Music – Instruments – Electrical musical tone generation
Reexamination Certificate
2005-12-09
2009-12-29
Fletcher, Marlon T (Department: 2832)
Music
Instruments
Electrical musical tone generation
C084S645000, C084S671000, C084S701000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07638704
ABSTRACT:
Synthesis of time-varying MIDI control signals useful in creating spatial perturbation, chase effects, new forms of rich musical timbre modulation, spatially-distributed timbre constructions, and other types of sonic animation. Phase staggered multi-channel MIDI-format control signals are created using one or more low frequency oscillators, each with a plurality of phase shifting elements. Control signal waveshapers may be included in the control signal synthesis chain. In an exemplary embodiment, frequency and phase parameters are adjustable, with values that may be recalled from stored program control and/or modulated in real-time by incoming MIDI control signals. In another exemplary embodiment, each outgoing control signal additionally may be independently assigned a selectable waveshape, which is determined by values that may be recalled from stored program control and/or modulated in real-time by incoming MIDI control signals.
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