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Electronic music display appliance and method for displaying music scores2010-03-26 00:00:00AbstractAn apparatus
and a method for electronically displaying music scores use a music object file format to store
and display music scores. A music score file is translated into a music object file. The music object file includes music data structures that correspond to notation objects that represent music symbols of a music score. The measure is the fundamental grouping unit. The music data structures are processed to form a page image that includes the notation objects of the music symbols to be displayed. An annotation is input to a touch sensitive display using one's finger or a stylus
and displayed overlaying the displayed music score. Modifications to a displayed music score include transposing, resizing, exp
anding,
and marking measures.Claims
What is claimed is:
1. An electronic music display appliance for displaying a music score, wherein said music score includes a plurality of notation objects, comprising: a memory for storing anEMSF music object file, said EMSF music object file comprising a plurality of EMSF music data structures, wherein each EMSF music data structure corresponds to a corresponding notation object of said music score; a processor coupled to said memory forretrieving said EMSF music object file from said memory
and for forming a page image of said music score using at least one of said plurality of EMSF music data structures;
and a touch sensitive display for displaying said page image to form a displayedpage, wherein said touch sensitive display is responsive to a touch input
and said appliance is responsive to said touch input to said touch sensitive display for modifying said music score.
2. The music display appliance as claimed in claim 1, wherein: said appliance is responsive to said touch input for selecting said notation object
and marking said displayed page with an annotation associated with said notation object
andforming an annotated notation object.
3. The music display appliance as claimed in claim 2, wherein: said processor determines an indicator for a corresponding EMSF music data structure from said plurality of EMSF music data structures corresponding to said annotated notationobject associated with said annotation
and said processor forms an annotation data structure for representing said annotation
and said indicator.
4. The music display appliance as claimed in claim 2, wherein: said processor determines an annotation location for said annotation in said displayed page to maintain a predetermined relative position of said annotation to said annotatednotation object.
5. The music display appliance as claimed in claim 3, wherein: said processor forms an annotation image using said annotation data structure
and said touch sensitive display for displaying said annotation image on said displayed page to form anannotated displayed page wherein said annotation is overlaying said music score in said annotated displayed page.
6. The music display appliance as claimed in claim 5, wherein: said touch sensitive display removes said annotation image from said annotated displayed page in response to a user input.
7. The music display appliance as claimed in claim 5, wherein: said processor changes a size of said annotation image in accordance with a comm
and to resize said music score.
8. The music display appliance as claimed in claim 2, further comprising: a stylus for providing said touch input.
9. The music display appliance as claimed in claim 2, wherein: said touch sensitive display is responsive to said touch input provided by a user's finger.
10. The music display appliance as claimed in claim 1, wherein: said memory stores a plurality of EMSF music object files
and said appliance is responsive to said touch input for selecting a selected one of said plurality of EMSF music objectfiles for processing.
11. The music display appliance as claimed in claim 1, wherein: said processor converts a music score file corresponding to said music score into said EMSF music object file.
12. The music display appliance as claimed in claim 1, further comprising: a removable memory module interface coupled to said processor for retrieving said EMSF music object file stored on a memory module.
13. The music display appliance as claimed in claim 1, further comprising: an image memory coupled to said processor
and to said touch sensitive display for storing at least one additional page image of said music score.
14. The music display appliance as claimed in claim 13, wherein: said image memory stores a previous page image to said displayed page.
15. The music display appliance as claimed in claim 13, wherein: said image memory stores a next page image to said displayed page.
16. The music display appliance as claimed in claim 1, further comprising: at least one data interface coupled to said processor.
17. The music display appliance as claimed in claim 16, wherein: said data interface couples said appliance to a remote page turning device.
18. The music display appliance as claimed in claim 16, wherein: said data interface communicates with a remote music display appliance, wherein said appliance is responsive to said remote appliance for modifying said music score.
19. The music display appliance as claimed in claim 18, wherein: said appliance receives said EMSF music object file from said remote appliance.
