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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8183454 | Method and system for displaying components of music instruction files A graphical view of a file component associated with an audio that is displayed in a graphical user interface (GUI) is automatically switched during playback of the audio. The switching is based on a Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) view-switching track a... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8168878 | System for coordinating a performance Embodiments described herein provide a musical performance system that produces a set of signals or cues to individual members of a choir or group of musical instruments as to when each member is to play their particular instrument. Typically, the musical instrument... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8158875 | Ergonometric electronic musical device for digitally managing real-time musical interpretation The invention provides an electronic musical device for performing music and/or managing music interpretation through modification of rhythm, tone and timbre, in real time and by setting music attributes using MIDI data. The electronic device has an input interface ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8115091 | Method and device for controlling vibrational and light effects using instrument definitions in an audio file format An audio file format is provided, which includes definitions for one or more instruments, and definitions for one or more notes, that are associated with one or more vibrational element groupings, where each vibrational element grouping includes one or more vibratio... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8063296 | Apparatus for percussive harmonic musical synthesis utilizing MIDI technology An Apparatus for Percussive Harmonic Musical Synthesis (APHAMS) which facilitates state-of-the-art musical expression, through generation of melodic sound, bearing well defined tone and note pitch, by the striking of uniquely configured multiple note activitation tr... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8039723 | Music processing system including device for converting guitar sounds to MIDI commands A device is disclosed for converting guitar sounds to MIDI commands. The device has 7 microcontrollers. Each guitar string's oscillations are filtered and amplified with input filters and input amplifiers. The conditioned string signal is directed to an input of an ... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8035024 | Phase-staggered multi-channel signal panning This invention provides a signal processing and signal synthesis technique from a family of signal processing and signal synthesis techniques designed to readily interwork or be used individually in creating new forms of rich musical timbres. Phase staggered multi-c... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8030568 | Systems and methods for improving the similarity of the output volume between audio players A method for improving the similarity of the volumes in different audio players is described. First player metrics for one or more Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) instruments may be determined. A digital music file that uses the MIDI protocol may be rece... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8030567 | Generalized electronic music interface A generalized interface for interconnecting a wide range of electronic musical instruments and signal processing systems includes an outgoing multi-channel audio interface and an outgoing control interface. The outgoing multi-channel audio interface receives instrum... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8017856 | Electronic musical instrument FIG. 4A indicates a case where Note 1 only is depressed, and the four parts are assigned to Note 1. FIG. 4B indicates a case where Note 2 with a lower pitch than Note 1 is further depressed, wherein Part 1 and Part | 09/13/2011 |
| 8013232 | Music session system, music session system server, and program for implementing method of controlling the server A music session system which makes it possible to expand the functions of electronic musical apparatuses. The server is connected to a first electronic musical apparatus belonging to a first user and capable of executing music sessions, a first personal computer (PC... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7928311 | System and method for forming and rendering 3D MIDI messages MIDI-generated audio streams or other input streams of audio events are perceptually associated with specific locations in 3D space with respect to the listener. A conventional pan parameter is redefined so that it no longer specifies the relative balance between th... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7928310 | Systems and methods for portable audio synthesis Systems and methods for creating, modifying, interacting with and playing music are provided, particularly systems and methods employing a top-down process, where the user is provided with a musical composition that may be modified and interacted with and played and... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7923622 | Adaptive triggers method for MIDI signal period measuring An initial positive trigger value is above a minimum positive trigger value which is above an input signal DC component value. An initial negative trigger value is under a maximum negative trigger value which is under the input signal DC component value. Maximum and... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7919707 | Musical sound identification Systems and methods for identifying musical sounds are provided. In one implementation, a method includes receiving a collection of sound identifiers. Each sound identifier in the collection identifies a sound. Each sound identifier is associated with a correspondin... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7915514 | Advanced MIDI and audio processing system and method An advanced MIDI/audio processing system with virtual key-switches. The virtual key-switches are mapped to different musical concepts. As a user presses a key-switch in real time with the playing of musical notes, the musical concept mapped to the key-switch that wa... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7902449 | Music performance system for music session and component musical instruments While a player is selectively depressing and releasing keys of a master musical instrument, the real key movements are expressed by pieces of key motion data, and physical quantity of keys are presumed at a time later than the present time by a time period equal to ... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7897865 | Multimedia platform for recording and/or reproducing music synchronously with visual images A multimedia platform records a performance on a keyboard synchronously with a picture by periodically regulating an internal clock, which is indicative of the lapse of time, with time codes inserted into the set of video data codes representative of the picture, an... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7893343 | Musical instrument digital interface parameter storage This disclosure describes techniques for processing audio files that comply with the musical instrument digital interface (MIDI) format. In particular, this disclosure describes storage of MIDI parameters for efficient access by a processor and a hardware unit. The ... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7863513 | Synchronous playback system for reproducing music in good ensemble and recorder and player for the ensemble A synchronous player system is used for recording an ensemble between an automatic player piano and an audio player and playback therebetween; while a user is playing on the automatic player piano in ensemble with the audio player, reference characteristic data of t... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7847178 | Interactive digital music recorder and player A digital multi-media device provides features for a user unskilled in musical arts or sound handling techniques that provides automatic musical score composition in accordance with contained composition instructions. Stored sound samples and interfaces for obtainin... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7829779 | Electronic music recording apparatus, method, and computer-readable medium containing a program therefor inhibiting recording based on copyright An electronic music apparatus has a tone generator section that generates tone signals based on at least one of performance operation or automatic performance data. The generated tone signals are recorded by a recording section for a predetermined time. When tone si... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7825323 | Electrical music apparatus capable of connecting with external device An electric music apparatus comprises an interface for connecting an external device, a memory that stores device drivers for external devices connected to the interface and a list recording relationships between external devices and corresponding device drivers, an... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7795526 | Apparatus and method for reproducing MIDI file Apparatus and method for reproducing a MIDI-based music file are provided. According to the apparatus and method, a plurality of notes and note reproduction times are extracted from the MIDI file, a section where envelope values of sound source samples exponentially... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7786370 | Processing and generation of control signals for real-time control of music signal processing, mixing, video, and lighting A system and method for processing and generating control signals for the real-time controlling of signal processors, synthesizers, musical instruments, MIDI processors, lighting, video, and special effects in performance, recording, and composition environments. Th... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7786371 | Modular system for MIDI data Rack mountable, user-programmable electronic modules are disclosed that may be used separately, or combined into an integrated system, to analyze, display, troubleshoot, or perform signal conversion on contents or a Musical Instrument Data Interface (MIDI) data stre... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7767900 | Mobile communication terminal with light effects editor The activation of lights of a mobile communication terminal is controlled with information in music data files, such as SP-MIDI files. The music data files contain note events informating the terminal to play a note of a particular instrument. Light configuration me... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7767901 | Control of musical instrument playback from remote management station A music playing system includes a computer and user interface to access a media database. A wireless base station device has a line out port providing two channel output. An automatic player piano has analog MIDI inputs, and a piano keyboard mechanism. The computer ... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7754960 | Electronic equipment synchronously controlling light emission from light emitting devices and audio control Electronic equipment includes a processing unit which controls light emission from LEDs by referring to music data described in a music file such as a MIDI file. The processing unit controls light emission from the LEDs by detecting the occurrence of sound described... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7732703 | Music processing system including device for converting guitar sounds to MIDI commands A device is disclosed for converting guitar sounds to MIDI commands. The device has 7 microcontrollers. Each guitar string's oscillations are filtered and amplified with input filters and input amplifiers. The conditioned string signal is directed to an input of an ... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7705232 | MIDI-compatible hearing device The hearing device is MIDI-compatible, wherein MIDI stands for Musical Instrument Digital Interface. The hearing device can be adapted to communicating and/or loading and/or storing and/or interpreting and/or generating data compliant with the MIDI Protocol, also re... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7678986 | Musical instrument digital interface hardware instructions Techniques are described of generating a digital waveform for a Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) voice using a set of machine-code instructions that is specialized for the generation of digital waveforms for MIDI voices. For example, a processor may execu... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7678985 | Standalone electronic module for use with musical instruments An electronic module has an enclosure which is mechanically and electrically compatible with a plurality of receiving devices such as amplifiers, computers, mixer consoles, and musical instruments. The module has a programmable control panel and display on the enclo... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7663052 | Musical instrument digital interface hardware instruction set Generating a digital waveform for a Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) voice using a set of machine-code instructions that is specialized for the generation of digital waveforms for MIDI voices. For example, a processor may execute a software program that g... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7659473 | System and method for providing haptic feedback to a musical instrument A system and method for generating a haptic feedback signal correlated to a music signal and providing the haptic feedback signal to a musical instrument. The music signal can created by the musical instrument or from a file, e.g., a MIDI file. A processor can gener... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7655856 | Musical sounding producing apparatus, musical sound producing method, musical sound producing program, and recording medium The present invention aims at the production of musical sounds by calculating motion data based on inputted image data using a simple technique without preliminarily preparing playing information or the like and by producing musical sounds based on the calculated da... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7642446 | Music system for transmitting enciphered music data, music data source and music producer incorporated therein Channel voice messages representative of a piece of music are enciphered to pieces of enciphered music data, and the pieces of enciphered music data are stored in maker exclusive messages; the maker exclusive messages are loaded into packets, and are transmitted fro... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7642447 | Electronic musical instrument system and method emulating a removable media drive An electronic musical instrument comprising a CPU, a display device, operators, a data interface, and a storage device storing music tone data, all interconnected via a bus line, wherein upon an inquiry from a PC connected to the data interface for a device identity... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7633005 | Kernel-mode audio processing modules Multiple kernel-mode audio processing modules or filters are combined to form a module or filter graph. The graph is implemented in kernel-mode, reducing latency and jitter when handling audio data (e.g., MIDI data) by avoiding transfers of the audio data to user-mo... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7589274 | Electronic musical instrument and tone generator apparatus connectable thereto Tone generation control signal and sound signal are communicated between an electronic musical instrument and an external apparatus, using a communication interface capable of bidirectionally communicating one or more types of signals via a common communication path... | 09/15/2009 |
