Music – Instruments – Electrical musical tone generation
Patent
1996-12-17
1998-04-14
Witkowski, Stanley J.
Music
Instruments
Electrical musical tone generation
84646, 84722, 84DIG30, 84478, G09B 1504, G10H 118
Patent
active
057394555
ABSTRACT:
An electronic guitar music simulation system which includes a guitar shaped keyboard having multiple key switches corresponding to various musical notes. A control processor within the guitar shaped keyboard is utilized to detect each change in a key switch state and infrared transmitter then transmits a unique code corresponding to the change in state for each key switch. A battery powered infrared receiver unit receives each unique code and couples binary codes to the processor of a personal computer system, via an electrical connection to a parallel port of the computer system. A software module within the computer system then converts the binary code into a corresponding audio output signal which may be output via the computer system speaker. A power control circuit within the infrared receiver unit activates the infrared receiver unit only in response to a selected control signal from the computer system, preventing false activation of the infrared receiver unit.
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Dillon Andrew J.
Witkowski Stanley J.
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