Real-time music creation system
US5627335A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 16, 1995 |
| Grant date | May 6, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 16, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG10H2240/311
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
An electronic music system has an input device, one or more computer storage media, a rhythm generator, a pitch selector, and a sound generator. The input device generates rhythm-related input signals and pitch-related input signals in response to manipulations of the input device by a user attempting to create and play a solo. The computer storage media have a plurality of user-selectable musical accompaniment tracks over which the user can create and play the solo and a plurality of rhythm blocks wherein each rhythm block defines, for at least one note, at least a time at which the note should be played. The computer storage media also store at least a portion of the solo created by the user over a predetermined time interval in the immediate past. The rhythm generator receives the rhythm-related input signals from the input device, selects one of the rhythm blocks from the computer storage media based on the rhythm-related input signals, and outputs an instruction to play the note at the time defined by the selected rhythm block. The pitch selector receives the pitch-related input signals from the input device and selects an appropriate pitch based on the pitch-related input sig…
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