Music – Instruments – Electrical musical tone generation
Patent
1992-09-25
1995-08-08
Shoop, Jr., William M.
Music
Instruments
Electrical musical tone generation
84170, G10H 700
Patent
active
054400724
ABSTRACT:
A system for rejuvenating conventional old or vintage keyboard musical instruments to MIDI standards, includes, one or more linear arrays of key actuation sensors, printed circuit boards carrying the key actuation sensors which sense key actuation and expression effects by a musician, a rigid channel or bar mounting carries the one or more linear arrays under or over the keyboard of the musical instrument to convert each key actuation and expression effect of the musician to first coded electrical signals, respectively. A MIDI controller is connected to receive the first coded digital electrical signals and provide digital note control signals in MIDI format, and one or more performance modules connected to receive the digital note control signals supplying signals to a power amplifier and speaker system to produce a musical performance.
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"Midi Goes Maintstream", PC Magazine, Mar. 31, 1992.
Donels Jeffrey W.
Shoop Jr. William M.
Zegeer Jim
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