Class 84/642 - Tape

Subclass of Class 84 - Music
Definition: Subject matter wherein the magnetic storage medium is in
No. of patents: 31
Last issue date: 12/28/1999

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6008446	Synthesizer system utilizing mass storage devices for real time, low latency access of musical instrument digital samples A synthesizer system includes a CPU and host memory operating a software routine. The software routine stores a first part of each waveform signal in a sample pool of host memory and provides remaining portions of selected musical sounds from the hard dri...	12/28/1999
5728962	Rearranging artistic compositions A method is provided for automatically rearranging a plurality of digital information units (DIU) arbitrarily designated in a first digital information file (DIF), each DIU containing data with artistic structure and characteristics, to create a plurality...	03/17/1998
5131309	Performance recording/reproducing apparatus enabling correction or modification of playing information The invention provides a performance recording/reproducing apparatus including a playing information recording device, a data discrimination device and a data transfer device. The data discrimination device discriminates a specific channel of playing data...	07/21/1992
5113741	Performance recording apparatus for recording information used to control music generation instruments The invention provides performance recording apparatus for separately recording plural event data, each corresponding to an electronic instrument, as plural channels of playing information onto playing information recorder. The apparatus includes channel ...	05/19/1992
5092216	Method and apparatus for studying music A method and apparatus for studying music includes a music analysis system, which in conjunction with a proprietary storage medium, enables the user to comparatively analyze a recorded musical performance alone or in synchronization with a modifiable synt...	03/03/1992
5038660	Recording medium playing apparatus with program discontinuity response A recording medium playing apparatus comprises a reading device for reading, from an information recording medium on which a sub-program signal carrying a musical instrument play control signal is written in order together with a main program signal, the ...	08/13/1991
4922794	Electronic musical instrument having external memory devices An electronic musical instrument includes a musical tone information storing device, a plurality of external memory devices, a control unit, a switching unit, and a determining unit. The musical tone information storing device stores musical tone informat...	05/08/1990
4847710	Multitrack recording apparatus which stops the recording medium on the basis of recorded musical timing data A multitrack recording apparatus includes a multi-channel recorder for recording musical timing data on a recording medium, a modulator for variably setting a recording cycle of the musical timing data, and a keyboard for designating a desired search posi...	07/11/1989
4694724	Synchronizing signal generator for musical instrument In a synchronized sound recording and reproducing system including a tape recorder to playback a tape carrying time code information indicative of particular longitudinal locations of the tape, a sequencer having sound information programmed therein and a...	09/22/1987
4624171	Auto-playing apparatus Data for a plurality of musical pieces is preset in a ROM pack and also on a tape recorder. Musical piece data read out from the ROM pack or tape recorder is supplied from a control section to melody generators, a chord generator, a bass generator and a r...	11/25/1986
4614983	Automatic music playing apparatus In an automatic music playing apparatus, musical data entered at a keyboard are temporarily stored in a RAM and are sequentially recorded on a magnetic tape. The RAM has a memory capacity larger than the longest musical data to be recorded on the magnetic...	09/30/1986
4615024	Electronic apparatus with magnetic recording and reproducing device Tone data produced by operating a keyboard is stored in a RAM to be saved into a tape recorder through an interface. Of a plurality of music numbers saved in the tape recorder a selected one is loaded into the RAM through the interface. A tone generator c...	09/30/1986
4594930	Apparatus for synchronizing playback rates of music sources Apparatus for synchronizing playback rates of a plurality of music sources includes a reference generator generating a reference signal including beats, a music source producing a music signal representative of music, a discriminating circuit operative in...	06/17/1986
4594931	Electronic musical instrument for reading out and performing musical tone data previously stored An electronic musical instrument for reading out and performing musical tone data previously stored in a memory is disclosed. In the musical instrument, pitch data of a musical piece or pieces are previously stored in the memory. Desired pitch data stored...	06/17/1986
4566362	Synchronizing signal generator A synchronizing signal generator generates synchronizing signals in synchronism with the performance of a musical piece even from an intermediate point of the musical piece. More specifically, upon actuation of a manual switch (102) in accordance with a m...	01/28/1986
