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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7968785 | Frequency spectrum conversion to natural harmonic frequencies process A process is disclosed for converting standard musical notes to natural musical notes based upon Rod formats. A signal of standard musical notes is input and the frequency of each note in the signal is analyzed. A Rod format natural harmonic resonance is selected an... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7838757 | Frequency spectrum conversion to natural harmonic frequencies process A process for converting standard musical notes to Ra format musical notes comprising inputting a signal of standard musical notes, analyzing the frequency of each note in the signal, selecting a Ra format natural harmonic resonance, converting the frequency of each... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7563975 | Music production system A music production system is presented that includes a music module to access computer software applications and produce music compositions. The system in a first mode records and corrects the pitch of a tune, typically a tune sung by a user at a microphone. The use... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7435891 | Method and system for generating musical variations directed to particular skill-levels Various embodiments are directed to an automated method and system component for generating variations of one or more musical selections directed to particular students or to particular skill-levels into which students may be classified. The method and system compon... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7420116 | Music data modifier for music data expressing delicate nuance, musical instrument equipped with the music data modifier and music system A music data modifier receives pieces of original music data from a master hybrid piano, and partially modifies the pieces of original music data to pieces of modified music data for a slave hybrid piano; each piece of original music data contains a series of values... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7365262 | Electronic musical apparatus for transposing musical piece Plural pieces of music data (performance data) each corresponding to each of plural music pieces are stored in a rewritable external storage device 25. Further, tone range restriction data indicating a sound generable range of a tone is stored in the external... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7342166 | Method and apparatus for randomized variation of musical data An initial note series is collected from a real-time source of musical input material such as a keyboard or a sequencer playing back musical data, or extracted from musical data stored in memory. The initial note series may be altered to create variations of the ini... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7342168 | Sound effecter, fundamental tone extraction method, and computer program The present invention provides a technique for shifting pitch to target pitch without detecting the original pitch directly, and for extracting the pitch of the audio waveform exactly. A phase compensator extracts 2 or more frequency channels each having frequency c... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7314994 | Music processing printer An audio processing device receives, processes, and outputs music and audio files to a variety of electronic and paper-based formats. In one embodiment, the audio processing device generates a score based on a music or audio file, and/or can match the file to melodi... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7200813 | Performance information edit and playback apparatus The computer-implemented system stores user performance data representing multiple parts. The system also stores style data representing various different musical accompaniments that are displayed in a style data window. The user selectively copies constituent parts... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7197149 | Cellular phone A cellular phone is provided with a melody sound reproducing unit comprising: a speaker for providing specified output in a range between a first frequency and a second frequency; a signal generator for supplying an audio signal to the speaker; a memory for storing ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7183478 | Dynamically moving note music generation method A dynamically moving method of triggering musical notes that produces intricate, interwoven note sequences with ease as an aid to musicians. Notes that used to stand still while being played can now effectively move. Note events are programmed to generate or trigger... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7169997 | Method and apparatus for phase controlled music generation An initial note series is collected from a real-time source of musical input material such as a keyboard or a sequencer playing back musical data, or extracted from musical data stored in memory. The initial note series may be altered to create variations of the ini... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7119268 | Portable telephony apparatus with music tone generator A sound control apparatus is provided in a portable terminal for sounding a music tone in association with operation of the portable terminal, which is controlled by a main CPU. In the sound control apparatus, a memory memorizes music information representing a musi... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7005571 | MIDI controller pedalboard A MIDI controller pedalboard for composing and playing music such as pipe organ music is disclosed. The MIDI controller pedalboard provides pedals, and switches for the playing of notes and the manipulation of sound data in a MIDI format. ... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6958442 | Dynamic microtunable MIDI interface process and device A software solution to the pitch limitations inherent in the MIDI standard. The invention uses the Polyphonic Aftertouch (also known as “Key Aftertouch”) messages available in the basic MIDI standard to retune selected notes, according to the following process: ... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6664458 | Apparatus and method for automatically determining notational symbols based on musical composition data A selected span of a music composition data file containing note data in the MIDI format which discriminates twelve notes per octave is examined with respect to respective tonalities to find an optimum tonality. Out of all the notes contained in the selec... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6657114 | Apparatus and method for generating additional sound on the basis of sound signal Sound signal indicative of a human voice or musical tone is input, and the pitch of the input sound signal is detected. Then, a scale note pitch is determined which is nearest to the detected pitch of the input sound signal. In the meantime, a scale note ... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6448486 | Electronic musical instrument with a reduced number of input controllers and method of operation A method and apparatus for performing music on an electronic instrument in which individual chord progression chords can be triggered in real-time, while simultaneously making the individual notes of the chord, and/or possible scale notes and non-scale no... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6417438 | Apparatus for and method of providing a performance guide display to assist in a manual performance of an electronic musical apparatus in a selected musical key In addition to a general transposition setting device for setting a transposition for an entire musical instrument, there is provide an automatic-performance transposition setting device for optionally setting a transposition value for automatic performan... