Music – Instruments – Electrical musical tone generation
Patent
1998-10-26
2000-06-13
Witkowski, Stanley J.
Music
Instruments
Electrical musical tone generation
84738, 84746, 84DIG12, 84DIG24, G10H 312
Patent
active
060751975
ABSTRACT:
An interactive drum set includes a storage device for storing data representing sounds of a plurality of background music styles, sounds of a plurality of drum beat sequences, and sounds of a plurality of percussion instruments. The drum set also includes a plurality of drum plates for receiving user-directed forces, each of the plurality of drum plates being associated with the data representing sounds of one of the plurality of percussion instruments. A sensor disposed at each of the plurality of drum plates detects the user-directed forces and generates a signal indicative of the user-directed forces. A triggering device operatively connected to each sensor outputs a trigger signal when the signal of the sensor exceeds a threshold value. A user-interface device responsive to user commands supplies signals indicative of a user's selection of at least one background music style and/or at least one drum beat sequence. A controller, responsive to the trigger signal of the triggering device and the signal from the user-interface device, retrieves and outputs data from the storage device representing sounds of at least one background music style, at least one drum beat sequence, and/or one of the plurality of percussion instruments.
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