Music inventions 05/07

20070119287 - Heated air horn: A heated air horn is provided in which heat is applied to the base of the bell by a cylindrical heating element incorporated into the base of the bell in a manner which does not harm the acoustics of the horn.... Agent: Oyen, Wiggs, Green & Mutala LLP 480 - The Station

20070119288 - Music-piece retrieval and playback apparatus, and related method: Impression words express impressions about music pieces and are separated into groups called impression axes. Impression words in each of the impression axes have meanings mutually related with each other. There is a correspondence among the impression words, the impression axes, and the music pieces. One is designated among the... Agent: Louis Woo Law Office Of Louis Woo

20070119289 - Musical sound generation device: The musical tone generating apparatus is composed of a master sound source 1000, which comprises a mode switching means 101, an accumulator 102, an upper-address processing means 103, an address memory for a second sound source 104, an address-switching output means 105, a waveform data register 106, a sample buffer... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070119290 - System for using audio samples in an audio bank: A sound performance system configured to control one or more sound generating devices includes at least one audio bank containing digitized audio representing a single note of an instrument. The bank includes a plurality of audio sub-files, where each sub-file corresponds to variations of the single note. Also included is... Agent: Eric D. Cohen

20070119291 - Musical performance training device and recording medium for storing musical performance training program: In a musical performance training device according to the present invention, song data indicating each sound composing a song and including a step that indicates a training mode (self-running mode or wait mode) for each sound is read. When the read song data is in self-running mode, the reading of... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070119292 - Apparatus for automatically starting add-on progression to run with inputted music, and computer program therefor: As a player inputs a performance of a music piece by playing a musical instrument or singing a song, an add-on apparatus automatically starts an add-on progression such as an accompaniment to the music piece, a score and word display of the music piece and a picture display for the... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20070119293 - Balloon instrument and method of making same: A device capable of responding to an outside stimulus is disclosed. The device includes a volume at least partially defined by the device with conductive circuitry electrically coupled to the volume. This conductive circuitry suitable for conducting an electrical charge accumulated on the volume in response to the outside stimulus.... Agent: Karen B. Tripp, Attorney At Law

20070119294 - Tactile metronome: A tactile metronome for use by a musician generally includes a signal generator for producing an electrical signal according to a desired timing scheme and a tactile transducer in electrical communication with the signal generator. The tactile transducer, which may take the form of a piezoelectric device, a buzzer, electrodes... Agent: Eric W. Cemyar Gunn & Lee, P.C.

20070113719 - Sound box for floor-standing string instrument: A sound box for floor-standing string instrument includes a resonance box being provided on a top surface with at least one recess for receiving a spike below the string instrument therein, and an opening extended through the top surface of the resonance box; and a pad attached to a bottom... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20070113720 - Stringed instrument fretboard for use with light-system: A fingerboard (or fretboard) for use with a stringed instrument and light-system is disclosed and has a bottom surface adapted to mate or be attached to a neck of the instrument, and has wells extending from the bottom surface toward, but not through, a top surface. The wells are sized... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070113721 - Colored polymer musical instrument mouthpiece: A mouthpiece for a brass wind musical instrument is composed solely of a colored polymer material. Its size and shape may be determined by computer coordinate measurements from a conventional metal mouthpiece. The color is chosen to suit the particular purpose of the musician playing the instrument, such as to... Agent: Ryan Kromholz & Manion, S.c.

20070113722 - Adjustable drum pedal assembly: An adjustable drum pedal assembly has a rotated shaft, a drive device and a chain. The rotated shaft has a fixed bracket formed on the rotated shaft and has a screwed hole. The drive device is mounted on the rotated shaft and has a base, a combining element, a bolt... Agent: The Maxham Firm

20070113723 - Music content using apparatus, method of controlling the apparatus, and computer-readable medium storing program for implementing the method: A music content using apparatus which is capable of offering a low-power, easy-to-see, and easy-on-the-eyes display while protecting music contents by copyright. Music content data provided by a music content providing apparatus is received and temporarily stored in a buffer and supplied to electronic paper. The electronic paper is caused... Agent: Morrison & Foerster, LLP

20070113724 - Method, medium, and system summarizing music content: Embodiments of the present invention relate to a method, medium, and system for summarizing music. The method includes summarizing a music content by extracting an audio feature value from a compressed segment of music data, tracking change points of the music content using the extracted audio feature value and re-configuring... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070113725 - Algorithm for providing music to influence a user's exercise performance: Aspects of the invention use music to influence a person's performance in a physical workout. A computing device receives and analyzes data indicating current physiology and movement of the user in order to provide a music piece that will influence the user to speed up, slow down, or maintain current... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20070113726 - Using music to influence a person's exercise performance: Aspects of the invention use music to influence a person's performance in a physical workout. A computing device receives and analyzes data indicating current physiology and movement of the user in order to provide a music piece that will influence the user to speed up, slow down, or maintain current... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20070113727 - Wireless microphone communication system: A wireless microphone communication system 1 comprises one or more controllers 21 to 24 having LAN interfaces, one or more receivers 11 to 18 having the LAN interfaces and being configured to receive a radio wave from a transmitter of a wireless microphone. The one or more receivers 11 to... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20070113728 - Method and apparatus for playing in synchronism with a digital audio file an automated musical instrument: The invention disclosed is a system for playing a music sequence such as a MIDI file in synchronization with a prerecorded digital audio data file, such as an MP3 file. The synchronization is accomplished by using the digital media sample rate as a common time base for progression of the... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20070107579 - String instrument: A stringed musical instrument such as a guitar includes an easily accessible adjustment member that allows the user to change the vertical height of the instrument's neck without affecting the angle of the neck relative to the guitar body. This invention allows the user to quickly adjust the action of... Agent: Joseph L. Spiegel, Esq. Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti P.C.

