Music – Instruments – Electrical musical tone generation
Reexamination Certificate
2011-08-23
2011-08-23
Donels, Jeffrey (Department: 2832)
Music
Instruments
Electrical musical tone generation
Reexamination Certificate
active
08003874
ABSTRACT:
To provide a portable chord producing device capable of producing chord sounds by a simple operation.In or on a housing10of a portable size, an operation switch121with which eight different chord sounds can be designated, and a display screen11which also serves as a touch sensor panel are formed. A memory card20has a chord data file recorded thereon that is used for letting chord sounds that have characteristics of sounds on a real musical instruments be produced. The chord producing device produces the chord sounds designated by the operation switch121through a sound production mechanism in a manner that is associated with a specific touch operation only during the time when it is selected.
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Asakura Kosuke
Delackner Seth
Bachman & LaPointe P.C.
Donels Jeffrey
Plato Corp.
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