Music inventions 01/06

20060016317 - String tuning device: A tuning post for a guitar having a first and second restraining means for receiving and retaining a guitar string. The first and second string restraining means are in a spaced arrangement and allow the tuning post to be rotated to tune the string....

20060016318 - Thunderline bolt on tremlo system: A bolt on tremlo unit. The tremlo arm is depressed which rotates a shaft fitted within a frame. The rotating shaft pushes a con-rod against a tremlo tail stop. This forces it to tip thus lowering the pich of the strings When the tremlo arm is released, the expansion springs...

20060016319 - Drum with head adjusting device: A drum includes a cylindrical body, a cylindrical head frame, which is fitted to the outer circumference of the body, a hoop located at the outer circumference of a head, lugs located at the outer circumference of the body, lug nuts, and lug bolts. A loosening prevention structure is located...

20060016320 - Tambourine: The present application is directed to a percussion musical instrument such as a tambourine, riq, pandiero and the like having non-rectangular windows within which the jingles are supported. The configuration of the window affords a greater range of pitch motion for the jingles than otherwise afforded in similar conventional instruments....

20060016321 - Apparatus and method for controlling sounds and images: An apparatus for controlling sounds and images includes: a first memory (11) for storing songs and MMHL (Multi Media Hyper Link) files, each MMHL file including timeline information, lyrics, pictures and videos of a corresponding song, the timeline information including a plurality of time slices and related actions of each...

20060016322 - Drum loops method and apparatus for musical composition and recording: One of many possible embodiments includes a method of recording and organizing drum sequences for use in composing music. The method includes recording a drum performance, separating the recorded drum performance into drum loops, organizing the drum loops into a song set, and providing a unique name for each drum...

20060016323 - Electronic musical apparatus for transposing musical piece: Plural pieces of music data (performance data) each corresponding to each of plural music pieces are stored in a rewritable external storage device 25. Further, tone range restriction data indicating a sound generable range of a tone is stored in the external storage device 25 as associated with each piece...

20060016324 - Sound outputting apparatus having compensation characteristics: A sound outputting apparatus having compensation characteristics for improving the timbre of output sound is provided herein. The apparatus (10) includes at least one speaker (12) and a memory unit (14). The speaker has real characteristics per se and used to transform audio signals into sounds. The memory unit stores...

20060016325 - Musical instrument automatically performing music passage through hybrid feedback control loop containing plural sorts of sensors: An automatic player piano includes keys driven for the angular motion through a hybrid feedback control loop; a controller, a key position sensor, a plunger velocity sensor and a solenoid-operated key actuator form parts of the hybrid feedback control loop for each key, and a current key position and a...

20060011041 - Banjo wood ring alteration: This invention, the Banjo Wood Ring Alteration, alters the five string banjo's wooden ring (rim) by drilling a series of 64 holes in the ring structure at various diameters, depths and locations. This is performed, on standard size wooden banjo rings, with common drill presses, portable drills, and drill bits....

20060011042 - Audio file format with mapped vibrational effects and method for controlling vibrational effects using an audio file format: An audio file format is provided, which includes definitions for one or more instruments, and definitions for one or more notes, that are associated with one or more vibrational element groupings, where each vibrational element grouping includes one or more vibration sources. Received commands present in the audio file, and...

20060011043 - Tone generation processing apparatus and tone generation assignment method therefor: A plurality of tone generator devices include respective waveform data memories, and each of the waveform data memories is exclusively usable by the corresponding tone generator device, not sharable with the tone generator device. Once event information indicative of a tone to be generated is received, a selection is made,...

20060011044 - Method of composing music on a handheld device: A musical sequence is formed on the keypad of a handheld electronic device. The numbered keys on the keypad of the handheld device are mapped directly to corresponding notes in an octave. The sequence of musical notes is entered by depressing at least one numbered key on the keypad and...

20060011045 - Control system, method, and program using rhythm pattern: A control system for reliably performing minimally required operations using a small number of input devices is provided. A rhythm input section (101) converts a rhythm pattern input by the user to an electrical signal, which is in turn output. A rhythm dictionary storage section (103) stores a rhythm dictionary...

20060011046 - Instrument performance learning apparatus: In an instrument performance learning apparatus, a storage section stores model performance waveform data representing a time series of individual performance sounds of a model performance. An input section inputs real performance waveform data representing a time series of individual performance sounds of a real performance. A pitch graph display...

20060011047 - Tone color setting apparatus and method: As the user executes a performance on a preliminary or trial basis, performance data based on the user's performance are evaluated, a performance tendency of the user is extracted as a result of the extraction, and then, performance tendency information, indicative of the extracted performance tendency, is generated. Psychological state,...

20060011048 - Stringed musical instrument derived from harps: A new musical instrument comprises a thin solid or semi-hollow body and a triangular or trapezoidal frame across which a plurality of strings are disposed in the manner of harps. The instrument has frets, which allows the player a unique form of expression not available on harps. The instrument is...

20060011049 - Stringed musical instrument equipped with sensors sensitive to vibration components and bridge with built-in sensors: An electric acoustic stringed musical instrument is a combination between an acoustic stringed musical instrument and an electric system; while a player is bowing on the strings, the strings not only laterally vibrate but also are repeatedly elongated and shrunk so as to give rise to rolling motion and pitching...

20060011050 - Electronic percussion instrument and percussion tone control program: An electronic percussion instrument which is capable of accurately discriminating roll performance to thereby electronically produce percussion tones closer to tones produced by a natural percussion instrument. A waveform memory 6 stores waveform data of percussion tones to be output for roll performance and waveform data of percussion tones to...

20060011051 - Programmable/semi-programmable pickup and transducer switching system: A programmable/semi-programmable pickup and transducer switching system includes a control, a plurality of switches communicatively interconnected to the control, an encoder communicatively interconnected to the control, a memory/buffer/drive with switching element options for passive or active pickup switching, said memory/buffer/drive being communicatively interconnected to the control, and a display system...

20060011052 - Sound-effect foot pedal for electric/electronic musical instruments: The CHOPPER has a unique treadle design which allows a better utilization of space in order to accommodate the control functions in a compact foot-pedal sound effect. In the case of the CHOPPER, the space is required to allow the multiple control functions required to achieve delay (echo) emulation, which...

20060005686 - Bracing system for stringed instrument: In accordance with the invention, a sound box for an instrument is provided exhibiting a 3-D bracing system. The bracing system comprises a plurality of braces on both the sound board and the bottom board of the sound box. The braces exhibit varying heights and configurations to, among other things,...

20060005687 - String replacement assistance apparatus: A string replacement assistance apparatus is used when the strings of a stringed instrument equipped with a tremolo unit are replaced. The tremolo unit makes a pivotal movement in arm-up and arm-down directions by an operation of a tremolo arm connected thereto. The string replacement assistance apparatus includes a base...

20060005688 - Musical instrument cradle: The present invention is addressed to a cradle for a musical instrument, which consists of a support having a figure-8 configuration including a pair of loops adapted to support the musical instrument without the use of any fastening device. The cradle also consists of a strap having a pair of...

20060005689 - Pedal coupling device and bass drum: A pedal coupling device includes a body holding frame for holding the body of a bass drum, a base for placement on a supporting surface and coupled to a pedal device, and a bolt, which is a shaft for coupling the base to the body holding frame to be rotatable...

20060005690 - Sound synthesiser: A sound synthesizer is provided that reduces the computational requirements of a synthesizer with a high degree of polyphony, while ensuring that audible artifacts are kept to a minimum. The synthesizer comprises a plurality of samples stored in a memory; a plurality of voices each comprising means for calculating an...

20060005691 - Method for making electronic tones close to acoustic tones, recording system: A grand piano generates acoustic tones through vibrations of strings and sound board so that the acoustic tones are converted to analog audio signals at recording points over the sound board, and a group of waveform data sets are produced from the analog audio signal through sampling and analog-to-digital conversion;...

20060005692 - Method and apparatus for universal adaptive music system: The present invention is method and apparatus for assistive music performance. More specifically, the present invention is an interactive wireless music apparatus comprising actuating an event originating on a remote wireless device. The transmitted event received by a processing host computer implements the proper handling of the event....

20060005693 - Performance apparatus and performance apparatus control program: A performance apparatus which can realize interesting performance with game elements. Coordinates are designated in a matrix display input section, and sounding data corresponding to the designated coordinates are generated. Sounding of musical tones based on the generated sounding data is instructed. Based on the designation of coordinates, a moving...

20060005694 - Active instrument subwoofer system for low frequency enhancement: An instrument amplification system provides improved low frequency enhancement. A powered subwoofer system enhances the low frequency components of a standard instrument amplifier by incorporating a speaker level high-pass filter crossover network prior to connection to a standard instrument speaker. The speaker level instrument amplifier output is also attenuated, low-pass...

20060000339 - Automatic player musical instrument with velocity conversion tables selectively accessed and electronic system used therein: A key sensor-less automatic player piano includes, key actuators so as to give rise to key motion without any fingering of a human player, key sensors producing key position signals expressing key motion and a data processing unit producing music data codes during a performance on the keyboard and a...

20060000340 - Unique sounding drum: The unique sounding drum is a drum assembly having a metal body, a pair of upper rings and a membrane stretched across the top of the metal body and extended between the pair of upper rings. The metal body has a general hourglass configuration with an upper portion decreasing in...

20060000341 - Electronic drum pedal: A foot pedal for electronic drums includes a lower tab or pedal or other extension for triggering by pressing down, and an upper tab or pedal or other extension for triggering by raising the foot. Also included is the joining of the upper and lower extensions (tab, pedal or other)...

20060000342 - Slide rule devices for music study: Slide-rule type devices for music study. Requires two printed parts that slide relative to each other; or three parts in the special case of a device for studying violin. Information on one of the parts is viewed through the other part. When employed together, the two parts reveal information most...

20060000343 - Method for making electronic tones close to acoustic tones, recording system: A grand piano generates acoustic tones through vibrations of strings and sound board so that the acoustic tones are converted to analog audio signals at recording points over the sound board, and a group of waveform data sets are produced from the analog audio signal through sampling and analog-to-digital conversion;...

20060000344 - System and method for aligning and mixing songs of arbitrary genres: A “music mixer”, as described herein, provides a capability for automatically mixing arbitrary pieces of music, regardless of whether the music being mixed is of the same music genre, and regardless of whether that music has strong beat structures. In automatically determining potential mixes of two or more songs, the...

20060000345 - Musical sound production apparatus and musical: A control unit controls to access the beat guide file for timings of beats, cues, lyrics, and messages of musical sound data to be reproduced, and controls an image processing unit to display beat guide objects (52a and 52b), which respectively represent beat timings and reproducing pitches of selected musical...

20060000347 - Acoustical device and method: An acoustical device is provided in the form of a stringed musical instrument having a hollow resonant body. A speaker is coupled to the resonant body so that the speaker generally overlays the strings of the musical instrument. A power supply is mounted to the instrument for powering the speaker....

20060000346 - Strap amplifier: An apparatus for amplifying the sound of a stringed instrument includes, in its most basic form, a speaker attached to a strap that is adapted to be draped around a musician with each end thereof detachably-attachable to the stringed instrument. An amplifier circuit, according to a first embodiment, is connected...