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Electronic music display appliance and method for displaying music scores
2010-03-26 00:00:00
AbstractAn 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, expanding, 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 command 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: said appliance...

Keyboard device of electronic musical instrument
2010-03-20 00:00:00
with a back end portion of the key so as to allow the key to per form 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; and

a 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; and

a 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 and can be selectively pivoted about the common shaft. According to this keyboard device, the common shaft must be inserted after all keys are completely aligned. Further, when any one of the keys is to be replaced, the common shaft must be removed from all the keys located outside the key to be replaced, resulting in inconvenience. Such a conventional keyboard device is described in U.S. Pat. No. 3,740,448.

Another conventional keyboard device is proposed wherein...

Sound effects control system for musical instruments
2010-03-10 00:00:00
AbstractA sound effects control system for musical instruments comprises a tactile controller 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; and

a 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...

Assessment Tool For Storing and Sharing Music Therapy Patient Records
2010-03-04 00:00:00
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; (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; 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 ne...

theollaboration between
2010-02-22 00:00:00
Roland VP 550 yesterday as a replement for the Roland VP 330 and the Korg -10.Aharity Pantomime in aid of Paranoid hizophrens deended intohaos yesterday when someon...

spotted on the Oz Tketmaster site yesterday
2010-02-08 00:00:00
The firstoert for 'The Memphis Tour' was spotted on the Oz Tketmaster site yesterday. Mah 1 at The Palais in Melbourne.
Quote:The firstoert for 'The Memphis Tour' was spotted on the Oz T...

Electronic musical instrument
2009-10-12 00:00:00
instrument comprising in combination:

means defining a digitized wave form 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 thousands 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 voiceand 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 from the sequential list is digitally generated by stepping through a ROM containing a single cycle forming the frequency of that partial and combining it with the amplitude envelope for that partial resulting in a signal with thedesired frequency, amplitude, duration and attack and decay rates. All the partials are summed into a digital data stream which is converted to an analog form, filtered and made available for use, for example by an audio amplifier and speakers producingsound.

With reference to the preferred embodiment a sine wave is digitally stored and sensed at an appropriate rate of change of phase angle per sample frequency of a given partial. The phase angle determines the next value selected from the storedsine wave so that changing the rate of change of the p...

Electronic musical instrument with semi-automatic playing function
2009-09-22 00:00:00
according to sound correcting data be fore being used to generate musical tones.Claims

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic musical instrument comprising:

playing data generating means for production of playing data in response to an action on a playing controller;

musical piece data memory means for storing musical piece data comprising ...

20: The Younger Generation Enjoys The Rich Sound Of Vinyl On The New Audio Turntables
2009-08-29 00:00:00
Crosley, Teac, Memorex and Thomas Pacconi are the top picks.

Shoppers are looking for the best brands and great features when they purchase audio turntables today according to The Magma Group president. They prefer to go with systems that are four in one, playing the radio, cassettes, records, and CDs. Usually top brancs like Teac and Crosley are purchased. They look for great features such a...

If youlk through and buy
2009-05-13 00:00:00
new tops in this forumYouannot reply to tops in this forumYouannot edit your in this forumYouannot delete your in this forumYouannot vote in polls in...