"I hate what they've done to my child...I would never let my own children watch it. "
Vladimir Zworykin, television pioneer ; Talking about an invention in which he played a critical role.
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110252948 | SYSTEM FOR SEPARATING AND MIXING AUDIO TRACKS WITHIN AN ORIGINAL, MULTI-TRACK RECORDING The teachings described herein are generally directed to a system, method, and apparatus for learning music through an educational audio track embodied on a computer readable medium. The system can comprise components including a processor, an input device, a database, ... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110061516 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SEPARATING MUSICAL SOUND SOURCE WITHOUT USING SOUND SOURCE DATABASE Provided are an apparatus and method of separating, from a mixed signal, a sound source generated using a rhythm musical instrument based on characteristics of the rhythm musical instrument repeated in an aspect of time. The apparatus may include a separation unit to se... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20100319518 | Systems and methods for collaborative music generation A new approach is proposed that contemplates systems and methods to enable a musician to connect with other musicians online in a social network, or work with their past work that is available to use. The musicians may use an in-browser mixer to select tracks from the s... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100263519 | SET TOP BOX A set top box includes a central processing unit, which generates the first accompaniment signals according to a music file, when voice signals is received, they will be converted into stereo voice signals, and the stereo voice signals is converted into digital voice si... | 10/21/2010 |
| 20100199833 | Method and System for Creating Customized Sound Recordings Using Interchangeable Elements A method and system that automatically generates customized recorded music by intelligently selecting and assembling component audio elements from a set of interchangeable elements that are known to be musically compatible. It utilizes explicit and inferred audience pre... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100186579 | MEDIA SYSTEM WITH PLAYING COMPONENT This document describes a device for receiving and displaying graphical representations of digital music tracks and their components (in the form of digital interactive phrases, or “DIPs”). The device allows a user to play the music tracks using a new format, blend,... | 07/29/2010 |
| 20100116122 | HARMONIC SOUND GENERATOR AND A METHOD FOR PRODUCING HARMONIC SOUND Problems To provide a harmonic sound generator and a method for generating harmonic sound so as to obtain frequency components of non-integer multiples shifted back and forth from the frequencies of odd multiples and even multiples with a simple configuration. | 05/13/2010 |
| 20100095829 | REHEARSAL MIX DELIVERY Rehearsal mixes are provided for transport by disclosed methods, services, and computer programs. Transported rehearsal mixes include one or more music tracks that are at an adjusted (e.g., higher or lower) sound level compared to sound levels of other music tracks to e... | 04/22/2010 |
| 20100064882 | MASHUP DATA FILE, MASHUP APPARATUS, AND CONTENT CREATION METHOD There are provided recording means for recording first data (12A) or (12B) used for dividing each of a first piece of content and a second piece of content into a plurality of blocks in accordance with each piece of contents and recording means (11A... | 03/18/2010 |
| 20090178545 | OVERDUBBING DEVICE A CPU of an overdubbing device plays back a music file recorded in a memory card of the device and outputs the file as a played-back audio signal while mixing the played-back audio signal with an external audio signal input from the outside, to thus perform overdubbing.... | 07/16/2009 |
| 20090133568 | MUSIC EDIT DEVICE AND MUSIC EDIT METHOD A remix processing section performs a remix process based on both meta data that are pre-generated corresponding to song data and that contain at least a time-based beat position and a file for deciding a remix pattern. A synchronous reproduction controlling section gen... | 05/28/2009 |
| 20090044689 | MUSIC EDIT DEVICE, MUSIC EDIT INFORMATION CREATING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM WHERE MUSIC EDIT INFORMATION IS RECORDED A music editing apparatus that can accomplish editing of superimposing or connecting whole or part of each of many songs such that their beats adjusted is provided. The music editing apparatus includes a remix processing section which performs a remix process based on b... | 02/19/2009 |
| 20090019996 | Music piece processing apparatus and method Storage section has stored therein music piece data sets of a plurality of music pieces, each of the music piece data sets including respective tone data of a plurality of fragments of the music piece and respective character values indicative of musical characters of t... | 01/22/2009 |
