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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7332667 | Automatic performance apparatus An automatic performance apparatus comprises a storage device that stores performance data and accompaniment data having a plurality of sections, a detector that detects a specific note in the performance data, a reproduction device that simultaneously reproduces th... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7319185 | Generating music and sound that varies from playback to playback A method and apparatus for the creation and playback of music, audio and sound; such that each time a composition is played back, a different sound sequence is generated in the manner previously defined by the artist. During composition creation, the artist's defini... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7273978 | Device and method for characterizing a tone signal For characterizing a tone signal a sequence of quantized entry times for each of at least two tone sources over time is provided on the basis of a quantization raster. Hereupon, a common period length underlying the at least two tone sources is determined using the ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7202407 | Tone material editing apparatus and tone material editing program There are provided tone material editing apparatus and program. The tone material editing apparatus is connected to a tone material providing apparatus that provides tone material data. Video data stored in the tone material editing apparatus is reproduced. The tone... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7129406 | Automatic performance apparatus An automatic performance apparatus reproduces, by a program process executed on a computer, automatic performance data comprising a series of performance data which is assigned to one channel of a plurality of channels and to which a channel number representative of... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7012182 | Music apparatus with motion picture responsive to body action A performance processing apparatus is operable by an operation device and equipped with a sound device and a display device. In the apparatus, a storing section stores song data representative of a music sound constituting a music song, and stores image data represe... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6947714 | Piezo-powered amusement device identification system An identification transmission system for use in an amusement device includes a transmitting antenna, a transmitter and a piezo-electric power source. The transmitter circuit is configured to broadcast a predetermined tone on a predetermined carrier frequency throug... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6924425 | Method and apparatus for storing a multipart audio performance with interactive playback A computer-readable medium stores a data structure that encodes an audio performance for interactive playback. The data structure includes a virtual instrument pool, which encodes an interactive part of the audio performance. Audio content of the interactive part is... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6756534 | Music puzzle platform The present invention relates to a way of presenting a musical composition such as an orchestral piece, a song, jingle, or other musical content (complete or excerpts) as a sort of game made up of component audio tracks. In one preferred embodiment, the individual t... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6586667 | Musical sound generator A musical sound generator combines a software processing and a hardware processing. A sub CPU210 generates musical note data based on the musical score data 340. Main CPU110 refers to a sound source file, converts musical note data and generates PCM data.... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6444889 | Registration apparatus and method for electronic musical instruments A registration apparatus for a musical instrument having a memory that has stored information representing set states of various parameters that specify respective types of rhythms to be accompanied automatically and respective types of musical sound gene... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6342665 | Music game system, staging instructions synchronizing control method for same, and readable recording medium recorded with staging instructions synchronizing control program for same A drum rhythm game apparatus and a guitar rhythm game apparatus each includes a staging operating unit. Playing progression information, which includes sector numbers, is transferred between the drum rhythm game apparatus and the guitar rhythm game appara... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6313389 | Automatic accompaniment apparatus adjusting sound levels for each part of a plurality of patterns when one pattern is switched to another pattern An automatic accompaniment apparatus has a storage unit (53) for storing information on a variation pattern selection state and the mute setup state of each part of each variation, and a control unit (55) for controlling to make each part in a tone genera... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6252152 | Automatic composition apparatus and method, and storage medium Automatic composition apparatus and method is able to automatically compose a piece of music having a melody that is favorable in a musical sense, namely, a melody that satisfies musical requirements. A storage medium stores a program executed for automat... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6080926 | Automatic accompanying apparatus and automatic accompanying method capable of simply setting automatic accompaniment parameters In an automatic accompanying apparatus and an automatic accompanying method, the respective part structures of a plurality of basic variation patterns used as a basic accompanying pattern of rhythm are arbitrarily set by a music player. When the music pla... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6011212 | Real-time music creation A system, and related method, for creating music in real time includes an input device and a real-time music generator. The input device is used by a user to provide rhythm-related signals and pitch-related signals to the real-time music generator. The re... | 01/04/2000 |
| 5895878 | Automatic accompaniment apparatus with concurrent change of music style and acoustic effect In a music apparatus, an operator panel designates a first style of automatic play. A tone generator sequentially generates musical tones to produce the automatic play in the designated first style. A DSP applies a first effect to the musical tones in mat... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5883326 | Music composition A music composition system, comprising receiving a first harmony including a first melody, analyzing the first harmony to derive in real-time a rule relating the first melody to the first harmony, receiving a second melody, and applying the rule in real-t... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5844158 | Voice processing system and method The invention relates to a voice processing system capable of outputting voice prompts and background music. The volume of background music is progressively variable relative to the voice prompts or speech. The progressive variation is effected by multipl... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5744744 | Electric stringed instrument having automated accompaniment system An electric stringed instrument having an integral accompaniment system is proposed. The vibrations of the strings on the electric stringed instrument are detected as analog signals by a pickup device. A portion of the detected signal is extracted, has it... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5683253 | Disk recording medium and video-song accompaniment apparatus adopting the same A song program and a motion picture background image suitable for the mood of the song program are recorded on a recording medium. A video-song accompaniment apparatus employs the recording medium to reproduce the song program and the motion picture backg... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5585585 | Automated accompaniment apparatus and method A system for interpreting the requests and performance of an instrumental soloist, stated in the parlance of the musician and within the context of a specific published edition of music the soloist is using, to control the performance of a digitized music... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5542000 | Karaoke apparatus having automatic effector control A karaoke apparatus operates in response to a song request for sounding an automatic accompaniment mixed with a singing voice to produce a karaoke performance involving an additional effect. The karaoke apparatus is supplied with a composite song data con... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5510572 | Apparatus for analyzing and harmonizing melody using results of melody analysis A melody segmentation module segments a given melody into a plurality of phrases. A phrase tonality analyzer determines a key of each phrase to provide a correct succession of keys of the melody. With this arrangement, the music apparatus can detect, from... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5457282 | Automatic accompaniment apparatus having arrangement function with beat adjustment An accompaniment apparatus has a first memory for memorizing a plurality of original accompaniment patterns corresponding to various accompaniment styles, each original accompaniment pattern being composed of a set of parallel part patterns. An editor is ... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5455378 | Intelligent accompaniment apparatus and method A system for interpreting the requests and performance of an instrumental soloist, stated in the parlance of the musician and within the context of a specific published edition of music the soloist is using, to control the performance of a digitized music... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5371316 | Iteration control system for an automatic playing device An automatic playing device has a memory which stores sequence data consisting of musical sound data and sequence data to control read-out of the musical sound data. A processing unit repeatedly reads out musical sound data specified by the control data i... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5367121 | Electronic musical instrument with minus-one performance function responsive to keyboard play An electronic musical instrument has a minus-one function to effect switching between full automatic performance and semi-automatic performance in which programmed musical tones are generated as automatic accompaniment except for melody and obbligato part... | 11/22/1994 |
| 5338891 | Musical tone control device with performing glove The electronic musical instrument is constructed such as to detect key-on/key-off performed by physical flexion movements of fingers through a pair of performing gloves 1 and 2 so as to effect generation and erase of musical tones in real timings practica... | 08/16/1994 |
| 5286912 | Electronic musical instrument with playback of background tones and generation of key-on phrase tones An electronic musical instrument with playback of background tones and generation of key-on phrase tones, in which a simple adlib play can be performed while a user is singing using a microphone or as an interlude without requiring high-grade techniques i... | 02/15/1994 |
| 5220121 | Melody supplement control apparatus A melody supplement control apparatus is disclosed wherein supplementary tones for melody tones are produced according to predetermined rules, and the degree of the addition of the aforesaid supplementary tones to the aforesaid melody tones is determined ... | 06/15/1993 |
| 5138926 | Level control system for automatic accompaniment playback An electronic musical instrument includes an emphasis circuit for independently modifying the level of each musically encoded data channel of a selected automatic accompaniment pattern in response to a parameter characterizing key operation, such as key v... | 08/18/1992 |
| 5062097 | Automatic musical instrument playback from a digital music or video source A device for playing back a music or video source such as a digital audio tape recorder, Compact Disc, Laser Vision Disc, video tape recorder, television and FM broadcasting and analog records comprises means responsive to control information supplied fro... | 10/29/1991 |
| 4977812 | Accompaniment line principal tone determination system A system for automatically determining principal tones of an accompaniment line supporting a melodic line comprises a plurality of principal tone inference engines which after principal tones in accordance with different rules of inference from one anothe... | 12/18/1990 |
| 4470332 | Electronic musical instrument with counter melody function The electronic musical instrument is provided, in addition to usual tone producing circuitries associated with playing keys, with a chord designating circuit designating, according to key depression, a plurality of notes of that constitute a chord, a chan... | 09/11/1984 |
| 4403536 | Microcomputer interfaced electronic organ An electronic keyboard musical instrument comprising a multiplexed keyboard and a programmable microcomputer interfaced between the keyboard and a system of capture tone generators. The loading circuitry for the microcomputer, which is interposed between ... | 09/13/1983 |
| 4391176 | Electronic musical instrument with musical composition fashion selectors A plurality of sets of such characteristics as the color, volume and effect of a musical tone are preset for different musical composition fashions. Desired preset characteristics are selected independently in the melody performance portion and the accomp... | 07/05/1983 |
| 4366738 | Multiplexing system for organ having plural manuals An electronic organ, particularly of the institutional type employing classical voicing, having Swell and Great manuals as well as a full pedalboard wherein the manuals and pedalboard are multiplexed simultaneously to produce a plurality of synchronized s... | 01/04/1983 |
| 4351214 | Electronic musical instrument with performance mode selection This electronic musical instrument comprises means for selecting one of a plurality of performance modes and musical tone production means having tone production channels less than the number of keys. Tones are produced through said channels based on the ... | 09/28/1982 |
| 4350069 | Automatic bass generator for electronic organ An electronic organ, particularly of the institutional type employing classical voicing, having Swell and Great manuals as well as a full pedalboard wherein the manuals and pedalboard are multiplexed simultaneously to produce a plurality of synchronized s... | 09/21/1982 |
