Music – Instruments – Electrical musical tone generation
Patent
1989-11-07
1992-09-01
Shoop, Jr., William M.
Music
Instruments
Electrical musical tone generation
84645, 84725, 84743, 84 2, 84 3, 84738, G10H 318, G10H 700, G10H 314, G10H 300
Patent
active
051429616
ABSTRACT:
Method for storage, transcription, manipulation and reproduction of music on system-controlled musical instruments which faithfully reproduces the characteristics of acoustic musical instruments. The system comprises a music source, a Central Processing Unit (CPU) and a CPU-controlled plurality of instrument transducers in the form of any number of acoustic or acoustic hybrid instruments. In one embodiment, performance information is sent from a music source MIDI controller to the CPU, edited in the CPU, converted into an electrical signal, and sent to instrument transducers via transducer drivers. In another embodiment, individual performances stored in a digital or sound tape medium are reproduced at will through the instrument transducers, or converted into MIDI data by pitch/frequency detection/analyzation device for storage/editing/performance in the CPU. In still another embodiment, performance information is extracted from an electronic recording medium or live performance by a pitch/frequency detection/device, edited in the CPU, converted into an electrical signal, and sent to any number of instrument transducers. The device also eliminates acoustic musical instrument delay problems.
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Donels Jeffrey W.
Shoop Jr. William M.
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