| 20090019995 | Music Editing Apparatus and Method and Program There is provided a music editing apparatus for remix reproducing a plurality of sound materials, each formed from part or the entirety of a music piece, in combination, including a reproduction pattern control section, a reproduction speed control section; and a pitch ... | 01/22/2009 |
| 20090000462 | Electronic Musical Instrument An electronic music instrument includes a musical-tone control that generates operation information of keys and a damper pedal to serve as musical-tone control information; a musical-tone generator simultaneously generating a plurality of musical tones according to the ... | 01/01/2009 |
| 20080314232 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY BEAT MIXING A PLURALITY OF SONGS USING AN ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT A method, device and application for combining one or more multimedia content sources (e.g., songs) together and rendering the composite output to a user in a user sensible format that is audibly pleasing to the user through a player. A first multimedia content source a... | 12/25/2008 |
| 20080127812 | Method of distributing mashup data, mashup method, server apparatus for mashup data, and mashup apparatus A method of distributing mashup data for mashing up at least a first content and a second content. The method includes the step of distributing to a user, through a network, a data file having first data for dividing the first content and the second content into a plura... | 06/05/2008 |
| 20080078283 | Parameter setting apparatus A parameter setting portion B11 sets control parameters in accordance with respective position of operators 41 of movable operating devices 40A, 40B, and delivers the control parameters to a utilization apparatus 24. A target position ... | 04/03/2008 |
| 20080041220 | Audio file editing system and method An audio file editing system enabling creation and editing of audio content within a single multi-layer audio file. The audio editor and method of the invention enables “layering” of audio content relative to other audio content within a single file to create a mult... | 02/21/2008 |
| 20080006141 | Digital Piano Apparatus, Method for Synthesis of Sound Fields for Digital Piano, and Program for Synthesis of Sound Fields for Digital Piano A digital piano apparatus includes an input unit including a plurality of keys and a plurality of pedals, a sound source unit, a sound field synthesizing unit, and a speaker unit. The sound field synthesizing unit includes virtual sound source spot signal generating mea... | 01/10/2008 |
| 20070113727 | Wireless microphone communication system A wireless microphone communication system 1 comprises one or more controllers 21 to 24 having LAN interfaces, one or more receivers 11 to 18 having the LAN interfaces and being configured to receive a radio wave from a transmitter of ... | 05/24/2007 |
| 20070044643 | Method and Apparatus for Automating the Mixing of Multi-Track Digital Audio The present invention enables producers of music to take audio data that has been generated within a commercially available Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) and then apply the method and apparatus of the present invention to create an Adaptable Music File. This Adaptable... | 03/01/2007 |
| 20070028750 | Apparatus, system, and method for real-time collaboration over a data network The present invention enables music performers and sound engineers to perform collaboratively over a data network such as the internet. Each musician creates musical signals which are processed at two points: Signals are processed at a central server to produce a mix, w... | 02/08/2007 |
| 20060112813 | Music delivering apparatus and music reproducing apparatus A music delivering apparatus includes a storing unit that stores musical data, a sound collecting unit that collects a voice from outside to output audio data, a reading unit that reads the musical data from the storing unit, a mixer that mixes the audio data with the m... | 06/01/2006 |
| 20050092163 | Parameter control method and program therefor, and parameter setting apparatus Non-linear functions to be used for automatically varying current values of parameters to be set, independently of each other, are prepared in corresponding relation to a plurality of parameter setting operator members, such as faders of a mixer. In response to an autom... | 05/05/2005 |
| 20050092162 | Portable voice studio system and method A portable voice studio apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a microphone, a music generation device, a processing unit, and a headphone. The processing unit is contained in a single housing. The processing unit is electrically coupled with the microphone and t... | 05/05/2005 |