Music – Instruments – Electrical musical tone generation
Patent
1997-12-18
1999-01-26
Shoop, Jr., William M.
Music
Instruments
Electrical musical tone generation
84322, G10H 102
Patent
active
058640835
ABSTRACT:
A musical device controller and system that includes an electric guitar having strings and a pick-up that produces an electrical music signal from vibrations of the strings, a musical effect generator that receives the electrical music signal from the guitar and alters the musical signal to produce a musical effect, a guitar pick for striking the strings to cause the vibrations, and a force sensing device mounted on the guitar pick. The force sensing device has a pair of electrical leads connected to the musical effect generator, and a pressure sensitive material that is formed of a semiconductor material having microprotrusions or a pressure sensitive ink. The electrical leads are in contact with the pressure sensitive material such that electrical resistance between the pair of leads incrementally and repeatably decreases as a force applied to the force sensing device incrementally increases. The musical effect generator is responsive to, and varies the musical effect according to, the resistance between the pair of leads.
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Donels Jeffrey W.
Shoop Jr. William M.
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