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6395970 | Automatic music composing apparatus that composes melody reflecting motif An automatic music composing apparatus comprises: a memory that stores a plurality of chord-progression data in a specific key; an input device that inputs motif melody data; a selector that selects at least one chord-progression data from the memory; a d... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6369311 | Apparatus and method for generating harmony tones based on given voice signal and performance data A harmony tone generating apparatus receives a voice wave signal bearing musical tone pitches such as a singer's or a speaker's human voice signal and a musician's instrumental voice signal, and plural kinds of performance data, each representing a musica... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6166316 | Automatic performance apparatus with variable arpeggio pattern An automatic performance apparatus that is responsive to a manual player of an input implement for producing either an arpeggio performance or a pattern performance in a modified form. Specifically, the present invention includes: a sequencer block that i... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6156966 | Fixed-location method of composing and performing and a musical instrument A method and apparatus for composing and performing music on an electronic instrument in which individual chord progression chords can be triggered in real-time, while simultaneously generating the individual notes of the chord, and/or possible scale and ... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6121532 | Method and apparatus for creating a melodic repeated effect An initial note series is collected from a real-time source of musical input material such as a keyboard or a sequencer playing back musical data, or extracted from musical data stored in memory. The initial note series may be altered to create variations... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6121533 | Method and apparatus for generating random weighted musical choices An initial note series is collected from a real-time source of musical input material such as a keyboard or a sequencer playing back musical data, or extracted from musical data stored in memory. The initial note series may be altered to create variations... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6057503 | Fixed-location method of composing and performing and a musical instrument A method and apparatus for composing and performing music on an electronic instrument in which individual chord progression chords can be triggered in real-time, while simultaneously making the individual notes of the chord, and/or possible scale and non-... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6051770 | Method and apparatus for composing original musical works A system and method for creating and composing musical works by selecting existing musical elements and applying modification modules to them. Existing musical selections reside in a database as metrics, or targets for the composition of new pieces. The p... | 04/18/2000 |
| 6015949 | System and method for applying a harmonic change to a representation of musical pitches while maintaining conformity to a harmonic rule-base This invention relates to a system and method for altering the harmonic referent of segments of a music composition while maintaining conformity to a harmonic rule-base. It enables one to make changes to the harmonic referent (i.e. chord progression) unde... | 01/18/2000 |
| 6011211 | System and method for approximate shifting of musical pitches while maintaining harmonic function in a given context The present invention enables non-musicians to effectively compose music using a computer, and provides them with the means to manipulate musical content in an intuitive fashion without the need for formal musical training. The invention combines a repres... | 01/04/2000 |
| 5973252 | Pitch detection and intonation correction apparatus and method A device and method is disclosed to correct intonation errors and generate vibrato in solo instruments and vocal performances in real time. The device determines the pitch of a musical note produced by voice or instrument and shifts the pitch of that note... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5963907 | Voice converter A voice converter provides for pitch and formant shifting of an input voice signal. An audio filter extracts the volume level of the input voice signal, and outputs the extracted volume level as first volume data. A second audio filter extracts the volume... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5908997 | Electronic music instrument system with musical keyboard An electronic music instrument system, comprising: an electronic music instrument, having selectable groups of reproducible sounds and individually selectable reproducible sounds; a signal generator for energizing an audio amplifier responsive to differen... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5900567 | System and method for enhancing musical performances in computer based musical devices A system and a method for the notes of one track to move in a harmonically separate manner from the notes of another track when the notes of each track are played against a chord progression. Each track is associated with a chord function. The notes of th... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5864079 | Transposition controller for an electronic musical instrument An electronic musical instrument has a means used by a player to set a key name to which transposition is to be made and a part number to designate a transposition excluding part. Tone data in parts other than the transposition excluding part are exclusiv... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5859382 | System and method for supporting an adlib performance A plurality of display units are provided in corresponding relations to individual performance keys. A table stores, for each of a plurality of chords, information which defines plural groups of notes that are always available for the chord, temporarily a... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5783767 | Fixed-location method of composing and peforming and a musical instrument A method for composing and performing music on an electronic instrument are provided. The method provides a technique in which individual chord progression chords can be triggered in real-time, while simultaneously generating the individual notes of the c... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5770813 | Sound reproducing apparatus provides harmony relative to a signal input by a microphone A sound reproducing apparatus used in Karaoke and the like uses a record medium or a communication medium on which an accompaniment sound signal, data indicative of a scale, and song standard information are recorded. The sound reproducing apparatus inclu... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5756916 | Automatic arrangement apparatus In an automatic arrangement apparatus having an accompaniment information memory for memorizing an accompaniment pattern, a specific basic part such as a melody part for arrangement of a musical tune, a chord progression and an arrangement condition are a... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5739453 | Electronic musical instrument with automatic performance function An electronic musical instrument including: a mode selecting unit for selecting a mode from a plurality of modes including an automatic performance mode and a manual performance mode; a musical style storage for storing performance atmosphere data of a pl... | 04/14/1998 |