20. The music display appliance as claimed in claim 18, wherein: sa...
Keyboard device of electronic musical instrument2010-03-20 00:00:00frame
and which are vertically pivotable, a plurality of return springs each of which corresponds to one of the keys
and has one end stopped by the key
and the other end stopped by the keyboard frame so as to bias the key toward a nonstruck position,
and a plurality of pivot members each of which is disposed on the keyboard frame at an end of a longitudinal axis of the key to correspond to one of the keys. The pivot member has a circular surface to be brought into slidable contact with a back end portion of the key so as to allow the key to perform pivotal movement. The back end portion of the key has a circular surface paired with the circular surface of the pivot member
and is spring-biased against the circular surface of the pivot member by means of the return spring.ClaimsWhat is claimed is:
1. A keyboard device for an electronic musical instrument, comprising:
a keyboard frame;
a plurality of keys, each of said keys including a plurality of side walls that are spaced apart by a first width in a direction which is perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of each of said keys;
a plurality of key support members on which one of each of said keys is correspondingly disposed so as to be freely pivotable, said key support members being removably coupled to said keyboard frame,
and each of said plurality of key support members including a pivotal portion having a second width that is larger than said first width, wherein said second width being disposed in a direction that is perpendicular to said side walls
and having a cross section that is parallel to said side walls, said cross section including at least an arcuate segment within a range from one side to the other side of the pivotal portion;
anda pivotal contact portion disposed at one end of the key
and having a predetermined radius of curvature that is substantially the same as that of the arcuate segment of said pivotal portion, for contacting said key support members.
2. A keyboard device for an electronic musical instrument, comprising:
a plurality of keys, each of said keys including a plurality of side walls that are spaced apart by a first width in a direction tat is perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of each of said keys;
a plurality of key support members on which one of each of said keys is correspondingly disposed so as to be freely pivotable within an operational range such that a positional relation between said key
and said key support member remains substantially the same when said key is depressed,
and wherein each of said key support members includes a pivotal portion having a second width that is larger than said first width, said second width being disposed in a direction perpendicular to said side walls
and having a cross section that is parallel to said side walls, said cross section including at least an arcuate segment within a range from one side to the other side of the pivotal portion;
anda pivotal contact portion disposed at one end of the key
and having a predetermined radius of curvature that is substantially the same as that of said arcuate segment of said pivotal portion, for contacting said key support member in said operational range,
and wherein said keys
and said key support members are combined outside of said operational range
and rotated toward said operational range to thereby increase a contact area between said key support member
and said pivotal contact portion so as to hold each other, with said key support members partly contacting said pivotal contact portion thereby to prevent said key support members from dropping out along a radial direction of said radius of curvature.DescriptionVarious types of keyboard devices have been developed to allow a smooth
and proper manner of striking or touching the keys of a keyboard instrument
and to improve durability thereof. However, these conventional keyboard devices have respective advantages
and disadvantages. Only a few keyboard devices are proposed in consideration of operability at the time of assembly or disassembly for a repair.
A typical keyboard device aimed at the smooth touch has a common shaft on which back end portions of the keys are mounted. These keys are aligned to be parallel to each other along a direction perpendicular to the common shaft an...
Sound effects control system for musical instruments2010-03-10 00:00:00 and a control box. The controller generates, by means of manual or other bodily manipulation, a control signal which is communicated to the control box. The control box receives an output signal from the musical instrument
and modifies it in accordance with the control signal received from the controller. The modified output signal is then communicated to a traditional amplifier which produces variations in the sound effects of the musical instrument, such as volume, tremolo, reverberation, etc. The tactile controller comprises a fluid-filled lumen which, in combination with the compressible material of the controller, is collapsible in response to manual manipulation in order to generate a static pressure control signal for varying the sound effects of the musical instrument. A wide variety of controller shapes, sizes, configurations,
and locations on the musical instrument are available.Claims
What is claimed is:
1. A sound effects control system adapted to be used in connection with a musical instrument, said instrument generating an output signal for transformation into a musical sound, the system comprising:
a tactile controller mounted externally on said instrument so as to be in a raised positioned on the surface of said instrument, said controller being constructed from a compressible material which can be readily compressed by a musician through a predefined range of physical movement, said controller further comprising a fluid-filled lumen which, upon the compression of said controller, collapses in response to said pressure to define a fluid static pressure;
anda control box in communication with said controller so as to receive said static pressure as a control signal, said control box receiving said output signal from said instrument
and modifying it in accordance with said control signal to generate a modified output signal for varying the sound effects of said musical instrument.
2. The system of claim 1, wherein said tactile controller comprises a tube that is positioned on a surface of said musical instrument
and wherein said musician depresses said tube towards said surface to induce said control box to generate a modified output signal.
3. The system of claim 2, wherein said lumen comprises a chamber having a first
and a second end, wherein said first end of said chamber is closed
and said second end of said chamber is in fluid communication with said control box.
4. The system of claim 3, wherein said tactile controller has a top
and a bottom surface
and wherein said bottom surface is adhered to said surface of said musical instrument
and wherein said upper surface of said tactile controller is rounded.
5. The system of claim 4, wherein said tactile controller has a cross-sectional width of approximately 0.25 inches, a height, from said bottom surface to an uppermost point on said upper surface, of approximately 0.25 inches
and wherein said lumen is a concentric circular passageway having 0.125 inches diameter.
6. The system of claim 1, wherein said lumen of said tactile controller is air filled
and said control box receives a pneumatic signal as said control signal.
7. The ...
Assessment Tool For Storing and Sharing Music Therapy Patient Records2010-03-04 00:00:00authorization a user to view
and/or edit each field or datum within each patient record;
and optionally, (d) a plurality of users of the assessment tool each with a unique identification. This invention also relates to combining the above embodiments with a computer to store the patient records,
and the security scheme. This above tool may also be connected to a network, including the internet, via the computer element.Claims
1. An assessment tool for use in musical therapy comprising:(a) at least one patient record stored within the assessment tool;(b) at least one field or datum within the patient record;
and(c) a security scheme that either permits or denies authorization a user to view
and/or edit each field or datum within each patient record.
2. The assessment tool of claim 1, further comprising a plurality of users of the assessment tool each with a unique identification.
3. The assessment tool of claim 2, wherein a computer is used to store at least one patient record.
4. The assessment tool of claim 2, wherein a computer is used to implement the security scheme.
5. The assessment tool of claim 4, wherein the security scheme either permits or denies authorization to view each field or datum within each patient record for each user.
6. The assessment tool of claim 4, wherein the security scheme either permits or denies authorization to edit each field or datum within each patient record for each user.
7. The assessment tool of claim 3, wherein the computer is connected to a network comprising at least one other computer.
8. The assessment tool of claim 4, wherein the computer is connected to a network comprising at least one other computer.
9. Th...
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Electronic musical instrument2009-10-12 00:00:00(12)
and sound engine (14) the latter utilizing partial control chip modules (32, 34)
and a data path chip module (36) to effect multiple partial (Fourier) synthesis, in conjunction with a sound modelling technique, to generate up to 240 independent partials
and impress time-varying amplitude envelopes on them
and select
and apply them to sound generation, each partial being controlled by selected parameters of frequency, amplitude, phase
and attack/decay rate. A modulo-sumdither
and oversampling approach to noise reduction is utilized in connection with the data path chip arrangement. Log sine addition is utilized to avoid multiplication apparatus ordinarily required to combine sine wave defining parameters.
Claims
What is claimed is:
1. Electronic musical instrument comprising in combination:
means defining a digitized waveform for utilization with multiple input parameter selections,
means for making parameter selections via a user interface to generate digital inputs,
means for generating logarithms of multiple parameters, adding the same
and converting the sum to antilog equivalent
and feeding back on itself to produce a sample sum
and,
means for applying the sample to output device
and further comprising:
means for modulating the sample sum by clipping the bit length of each digital word thereof by clip rounding off the most significant bits, from an original n bit length,
and further reducing into p bit length usable as a data unit bytruncate-elimination of the most significant p bits of n.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to electronic means for music generation
and more particularly has as its object the provision of such instrument with a sound engine comprising an architecture enabling the application of thous
ands of stored unitsof music digital data to rapid production of analog speaker-driving forms, utilizing practical solid state circuit means.
The invention is described below with reference to electronic piano usage, but is also usable in a number of other electronic musical instrument roles to provide, singly or combined, the sounds of a variety of instrument, elements of human voice
and other sound sources
and in analogous instrument contexts not involving music or voice, but involving comparably varying waveform data.
Multiple Partial (Fourier) Synthesis is a technique well known in engineering practice. Any arbitrary periodic waveform (e.g., musical instruments' sound) may be reproduced by summing up a series of sine waves of appropriately determinedfrequencies, amplitudes,
and relative phases. This technique allows great flexibility, much more so than subtractive synthesis (which starts out with a complex waveform
and filters out unwanted spectral content) or wave-table synthesis (which can onlyreproduce whatever is in the table).
It is the object of the present invention to establish effective instrumentation using Fourier synthesis.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The musical apparatus of the invention inputs a stream of digital signals which represent a sequence of audio notes to be ultimately produced. The apparatus creates a sequential list of partials
and impresses time-varying amplitude envelopes onthem, such that the sequential list completely characterizes the desired audio signal. A multiple partial synthesis, sometimes referred to as a Fourier Synthesis, is formed.
Each partial f...
Electronic musical instrument with semi-automatic playing function2009-09-22 00:00:00keyboard,
and divided into plural groups. At least one of the semi-automatic playing channels processes sound data of a musical piece read out of a memory to generate musical tones in synchronism with the playing data of at least one group. The sound data may be corrected according to sound correcting data before being used to generate musical tones.Claims
What is claimed is:
1. An ele...
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and he know displays it in his room.
Replica turntable systems are available from various manufacturers. They look like the past machines but have today's technology used in them. A few top manufacturers include Memorex, jWin, Teac,
and Crosley. Various functions are incl...
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