Music inventions 06/06

20060137506 - Mono postal percussion instrument carrier: A carrier with attachment apparatus that allows mounting of large drums where the playing surface of the drum is vertically oriented. The mounting consists of three or more connection points where one or more of the connection points is adjustable for vertical and or horizontal locating on the drum, and...

20060137507 - Snare drum stand lock adjustment: A snare drum stand lock adjustment comprised of two plates containing an inner channel to merely clamp a lever of a connector; both plates being pivoted to each other on one side with an axial pin; one end of the lock adjustment being fastened to a brace of the stand...

20060137509 - Exterior structure for keyboard instrument: An exterior structure for a keyboard instrument, which is capable of dramatically increasing the variation of producible types of keyboard instruments while suppressing the cost of molds. A lower case includes a front-side lower case LCf and a rear-side lower case LCr disposed rearward of the front-side lower case LCf...

20060137508 - Main case body of musical keyboard instrument: A main case body of a musical keyboard instrument, which is capable of securing a degree of freedom of design. A case structure comprises a lower front case, a lower rear case, and an upper case. The lower front case has a keyboard unit mounted therein. A bottom part extends...

20060137510 - Device and method for synchronizing illumination with music: Various techniques for synchronizing illumination with an audio signal are disclosed. According to one aspect of the techniques, an audio signal continuously is received and processed one phase or period at a time in an analyzing or detecting unit. From one phase of the audio signal, a set of light...

20060137511 - Musical teaching device and method: A portable musical teaching interface system for purposes of providing the user with the skills necessary to play the piano. The interface system comprising a pair of gloves each having a plurality of finger sleeves adapted to receive the fingers of a user's hands, a display means for providing a...

20060137512 - Musical notation system for piano, organ and keyboard: The present invention is generally comprised of a system of musical notation for playing the piano, organ or keyboard. One version of the invention is a system generally comprised of at least one keyboard diagram that accompanies a musical composition. The keyboard diagram displays the fingering to be used by...

20060137513 - Mobile telecommunication apparatus comprising a melody generator: This apparatus comprises a melody generator (19) known as synthesizer. This synthesizer allows working with a multitude of channels C1, C2, . . . C9 and at least one of these channels is assigned to process vocal signals particularly coming from a microphone (17). The elaborated melody may be sent...

20060137514 - Vibration-activated musical toy: The present disclosure generally relates to a vibration-activated musical toy and methods for operating a vibration-activated musical toy. In one exemplary embodiment, a vibration-activated musical toy is described in which two separate modules are independently moved, shaken, struck, or otherwise manipulated in a particular order and in a particular rhythm...

20060137515 - Memory access controller for musical sound generating system: In an access controller provided for a musical sound signal generating system, a signal generating section operates when a readout of wave data of one block stored in a working memory is completed in a sound channel, for supplying a next waveform request signal to a CPU, which requests a...

20060137516 - Sound searcher for finding sound media data of specific pattern type and method for operating the same: Disclosed is a sound searcher for searching for sound media data of a specific pattern type in a sound reproduction terminal, the sound searcher includes a frequency analysis module for analyzing a frequency band of a sound media data to determine if the sound media data has a higher melody...

20060130632 - Acoustic guitar resonator: A resonator assembly includes a resonator, a collector-amplifier, as well as a timbre tray, one or more timbre pieces, and a detector holder. The resonator assembly, designed to be attachable to a conventional acoustic guitar, improves the quality and volume of the conventional guitar. A wood or metal timbre piece...

20060130633 - Musical instrument soundboard: A musical instrument soundboard including a resonant layer affixed to a base layer by a non-dampening acoustic coupling layer. The resonant layer can be sheets, plates, flakes, granules and powders formed of metal, crystal, glass, and ceramic. A protective layer is positioned atop the resonant layer. When formed into a...

20060130634 - String stretcher for stringed instruments: According to some embodiments, a string stretcher includes a body. A first member coupled to the body is adapted for contacting a string of a musical instrument at a first contact location. A second member coupled to the body is adapted for contacting the string at a second contact location...