4546687	Musical performance unit A musical performance or accompaniment unit which is so arranged that, with employment of a so-called sound multiplex system recording medium in which a vocal signal of a singer or the like is recorded on its first track and a musical signal of a musical ...	10/15/1985
4522100	Electronic musical instrument for reading out and performing musical tone data previously stored An electronic musical instrument for reading out and performing musical tone data previously stored in a memory is disclosed. In the musical instrument, pitch data of a musical piece or pieces are previously stored in the memory. Desired pitch data stored...	06/11/1985
4363255	Piano action magnetic tape recording process and apparatus for player piano playback A process and apparatus are provided for recording electric signals corresponding to piano key operation and for reproducing the piano key operation. The process includes switching a discrete frequency oscillator corresponding to each piano key, algebraic...	12/14/1982
4351221	Player piano recording system A player piano recording system has photosensor flags secured to the undersides of the piano keys, vertical movement of which is detected by horizontally adjustable photosensors to produce "key played" and key velocity signals which supplied to a micropro...	09/28/1982
4339980	Loop tape recorder A series of beat signals (e.g. sixteen) corresponding to a desired rhythm or tempo are recorded on one track of a multi-track magnetic tape, which is then cut and spliced into a loop just long enough to contain the entire series of recorded beats. During ...	07/20/1982
4215619	System for recording and automatic playback of a musical performance A musical keyboard instrument is disclosed for recording and storing a musical performance and then automatically playing back the performance. As is conventional, a keyboard having a plurality of keys is provided, along with musical tone generators that ...	08/05/1980
4182214	Electronic musical instrument An electronic musical instrument, in the nature of an organ, employs a plurality of endless magnetic tape cartridges, each continuously playing an endless magnetic tape stored therein, each endless tape having recorded thereon a continuous tone, and a key...	01/08/1980
4177708	Combined computer and recorder for musical sound reproduction A multichannel recording medium storer which samples the time course of notes produced by an instrument and an address for each of these samples. An interchangeable keyboard transmits a signal or signals to an electronic computer as to which note or notes...	12/11/1979
4174652	Method and apparatus for recording digital signals for actuating solenoid There is disclosed a method and apparatus for recording digital signals subsequent re-creation of a musical performance from the keyboard of an electronic player piano, wherein the notes are given a stretched effect before recording so as to eliminate the...	11/20/1979
4161901	Dynamically adaptive player piano roll to magnetic tape formating system and playback There is disclosed an electronically adaptive player piano roll to magnetic tape formatting system which adapts itself to play the expression music generated from different sources. A plurality of control bits are inserted into vacant or unused bit positi...	07/24/1979
4159491	Quadrabell carillon instrument A bell instrument for providing a true sound of cast bells, comprising a plurality of bell record modules, each such module being programmable by both automatic means and manual means and having a continuous tape, or other types of magnetic material (flop...	06/26/1979
4147083	Programmable voice characteristic memory system A programmable voice characteristic memory system for programming any number of different specifications in an electronic digital organ. Digital information which defines voice characteristics in an electronic digital organ is stored in a read-write speci...	04/03/1979
4132141	Solenoid-hammer control system for the re-creation of expression effects from a recorded musical presentation There is disclosed an expression system for playback of a magnetic tape record rendition of a musical presentation. The detected intensity level for the bass and treble halves of the keyboard are assigned different data bit positions in the frames of reco...	01/02/1979
4022097	Computer-aided musical apparatus and method This disclosure is concerned with simplifying the performance of musical compositions and the like by triggering the release of successive electronically stored coded data corresponding to the successive notes of the musical composition and in accordance ...	05/10/1977
4020729	Musical instrument with prerecorded tones on tape A musical instrument includes a multiplicity of circular endless magnetizable tapes with a plurality of different tracks, a multiplicity of pick-up heads for each of the tracks and a multiplicity of variable-gain amplifiers connected to the tracks, respec...	05/03/1977
4018127	Electronic musical instrument An electronic musical instrument, in the nature of an organ, employs a plurality of endless magnetic tape players, each continuously playing an endless magnetic tape stored therein, each endless tape having recorded thereon a continuous tone, and a keyboa...	04/19/1977

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