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Music production and control apparatus with pitch/tempo control

US5679912A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 15, 1996
Grant dateOct 21, 1997
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Expiry dateMar 15, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG10H2240/291
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A music reproduction control apparatus includes: a first storing unit for storing main-digital data; a second storing unit for storing sub-digital data; a first reproducing unit for reproducing main-sound based on the stored main-digital data; a second reproducing unit for reproducing sub-sound based on the stored sub-digital data; a receiving unit for receiving an input signal; a first changing unit for changing a reproducing speed of the first reproducing unit based on the received input signal; a second changing unit for changing a reproducing speed of the second reproducing unit based on the received input signal; a correcting unit for correcting a key of the sub-sound in accordance with a change in the reproducing speed of the second reproducing unit; and a synchronizing unit for synchronizing a timing of changing the reproducing speed of the first reproducing unit with a timing of changing the reproducing speed of the second reproducing unit.

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