20060130635 - Synthesized music delivery system: A synchronized music delivery system utilizes a portable memory device including compact discs (CDs), digital video discs (DVDs) and memory sticks in combination with an electronic music synthesizer having a lighted keyboard. A synchronized musical work, including music, lyrics and specialized coding, is recorded onto the portable memory device, in...

20060130636 - Electronic music on hand portable and communication enabled devices: A portable electronic device having a screen and a numeric keypad, comprises: a sound card for processing sound signals to produce musical tones; a musical synthesizer, associated with said sound card, for electronically synthesizing musical instruments; and a user interface for interfacing said musical synthesizer to a user via said...

20060130637 - Method for differentiated digital voice and music processing, noise filtering, creation of special effects and device for carrying out said method: A method for differentiated digital voice and music processing, noise filtering and the creation of special effects. The method can be used to make the most of digital audio technologies, by performing a pre-encoding audio signal analysis, assuming that any sound signal during one frame interval is the sum of...

20060130638 - Music player: A music player has sequencers each including a reading and restoring function unit for reading music information including header information, a delta time, and a message and restoring running status of the message; a message analyzing and processing function unit for analyzing the header information, consuming a period of time...

20060130639 - Disc for use in an apparatus for signal processing and such an apparatus: A disc for use in an apparatus for signal processing, wherein the disc during its use is placed on the turntable and is provided with a groove which can be followed by the pick-up element, and which comprises a time-code signal wherein during use of the disc the said time-code...

20060130640 - Music data modifier for music data expressing delicate nuance, musical instrument equipped with the music data modifier and music system: A music data modifier receives pieces of original music data from a master hybrid piano, and partially modifies the pieces of original music data to pieces of modified music data for a slave hybrid piano; each piece of original music data contains a series of values of a piece of...

20060130641 - Apparatus and method for providing a twin piano function: An electronic instrument has a plurality of keys and allows a user to select one mode of a normal mode and a divided mode. Upon selecting of the normal mode, musical tones having a first set of characteristics are assigned to a single keyboard zone spanning the plurality of keys....

20060123971 - Interchangable and modular acoustic and electric guitar apparatus: A musical instrument apparatus has the ability to interchange from acoustic to electric string instrument embodiments; both the acoustic and electric string embodiments share a common hollow modular body assembly....

20060123972 - Strap for a stringed instrument: A strap for holding a stringed instrument around the neck of a musician. The strap includes a stop disposed at a distal end for engagement with the instrument, between the instrument's face and finger board, substantially adjacent the instrument's neck and neck heel, such that the instrument may be safely...

20060123973 - Mouthpiece for musical instruments: Mouthpieces for use with single reed musical instruments are disclosed, including a main body with a tip at one end and a shank for attachment to the musical instrument at the other. The end of the main body including the tip has a closed side and a substantially flat side...

20060123974 - Mouthpiece extractor: A mouthpiece extractor for use with a mouthpiece that has become stuck in the lead pipe of a musical instrument. The mouthpiece extractor has a shaft with a shaft shoulder at one end and a plug at the other end. A moveable weight slides over the shaft, but is prevented...

20060123977 - Digital audio/video playing device: A digital audio/video playing device includes a support plate forming a plurality of depressible tabs. Each tab is formed by forming an elongate slit surrounding the tab with a small connection with the support plate to form a cantilever, elastically deflectable tab. A plurality of switch units and a touch...

20060123978 - Musical instrument signaling system: A musical instrument signaling system (10) that is designed to alert a player of a hand-held musical instrument when to commence and stop playing the instrument. Typically, the hand-held musical instrument consists of a handbell as used by members of a bell choir. The system (10) is disclosed in five...

20060123976 - System and method for video assisted music instrument collaboration over distance: A novel system and method of video assisted music instrument collaboration over distance. The system and method enable a musician to play a music instrument at one location and have the played music recreated by a music instrument at another location is provided. The system and method can be used...

20060123975 - Systems and methods for creating personalized or tailored compositions: Personalizing or tailoring techniques for creative compositions are provided. Methods and systems consistent with the present invention may create personalized or tailored audio and/or video compositions. Methods and systems consistent with the present invention may collect audio and/or visual tailoring requests from one individual or a plurality of individuals. The...

20060123979 - Method of synthesizing midi: There is provided a method of synthesizing a musical instrument digital interface (MIDI) having wave table support. The wave table sample information is modified based on the newly searched loop segment, the interval of the newly searched loop segment, and the fine tune data. Therefore, the size of the wave...

20060123980 - Music data processing apparatus and method: In a storage section, there are stored a plurality of music data sets of a given first format. Reproduction definition information defines reproducing order of a group of desired music data sets among the plurality of music data sets stored in the storage section. On the basis of the reproduction...

20060123981 - Method for fast compressing and decompressing music data and system for executing the same: MIDI compression and decompression methods that reduce the size of a standard MIDI file and maintains information to play the MIDI music. The exemplary method of the invention makes use of the high correlation and repetitions between a look-ahead MIDI event and previous set of MIDI events. An adjustable size...

20060123982 - Wearable sensor matrix system for machine control: A real-time controller of devices such as computers, synthesizers, and processors. It consists of a portable ergonomic body housing a configurable pressure sensitive array of sensors. Ideally suited as a MIDI controller, it may be used to control musical sounds, lighting systems, media viewers, or video games in a real-time...

20060112807 - Compact stringed musical instrument: A compact stringed musical instrument with sound chamber, neck, and strings, having a folded configuration, the neck being extended back over the sound chamber body much after the fashion of a swan's neck reaching back over its torso....

20060112808 - Metadata type fro media data format: A media data format is described, along with devices, methods, computer readable media and a propagating signal in relation to the media data format. The media data format comprises a music data portion defining a music track, and a metadata portion defining metadata associated with said music track. Said metadata...

20060112809 - Pedaling aid for handicapped musician: A pedaling aid is combined with an acoustic piano, and assists a physically handicapped person in performing a piece of music on the acoustic piano; the pedaling aid includes a human interface, a pedal actuator and a controller, and the pedal actuator is equipped with a locator and a coupling...

20060112810 - Ordering audio signals: A method for ordering a plurality of audio signals into a sequence comprising receiving (104) a user preference, analysing (108) the plurality of audio signals to extract inherent features and ordering (110), independently of user involvement, start into a sequence at least two of the plurality of audio signals based...

20060112812 - Method and apparatus for adapting original musical tracks for karaoke use: In one embodiment, the present invention is a method and apparatus for adapting original musical tracks for karaoke use. In one embodiment, an original musical track is separated into vocal elements and non-vocal elements. The vocal elements are aligned with corresponding text transcriptions (e.g., text-based lyrics), and the aligned text-based...

20060112811 - System and method for generating audio wavetables: A method includes receiving an audio signal and identifying one or more steady-state segments of the audio signal. The method also includes identifying at least one portion of the one or more segments that contains a specified frequency. Further, the method includes generating a wavetable using the at least one...

20060112813 - Music delivering apparatus and music reproducing apparatus: A music delivering apparatus includes a storing unit that stores musical data, a sound collecting unit that collects a voice from outside to output audio data, a reading unit that reads the musical data from the storing unit, a mixer that mixes the audio data with the musical data read...

20060112815 - Apparatus method for controlling midi velocity in response to a volume control setting: A system and method of non-proportionally adjusting hammer velocity in a player piano according to received note velocity information (i.e. in a MIDI stream) in response to volume level settings. The adjustments to the hammer (actuator) velocity are performed non-proportionally. Thus, the overall hammer strike velocity is reduced according to...

20060112814 - Midiwan: a system to enable geographically remote musicians to collaborate: A system is described to allow musicians to collaborate over a network such as the Internet....

20060112816 - Noise sensing bobbin-coil assembly for amplified stringed musical instrument pickups: A noise sensing bobbin-coil assembly for use in conjunction with a musical instrument pickup is disclosed. In particular, the bobbin of the bobbin-coil assembly is adapted to resist induced eddy currents thereby allowing a fewer number of coils to be used which in turn reduces undesirable interaction with the musical...