20070107580 - Friction torque capo: A friction capo includes a first hinged arm and a second hinged arm coupled together by a friction hinge. The friction hinge includes a rotatable shaft and a friction element mounted on the shaft. The first hinged arm is coupled to the shaft and the second hinged arm is coupled... Agent: Dicke, Billig & Czaja, P.l.l.c.

20070107581 - Method and system for increasing musician comfort: The invention is a method and system for increasing the comfort of musicians as they play an instrument. In one aspect, the invention relates to facilitating in the correction positioning of a musical instrument. In particular, the invention relates to supporting a banjo. In another aspect of improving comfort, the... Agent: Mr. Greg Allen

20070107582 - Dual foot pedals for a bass drum: A dual foot pedal system operates on a bass drum with a beat having a different rhythm. The first foot pedal operates on the drum by a direct transmission from the pedal to the surface of the drum. The second foot pedal has a mechanism thereon that changes the relative... Agent: Curt A. Hauck

20070107583 - Method and apparatus for composing and performing music: The present invention is method and apparatus for music performance and composition. More specifically, the present invention is an interactive music apparatus comprising actuating a signal that is transmitted to a processing computer that transmits output signals to a speaker that emits sound and an output component that performs an... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070107584 - Method and apparatus for classifying mood of music at high speed: A method and apparatus for classifying mood of music at high speed. The method includes: extracting a Modified Discrete Cosine Transformation-based timbre feature from a compressed domain of a music file; extracting a Modified Discrete Cosine Transformation-based tempo feature from the compressed domain of the music file; and classifying the... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070107585 - Music production system: A music production system is presented that includes a music module to access computer software applications and produce music compositions. The system in a first mode records and corrects the pitch of a tune, typically a tune sung by a user at a microphone. The user may produce additional tracks... Agent: Kolisch Hartwell, P.C.

20070107586 - Means and methods of sound synthesizing: A method of sound synthesizing in which characteristics of a plurality of harmonics of a sampled sound are first absorbed into a wave-table so that a sound can be synthesized from a reduced number of harmonic envelops for efficient processing while preserving fidelity. This method is particularly good for synthesizing... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070107587 - Percussion instrument using touch switch: Percussion instrument using touch switch. Electric current flows by touching conducting pad with conducting stick. The microcontroller in main portion detects the said electronic current and recognizes which pad is hit by which stick to generate the sound of drum of hit pad. The stick portion may further contain vibration... Agent: Ipla P.A.

20070101852 - Grand piano action mechanism: An action mechanism of a mechanical piano including a wippen accommodated on a wippen rail, a repetition lever with a flange, a jack, a hammer, and a pair of permanent magnets arranged so as to repel each other. The first magnet is attached to the wippen and the second magnet... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070101853 - Method of applying a graphic design to a guitar: A method for application of a custom image or graphic to a substrate or surface. The process is specifically designed for use on guitars. Once a graphic is applied to the surface, the process integrates the graphic with the surface, which results in the graphic being indistinguishable from the surface.... Agent: Ryan Kromholz & Manion, S.c.

20070101854 - Tone output device and integrated circuit for tone output: In a tone output device 100, an oscillator 102 outputs a clock 141 that is emitted by a crystal resonator. A multiplication circuit 103 outputs a clock 142 that is generated by multiplying the clock 141. A timing control circuit 104 outputs a timing signal 150 generated based on the... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070095192 - Apparatus for coupling strings to the body of a stringed instrument and related methods: An apparatus and method are provided for coupling strings to the body of a musical instrument and adjusting such strings. In one embodiment, a base is provided and one or more adjustment assemblies are disposed on a surface of the base including a first structure disposed on the surface of... Agent: Trask Britt

20070095193 - Percussion instruments carrier assembly with changeable skins: A cosmetic skin covering for a musical instrument carrier is disclosed. The cosmetic covering provides the advantages of allowing carriers to be fabricated in only one color, and prior to shipment applying the cosmetic skin to the external surface to provide customization for each consumer. Some bands may have carriers... Agent: Buhler Associates Buhler, Kirk A.

20070095194 - Accessories or actuating elements for, or components of, musical instruments: The invention relates to accessory and component and actuating parts, respectively, for and of musical instruments, respectively. According to the invention, it is provided that the parts are formed at least partially, preferably entirely, from titanium or a titanium alloy GRADE 5, preferably TiAl6V4, or from a titanium alloy of... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070095195 - Low power audio processing circuitry for a musical instrument: In accordance with the teachings described herein, a low power audio processing circuitry is provided. A first converter may be used to convert a received audio signal into a digital input signal. A programmable audio processor may be used to receive audio processing algorithms from an external data port and... Agent: Joseph M. Sauer, Esq. Jones Day

20070095196 - Scale practice device: Provided is a small scale practice device, which is capable of displaying tuning results that are exact and highly-responsive and information on a tempo with good visibility, and being attached to a musical instrument. A scale practice device is fixed to a musical instrument, a tone generated by the musical... Agent: Bruce L. Adams, Esq.

20070095197 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method and program: Disclosed herein is an information processing apparatus which arithmetically operates a characteristic amount of content data, including: first arithmetic operation means for using a low level characteristic amount extraction expression to arithmetically operate the low level characteristic amount; second arithmetic operation means for using a high level characteristic amount extraction... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP