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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8031885 | Preamplifier arrangement for a drum microphone A preamplifier arrangement for a drum microphone, in which drum the microphone is arranged inside the drum and wherein the microphone is connected to a preamplifier, characterized in that the preamplifier is secured to the side wall or bottom of the resonance chambe... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7957546 | Multi-channel noise reduction system with direct instrument tracking A multi-channel noise reduction system provides improved noise reduction with direct instrument tracking of all channels. In a two channel noise reduction system, both channels detect and track the input level and dynamic range of the guitar directly with one channe... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7912233 | Speaker system for musical instruments A speaker system for a musical instrument that detects the displacement of a voice coil of a speaker and provides feedback processing. The speaker system has a preamp that alters the frequency characteristics of the an electrical signal that has been input to an inp... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7420112 | Universal digital media communications and control system and method A digital media communications and control system includes a plurality of audio devices each of which includes a device interface module for communication of digital media data and control data from at least one of the devices to at least one other of the devices. A... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7412064 | Presence control for guitar amplifier A guitar amplifier having at least one channel, each channel having a differential amplifier with first and second amplifying members, each amplifying member having a control element, an electron emitting element and an electron collecting element, the electron emit... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7390960 | Electronic signal processor An electronic signal processor for processing signals includes a complex first filter, one or more gain stages and a second filter. The first filter is characterized by a frequency response curve that includes multiple corner frequencies, with some corner frequencie... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7373210 | Effects and recording system An effects and recording system is provided which is capable of recording at least one of a received audio signal and a processed audio signal generated by the application of musical effects to the received audio signal. The audio signal may be captured from any dev... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7329153 | Audio output device An audio output device (200) adapted for matching with a MP 3 player (100), comprises a cap (20) and an earphone assembly (30) connecting with the cap (20). The cap (20) has a body (21) and a connector (22) rec... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7319762 | Headset with flashing light emitting diodes A headphone system is provided with two earbud headphones and a control module, each fitted with a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs). The LEDs may be of many different colors and flash to the beat of the music. Patterns, colors, and intensity may be adjusted... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7262359 | Digital recording device for electric guitars and the like A digital recording device includes a housing that is engageable with a lower curvature of a guitar's frame. The housing includes an arcuate inner surface, an arcuate outer surface coextensively shaped with the inner surface, and a padded member conjoined to the ext... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7256342 | Sound pickup device for percussion instrument A sound pickup device, which is arranged in proximity to a percussion instrument (e.g., a bass drum), comprises a diaphragm stretched under tension over an opening of a shell having a cylindrical shape, and an electroacoustic transducer arranged inside of the shell.... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7227962 | One-terminal effector Provides a one-terminal effector having an input terminal and an output terminal structured as one terminal by providing a circuit that makes input and output of the effector common. The one-terminal effector can avoid complex cable wiring, and can prevent degradati... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7134960 | External interfaces for a 3D graphics system An advantageous set of external interfaces for home video game platform provide modularity and expandability while maintaining and preserving the proprietary nature of the platform. A disk drive interface provides flexible communications with an internal disk drive.... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7131887 | Card interactive amusement device The present invention provides an amusement device having a body, wherein the body has features, at least one motor for powering the device and at least some of the features, and an information receiving structure for receiving information from an information carryi... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7119269 | Electronic musical instrument An electronic musical instrument which can be designed compact in longitudinal size and is excellent in acoustic characteristics. A musical instrument main body (1) has at least one keyboard device (12), and left and right lateral side panels (13 | 10/10/2006 |
| 7112737 | System and method for providing a haptic effect to a musical instrument A system and method for providing a haptic effect to a musical instrument is described. One method described comprises receiving a first signal having a set of parameters relating to sound, determining a haptic effect associated with at least one predetermined param... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7088835 | Wavetable audio synthesizer with left offset, right offset and effects volume control A digital wavetable audio synthesizer is described. A synthesizer volume generator, which has several modes of controlling the volume, adds envelope, right offset, left offset, and effects volume to the data. The data can be placed in one of sixteen fixed stereo pan... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7085387 | Sound system and method for capturing and reproducing sounds originating from a plurality of sound sources A sound system for capturing and reproducing sounds produced by a plurality of sound sources. The system comprises a device for receiving sounds produced by the plurality of sound sources and converting the separately received sounds to a plurality of separate audio... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7085391 | Pickup apparatus of piano There is provided a pickup apparatus for reliably and correctly picking up piano sound by rigidly connecting a sound source member such as a sound board of a piano body, with a stationary member such as a cast-iron plate with use of a pickup apparatus body of the in... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7060889 | Strap amplifier An apparatus for amplifying the sound of a stringed instrument includes, in its most basic form, a speaker attached to a strap that is adapted to be draped around a musician with each end thereof detachably-attachable to the stringed instrument. An amplifier circuit... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7026539 | Musical effect customization system This invention provides a system for customizing musical instrument signal processing enabling users to produce different tonal characteristics in created musical pieces. In order to create such tonal characteristics, a new mathematical model of tonal characteristic... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7024007 | Electric signal processing of electroacoustic transducer It is usual to utilize electric current filters for electroacoustic transducers, the filters are in general frequency mixers. Audio electric signals have a pulse response quality and excellent frequency adjustment. As for electroacoustic transducers, the transformat... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7010442 | Systems and methods for operating a measurement and testing instrument Systems and methods for implementing user input are provided. One such method includes: receiving a first user input provided via a first component of a pointing device, moving a cursor displayed on a display device responsive to the first user input, receiving a se... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7003588 | Peripheral devices for a video game system A peripheral device is provided for connection to a home video game system having a recess formed in an external surface thereof. The peripheral device includes an electrical component, an electrical connector coupled to the electrical component for connecting to a ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6980788 | Cooler chest with radio A resonance chamber with two or more speakers positioned in the lid of a commercially available cooler chest and electrically connected to a radio circuit board also positioned in the lid and powered by a solar panels or a combination of solar panels and batteries. ... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6916980 | Acoustic control system for electronic musical instrument An acoustic control system for an electronic musical instrument, which can obtain optimal acoustic characteristics irrespective of whether or not a low range speaker is attached to a body thereof. A piano body has high range and mid range speakers. A low range speak... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6845165 | Acoustic effect apparatus and method and program recorded medium therefor A high pass filter 32 having a cut-off frequency of 200 Hz and a cut-off response of +12 dB/OCT and a low pass filter 33 having a cut-off frequency of 400 Hz and a cut-off response steeper than −24 dB/OCT are used to pick out components in a double o... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6828497 | Electronic keyboard instrument and tone reproduction method therefor On a casing of an electronic keyboard instrument, there are provided front speakers, rear speakers and upper speakers as non-front speakers, a woofer speaker, and a vibrator. Tone generator section generates tone signals of tone colors corresponding to tones of vari... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6686530 | Universal digital media communications and control system and method A digital media communications and control system includes a plurality of audio devices each of which includes a device interface module for communication of digital media data and control data from at least one of the devices to at least one other of the... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6664460 | System for customizing musical effects using digital signal processing techniques This invention provides a system for customizing musical instrument signal processing enabling users to produce different tonal characteristics in created musical pieces. In order to create such tonal characteristics, a new mathematical model of tonal cha... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6627805 | Audio device and method including a membrane having at least two tongues with different resonant frequencies For musical instruments or sound reproduction, finer sound definition is preferable. In sound reproduction, electro-acoustic transducers fitted with round membranes or electrostatic system stripes are common. No system states that the sound created is cor... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6548749 | Electronic musical instrument and tone volume control method Multipliers respectively multiply a tone signal supplied from a sound source and a tone signal corrected by a filter according to hearing correction characteristics by balance control coefficients generated by a control coefficient generator based on tone... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6534700 | Automated compilation of music During mixing of two musical tracks, the variations in combined output volume are reduced by analyzing either the intrinsic amplitude at which each track was mastered or the output amplitude (i.e. subsequent to amplification of the audio signal), and modi... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6437230 | Effector apparatus in electronic musical instrument The present invention permits the parameters of at least one of the frequency characteristic adjusting circuit and the effect circuit in its DSP to be modified for providing the line-out jacks with an optimum music signal when its speaker (SP) switch is t... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6399870 | Musical instruments incorporating loudspeakers An electronic musical instrument having a keyboard and a loudspeaker, wherein the loudspeaker comprises a resonant distributed mode acoustic radiator having a stiff lightweight member having capability to sustain and propagate input vibrational energy by ... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6376761 | Modular musical instrument amplification system A modular amplification system consisting of a plurality of pre-amplifying modules for allowing a user to select at will, a particular module as desired. The modular amplification system includes a chassis which houses a power supply for supplying low and... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6359549 | Electronic sound generator with enhanced sound A sound generator includes a memory bank storing user-selectable recorded sounds, a microprocessor that can quasi-randomly time-delay at least one of the recorded sounds, and a mixer that can combine a user-selected recorded sound and the time-delayed sou... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6353169 | Universal audio communications and control system and method An audio communications and control system includes a plurality of audio devices each of which includes a device interface module for communication of digital audio data and control data from at least one of the devices to at least one other of the device... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6111968 | Sound production apparatus A sound production apparatus has a speaker, an amplifier circuit that includes at least one electron tube, and a portable housing that encloses the speaker and contains the amplifier circuit such that the speaker is fully enclosed within the housing. In a... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6049616 | Dynamic range restorer and method A method and an apparatus for restoration of dynamic range to electronically amplified acoustic signals. The apparatus includes in combination: (i) a first input for accepting electrical input signals; (ii) a first output for supplying the electrical inpu... | 04/11/2000 |
