Controller apparatus for music sequencer

Details Controller apparatus for music sequencer Controller apparatus for music sequencer

1996-03-05

1998-07-28

Witkowski, Stanley J.

Music

Instruments

Electrical musical tone generation

84669, 84DIG22, G10H 138

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057865400

ABSTRACT:
The apparatus includes a plurality of foot-operated switches, each switch associated with a particular musical note in a selected octave. Additional switches are provided for tempo (beat control) and selection of minor and seventh chord variations. The apparatus includes a processor which produces messages, in response to the switch selections, which have a MIDI format wherein the messages are transmitted to any music sequencer which can use the information therein to produce the audio signals which when amplified and sent to speakers produce the musical chords which the selected switches represent.

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