECTS CONTROLLER FOR MUSICIANS - This invention introduces several methods, apparatus, and systems for controlling musician audio effects or musical instruments wirelessly from the performer's footwear. In one embodiment, the performer's foot motions are monitored using a motion detection device and compared against a set of criteria by a microprocessor to activate or deactivate one or more audio effects. Once the foot controller is activated, a radio transmits either data from the motion detection device (or sampled foot pressure from an optional pressure sensor in the footwear) for used by the Base Unit to modulate one or more audio effect. In addition, effect activation can occur through gesture recognition (remotely) or on the Base Unit (locally). Tactile feedback is provided in the footwear as a means to confirm system status changes. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140150630 | Wireless Electric Guitar - An electronics module for an electric guitar is provided. The electronics module includes a processor, a plurality of controls, an antenna, and a computer-readable medium. The processor receives an audio signal generated by a vibration of a plurality of strings of the electric guitar. The plurality of controls are operably coupled to the processor and provide a mechanism for adjusting a sound created from the audio signal. The computer-readable medium is operably coupled to the processor and configured to cause the electric guitar to determine a control of the plurality of controls associated with the received effects parameter; adjust a state of the determined control based on the received effects parameter; modify the audio signal based on the plurality of controls and on the received effects parameter; and output the modified audio signal through the antenna to a second device. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140260916 | ELECTRONIC PERCUSSION DEVICE FOR DETERMINING SEPARATE RIGHT AND LEFT HAND ACTIONS - A percussion electronic device allows a percussionist to learn, through electronic feedback, the correct playing of the right or left hand. The percussion device could be struck by the percussion player on the right or left side of the pad. Alternatively, the percussion device can connect to a visual detector to detect motions of the user's left and right hands. Computer software may display written music or instructions of what hand to play at what time and the percussion device would input the performance of the percussionist into the computer, designating which inputs were from the right hand/side and which inputs were from the left hand/side. Optionally, foot sensors can be used to detect movement of the left and right feet to assist in teaching of instruments such as a drum set where the feet may control operation of instruments such as a bass drum and hi-hat. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140298975 | Puppetmaster Hands-Free Controlled Music System - A system for using body motion capture for musical performances. A motion detection camera captures a series of body movements which are assigned to begin one of more songs, to activate musical filters, and to active sound effects. Once the movements are captured and assignment, the user begins the performance. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140311322 | DIGITAL CONTROL OF THE SOUND EFFECTS OF A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT - The object of the present invention concerns a control device ( | 10-23-2014 |
| 20150090101 | CONTROL INFORMATION GENERATING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PERCUSSION INSTRUMENT - Provided is a sound source control information generating apparatus, adapted for performing slapping techniques. According to the present invention, information based on an output value of a first sensor that detects striking on the housing is stored in a memory means. If striking on the struck head of a percussion instrument is detected based on an output value of a second sensor that detects striking on the struck head, whether an output value equal to or greater than a predetermined value is obtained from the first sensor in a predetermined time interval before a timing of detecting the striking on the struck head is determined based on the information stored in the memory means. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20160063976 | Enclosure with windows for audio effects and guitar pedals - One embodiment of a rigid enclosure | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160148608 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING A VELOCITY OF AN ACTUATION OF A DEFLECTABLE TRANSMITTER COMPONENT OR KEY OF AN ELECTRONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT - The invention relates to a method for detecting actuation of a deflectable transmitter component, comprising the steps of: recording ( | 05-26-2016 |
| 084627000 | Envelope shaping (i.e., attack, decay, sustain, or release) | 2 |
| 20080282872 | MULTIFUNCTIONAL DIGITAL MUSIC DISPLAY DEVICE - Herein described are at least a method and a system for assisting a musician in playing an instrument by way of using an intelligent multifunctional digital music display device (MDMDD). The multifunctional digital music display device (MDMDD) may be used to assist musicians or performers during practice sessions or performances. The various aspects of the invention provide a method of constructing an ADSR envelope for a note generated by an instrument, displaying one or more pages of music, generating a more accurate metronome beat consistent with the music being played, and alerting the musician when his instrument is out-of-tune. Further, the various aspects of the invention provide a method of statistically monitoring and reporting the performance of the musician. The system comprises a storage device capable of storing an instructional code, a processor for executing the instructional code, a microphone, and a display. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20160163300 | ELECTRONIC CYMBAL TRIGGER - According to some aspects, a cymbal system is provided comprising a metal plate, a transducer coupled to the metal plate and configured to detect an acoustic signal generated by a strike of the metal plate, and processing circuitry, electrically connected to the transducer, configured to determine a cymbal articulation for the strike of the metal plate based on the detected acoustic signal. According to some aspects, a method is provided comprising the steps of detecting an acoustic signal generated by a strike of a metal plate, and determining a cymbal articulation for the strike of the metal plate based on the detected acoustic signal. | 06-09-2016 |
| 084628000 | Portamento or glissando | 1 |
| 20150013530 | MUSICAL SOUND EMISSION APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT, MUSICAL SOUND EMITTING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A CPU sets a first key-press pitch as a first target value; sets the immediately-preceding key-press pitch as a first starting point; emits the first key-press pitch sound therefrom with portamento toward the first target value; sets the second key-press pitch as a second target value; sets a pitch obtained by adding a pitch difference between the first and second key-press pitches to the pitch of the above-described sound as a second starting point; emits the second key-press pitch sound therefrom with portamento toward the second target value; sets the third key-press pitch as a third target value; sets a pitch obtained by adding a pitch difference between the second and third key-press pitches to the pitch of the sound being emitted with portamento toward the second target value as a third starting point; and emits the third key-press pitch sound therefrom with portamento toward the third target value. | 01-15-2015 |
| 084629000 | Vibrato or tremolo | 1 |
| 20090173218 | Coefficient Measurement Apparatus, Effect Impartment Apparatus, and Musical Sound Generating Apparatus - In a coefficient measurement apparatus, a line input terminal receives a pickup signal that is generated based on a string vibration of a musical instrument. A microphone input terminal receives a microphone signal acquired by a microphone that collects sounds of the musical instrument. An adaptive filter estimates a transfer function associated to resonance of the musical instrument and a transfer function of an acoustic space formed from the musical instrument to the microphone, generates an output signal by processing the pickup signal using the estimated transfer function, and updates the transfer function using a difference between the output signal and the microphone signal as a reference signal. | 07-09-2009 |
| 084630000 | Reverberation | 1 |
| 20150356960 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SOUND AUGMENTATION OF ACOUSTIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS - A sound capture device is affixed to an acoustic instrument to capture the natural sound output of the instrument. The captured sound signal is routed to an electronic sound augmentation system that is configured to augment the captured sound with spatial sound effects such as reverb, echo, delay, etc. The processed and augmented sound is then reproduced via a vibrating driver that has been affixed to the body of the acoustic instrument. This creates a situation where the body of the musical instrument, responding to a series of vibrations produced by the vibrating driver, acts as a speaker component, reproducing a rich augmented sound output that comprises the sum of the sound produced by the original sound production capabilities of the acoustical instrument plus the added augmented or enhanced sound effects. | 12-10-2015 |
| 084633000 | Loudness control | 9 |
| 20080202322 | ENSEMBLE SYSTEM, AUDIO PLAYBACK APPARATUS AND VOLUME CONTROLLER FOR THE ENSEMBLE SYSTEM - An audio playback apparatus, an automatic player musical instrument and a voltage controller form an ensemble system for producing music tunes in ensemble between the audio playback apparatus and the automatic player musical instrument, and the voltage controller is responsive to a volume control dial so as simultaneously to vary the loudness of electric tones radiated from the audio playback apparatus and acoustic tones produced through the automatic player musical instrument; when a user rotates the voltage control dial, an audio signal and a quasi audio signal are amplified, the audio signal is supplied to the sound system for converting the audio signal to the electric tones, and the quasi audio signal is demodulated to MIDI music data codes for changing the velocity from the original value to a new value for producing the acoustic tones or electronic tones through automatic playing or composition of waveform data. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20090241759 | Slide Manipulation Device and Slide Control Console - A slide manipulation device is mountable in a manipulator panel and includes a manipulator, a frame configured to slidably support the manipulator, and a circuit board. The frame has an opposing part facing the inside of the manipulation panel when the frame is mounted to the manipulation panel, the frame extending in a direction intersecting the opposing part and extending in a slide direction of the manipulator. The manipulator extends outward from the interior of the frame and is slidable in the slide direction to indicate a parameter for use in an electronic equipment. The circuit board is disposed at the outside of the frame along the extending direction of the frame, and is mounted to the frame for carrying out overall control to signalize a parameter set by the manipulator and to transmit the signalized parameter to the electronic equipment, and otherwise to receive the parameter from the electronic equipment and to slide the manipulator in response to the received parameter. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20100005953 | VOLUME ADJUSTING APPARATUS AND VOLUME ADJUSTING METHOD - A volume adjusting apparatus includes a sound collecting unit configured to collect noise data of a surrounding environment, an analyzing unit configured to extract a feature value indicating a feature of the noise data collected by the sound collecting unit and a feature value indicating a feature of supplied musical tune data, and a control unit configured to generate volume adjustment information for adjusting playback volume of the musical tune data based on the feature value of the noise data and the feature value of the musical tune data and adjusts the playback volume of the musical tune data based on the volume adjustment information. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100282046 | Volume Control Device - The volume control device temporarily alters the loudness of an electric musical instrument by allowing all (or part) of the audio signal to leak through a photosensitive resistor to ground. A light source is positioned so as to affect the value of the photosensitive resistor. The user indirectly controls the audio level by manipulating the light source in various ways: a control switch turns the light on and off; a selector switch determines whether the light source is normally off and turned on by the control switch, or vice versa; the brightness of the light source is adjusted by a variable resistor; and the time taken for the light to reach maximum brightness is controlled by an RC circuit. The device is removable and compatible with any electric instrument. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20120266739 | STORAGE MEDIUM RECORDED WITH PROGRAM FOR MUSICAL PERFORMANCE, APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD - Provided is a program for musical performance which causes a computer of a musical performance apparatus to function as a posture variation acquisition unit | 10-25-2012 |
| 20140331850 | CONTROL PEDAL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH THE CONTROL PEDAL - A control pedal includes a pedal body having a foot contact surface at an upper side; at least a sensing unit arranged on the foot contact surface for detecting a touch action and generating a sensor signal according to the detected touch action; a microprocessor arranged in an interior of the pedal body for generating an operation instruction according to the sensor signal; and a transmission unit for transmitting the operation instruction to an electronic device to control a page turning action, sound volume adjustment, or audio mode switch. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20150013531 | SELECTING AUDIO SAMPLES OF VARYING VELOCITY LEVEL - Systems and methods for selecting audio samples in response to musical stimuli are provided. In some embodiments, an audio sample can be selected based on the excitation state of an instrument. A musical stimulus can be received, and a current excitation level associated with previously received musical stimuli calculated. An audio sample can be selected for playback using the current excitation level. In some embodiments, audio samples having different velocity levels can be selected in response to repeated musical stimuli. A first instance of a musical stimulus having a first velocity level can be received, and a first audio sample corresponding to the first velocity level played back. A second instance of the musical stimulus having the first velocity level can be received, and a second audio sample corresponding to a second velocity level can be selected for playback. The first and second audio samples can have different audio characteristics. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150101477 | WIND SYNTHESIZER CONTROLLER - There is provided a wind synthesizer controller playable by the same manipulation as that of a customary musical instrument as well as able to obtain accurate scale information and volume information. The wind synthesizer controller includes a microphone, an expiration intensity measuring unit, and a controller. The microphone detects a sound generated by flowed in expiration. The expiration intensity measuring unit measures intensity of the expiration on the basis of a detected sound signal. The controller generates volume information on the basis of the measured expiration intensity. The volume information at least includes note on, note off, and velocity. | 04-16-2015 |
| 20150371622 | ELECTRIC INSTRUMENT MUSIC CONTROL DEVICE WITH MAGNETIC DISPLACEMENT SENSORS - An electric instrument music control device is provided having a foot pedal comprising a base portion and a treadle, wherein the treadle moves with respect to the base portion. The device further has a magnetic displacement sensor coupled to the base portion and a magnet coupled to the treadle. The magnet is located adjacent the magnetic displacement sensor to place the sensor in a field-saturated mode, wherein the magnet moves with respect to the magnetic displacement sensor in response to movement of the treadle with respect to the base portion. A sound characteristic of the electric instrument is modified in response to moving the magnet with respect to the magnetic displacement sensor. | 12-24-2015 |
