Music – Instruments – Electrical musical tone generation
Patent
1997-06-23
1999-06-01
Witkowski, Stanley J.
Music
Instruments
Electrical musical tone generation
84619, 84622, 84633, 84478, G09B 1504, G10H 106, G10H 120, G10H 146
Patent
active
059089970
ABSTRACT:
An electronic music instrument system, comprising: an electronic music instrument, having selectable groups of reproducible sounds and individually selectable reproducible sounds; a signal generator for energizing an audio amplifier responsive to different digital audio sources, including the groups of sounds and the individual sounds a graphical user interface for displaying at least one control graphic representing controllable parameters of the audio signals generated by the generator; and, a controller responsive to operation of the control graphic for adjusting the controllable parameters of the generator and for selectively coupling different ones of the sources to the generator. The graphical user interface can comprise: a video display; and, a touch-responsive overlay. The controllable parameters can include multiple instrument sound selection and sound layer assignment, controlled responsive to operation of the at least one control graphic. The at least one control graphic can be displayed on a single screen.
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Arnold Rob C.
Koevering David Van
Lawson Robert D.
Lyda Lance E.
Noyce Kenneth R.
Van Koevering Company
Witkowski Stanley J.
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