Musical instrument with digitally controlled virtual frets

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2011-05-10

2011-05-10

Warren, David S. (Department: 2832)

Music

Instruments

Electrical musical tone generation

C084S653000, C084S600000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07939742

ABSTRACT:
A musical instrument that can play notes and scale tones without physically touching the device. Microprocessor control, and its associated DSP functionality, permit designer and performer to determine fine musical characteristics and virtual frets resulting in a pleasant and playable digital Theremin. Control over key, scale, octave, slew, snap and other characteristics are provided.

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