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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8119900 | Systems for combining inputs from electronic musical instruments and devices An apparatus for combining input signals produced by a plurality of electric musical devices includes a plurality of audio buses and a plurality of segments. Each segment includes input circuitry configured to receive at least one input signal from at least one elec... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8017858 | Acoustic, hyperacoustic, or electrically amplified hydraulophones or multimedia interfaces An instrument in which an acoustic or otherwise measurable disturbance or change is made in physical matter is disclosed. In one embodiment an oscillatory vortex shedding phenomenon is formed in water, in association with each of a plurality of finger holes. Water f... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7952014 | Digital guitar system A digital guitar system and method includes a digital guitar and a digital guitar interface device, and a method of converting a conventional guitar into a digital guitar. The guitar is adapted to generate analog audio signals, convert those signals into digital sig... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7601908 | Programmable/semi-programmable pickup and transducer switching system A programmable/semi-programmable pickup and transducer switching system includes a control, a plurality of switches communicatively interconnected to the control, an encoder communicatively interconnected to the control, a memory/buffer/drive with switching element ... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7432428 | Electronic keyboard musical instrument An electronic keyboard musical instrument capable of performing delicate sound board vibration control based on outputs generated individually for respective ones of transducers, thereby realizing production of natural sounds with sufficient volume, and an easy tone... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7427711 | Particle based touch interaction for the creation of media streams Methods and apparatus for manipulating physical objects to produce sounds that are correlated with the feel of the objects being manipulated. Example devices called the PebbleBox, CrumbleBag and ScrubberGlove each use the manipulation of physical objects of arbitrar... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7399918 | Digital guitar system A digital guitar system and method includes a digital guitar and a digital guitar interface device, and a method of converting a conventional guitar into a digital guitar. The guitar is adapted to generate analog audio signals, convert those signals into digital sig... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7381885 | Electronic percussion instrument and percussion tone control program An electronic percussion instrument which is capable of accurately discriminating roll performance to thereby electronically produce percussion tones closer to tones produced by a natural percussion instrument. A waveform memory 6 stores waveform data of perc... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7332669 | Acoustic piano with MIDI sensor and selective muting of groups of keys A high technology acoustic piano includes a piano body. A musical keyboard is mounted on the piano body. Keys are connected to the action for operating the hammers to strike strings. Strings adjacent to the hammers are arranged in different groups according to frequ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7304232 | Joystick gain control for dual independent audio signals A joystick control (20) mounted on the body (12) of an electric guitar (11) adjacent to the customarily picked section of the strings (16) provides convenient simultaneous independent gain control of two pickup signals. A pick may be held... | 12/04/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7250877 | Device to control an electronic or computer system utilizing a fluid flow and a method of manufacturing the same A device to facilitate a user interface of a computer system utilizing breath includes a body, a user side inlet defined by the body to receive a fluid flow generated by a user, an exhaust opening defined by the body, a conduit positioned between the user side inlet... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7220912 | Digital guitar system A digital guitar system and method includes a digital guitar and a digital guitar interface device, and a method of converting a conventional guitar into a digital guitar. The guitar is adapted to generate analog audio signals, convert those signals into digital sig... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7220913 | Breakout box for digital guitar A guitar interface device for a digital guitar system is adapted to receive digital signals, convert those signals into analog signals, and output the analog signals, so that the digital guitar system may be utilized with conventional analog equipment. The interface... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7208673 | Bi-directional switch apparatus with electric guitar applications A selector switch for musical instruments, such as electric guitars. is provided having a single, manually operated toggle member adapted to perform greater functionality. A selector switch is disclosed which indexes longitudinally for the electrical connection of p... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7179984 | Apparatus and method for detecting performer's motion to interactively control performance of music or the like Performance interface system includes a motion detector provided for movement with a performer, and a control system for receiving detection data transmitted from the motion detector and controlling a performance of a tone in response to the received detection data.... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7115810 | Programmable/semi-programmable pickup and transducer switching system A programmable/semi-programmable pickup and transducer switching system includes a control, a plurality of switches communicatively interconnected to the control, an encoder communicatively interconnected to the control, a memory/buffer/drive with switching element ... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7078610 | Electronic percussion instrument An electronic percussion instrument samples an input waveform. An unused waveform number may be automatically assigned to the sampled waveform upon sampling or when a user-specified waveform number is already in use for another waveform. Musical time parameters for ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7038123 | Strumpad and string array processing for musical instruments A system for expanding generalizing aspects of an autoharp and making these functionalities beneficially available on other instruments. Strumpads comprising arrays of isolated touch switches, each generating distinct signals, are used to generate MIDI note events a... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6995307 | Self-playing musical device Apparatus and methods for a self-playing musical device configured to present a realistic music service as part of a musical wind instrument. The device may be fitted inside the sound pipe of a musical instrument to play music. If desired, the device is shaped and c... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6924424 | Illuminated musical instrument A wind instrument such as a recorder or a flute is disclosed. The wind instrument may include a body fabricated from a clear or translucent light-transmitting material, with or without color. The body includes a compartment and a light source retained within the com... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6914181 | Digital interface for analog musical instrument A digital interface apparatus is provided for use in an analog musical instrument capable of generating an analog audio signal, and is designed for interfacing with an external digital audio apparatus. In the digital interface apparatus, an input/output interface co... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6538189 | Wind controller for music synthesizers A wind controller is disclosed which provides glitch-free playing of the instrument by using key position sensors which produce tristate logic signals indicating released, held, or transition positions of each key. Logic circuitry processes the key positi... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6388183 | Virtual musical instruments with user selectable and controllable mapping of position input to sound output A method, and corresponding computer system, for mapping user positional data to output data based on user selection and customization input. The method includes displaying a number of mapping routine identifiers to a user through a user interface. User s... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6384311 | Guitar having tremolo device on each string thereof A stringed instrument comprises, in combination, a body with a neck extending forwardly therefrom The neck has a tuning portion mounted opposite the body which is adapted to receive one end of a plurality of strings. The tuning portion adjusts the tension... | 05/07/2002 |
| 5990411 | Methods for utilizing switches on the back of the neck of a musical instrument Methods and apparatuses for utilizing switches on the back of the neck of a musical instrument are provided. Multiple switches may be positioned along the length of the back of the neck of a musical instrument to produce tones to accompany the musical ins... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5973253 | Electronic musical instrument for conducting an arpeggio performance of a stringed instrument An electronic musical instrument for conducting an arpeggio performance of a stringed instrument capable of readily producing a pattern for the arpeggio performance as one likes, and also of conducting the arpeggio performance which is perceived as being ... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5929361 | Woodwind-styled electronic musical instrument with bite indicator A woodwind-styled electronic musical instrument comprises an instrument body of an elongated rod shape provided with a plurality of manipulating note keys arranged thereon for designating musical notes to be played, and a mouthpiece arranged at the top en... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5922982 | Performance data generation apparatus for selectively outputting note on/off data based on performance operation mode A performance data generation apparatus generates performance data for controlling the tone generation condition of a tone to be generated based on a string vibration signal obtained from the string vibration of a stringed instrument. The performance data... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5922985 | Woodwind-styled electronic musical instrument A woodwind-styled electronic musical instrument comprises a plurality of manipulating note keys for designating note names in an octave of the tones to be produced, a plurality of manipulating octave keys for designating octave levels of the tones to be p... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5898121 | Electrical musical instrument pickup system including switchable series-connected hum-canceling windings A pickup system for an electrical musical instrument having strings includes two pickup windings to respond to playing of the strings. A third winding is included. A switch connects any of the three windings in electrical series with either of the remaini... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5780760 | Guitar pickup switching system for three-pickup guitar A guitar pickup switching system has a single-coil treble pickup, a single-coil middle pickup, and a single-coil rhythm pickup for an electric guitar. A switch arrangement allows the guitar player to select outputs of the pickups in any one of the followi... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5723804 | Electric monophonic/stereophonic stringed resonator instrument An electric monophonic/stereophonic stringed resonator instrument includes a body, a resonator assembly mounted on the guitar body, and strings connected to the body. A pickup responsive to string movement and a transducer responsive to resonator assembly... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5668340 | Wind instruments with electronic tubing length control A wind instrument is provided with electronic tubing control. The wind instrument has at least a pair of an acoustic sensor and an acoustic actuator in a straight pipe portion of a wind instrument and an electronic control for supplying a delayed output o... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5391833 | Electric stringed instrument and programmable electrical connector therefor An electric guitar is provided with a connector for easily replacing or rewiring magnetic transducers or other components of an electric guitar. The connector of the subject invention includes a non-conductive base with a plurality of connecting springs m... | 02/21/1995 |
| 5321201 | Multisound lap steel guitar A lap steel guitar having two hidden pickups at least halfway along the neck of the guitar underneath the fret board and electrically connected to a conventional fret board circuit so that, by a volume, control and a tone control, a new sound from the two... | 06/14/1994 |
| 5311806 | Guitar pickup system for selecting from multiple tonalities A switching system for an electric guitar using bridge and fingerboard humbucker pickups and an intermediate pickup provides for ready selection of distinct groups of Gibson tonalities and Fender tonalities. A four pole, five position switch for tone sele... | 05/17/1994 |
| 5288938 | Method and apparatus for controlling electronic tone generation in accordance with a detected type of performance gesture A method and apparatus for controlling electronic tone generation determines a type of gesture used by a player to contact a performance surface provided with an array of pressure sensors. The performance surface repeatedly is scanned to determine which o... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5245130 | Polyphonic breath controlled electronic musical instrument A polyphonic breath controlled electronic musical instrument includes a hand held breath sensor unit having a plurality of bidirectional air flow sensing passageways for detecting sucking or blowing action of the performer in a manner similar to a convent... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5218160 | String instrument sound enhancing method and apparatus A sound enhancing apparatus for use with a string instrument has separate tone pick-ups for picking up the tones of individual strings and circuits for, determining the fundamental tones of these tones, multiplying the frequencies of these fundamental ton... | 06/08/1993 |
