WO2004111992A3 - A player technique control system for a stringed instrument and method of playing the instrument - Google Patents

A player technique control system for a stringed instrument and method of playing the instrument Download PDF

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WO2004111992A3
WO2004111992A3 PCT/US2004/018072 US2004018072W WO2004111992A3 WO 2004111992 A3 WO2004111992 A3 WO 2004111992A3 US 2004018072 W US2004018072 W US 2004018072W WO 2004111992 A3 WO2004111992 A3 WO 2004111992A3
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Priority to CA002523955A priority patent/CA2523955A1/en
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Priority to US12/708,234 priority patent/US20100275761A1/en
Priority to US12/772,440 priority patent/US8450593B2/en
Priority to US13/901,865 priority patent/US9117428B2/en

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    • G10H3/12—Instruments in which the tones are generated by electromechanical means using mechanical resonant generators, e.g. strings or percussive instruments, the tones of which are picked up by electromechanical transducers, the electrical signals being further manipulated or amplified and subsequently converted to sound by a loudspeaker or equivalent instrument
    • G10H3/14—Instruments in which the tones are generated by electromechanical means using mechanical resonant generators, e.g. strings or percussive instruments, the tones of which are picked up by electromechanical transducers, the electrical signals being further manipulated or amplified and subsequently converted to sound by a loudspeaker or equivalent instrument using mechanically actuated vibrators with pick-up means
    • G10H3/143—Instruments in which the tones are generated by electromechanical means using mechanical resonant generators, e.g. strings or percussive instruments, the tones of which are picked up by electromechanical transducers, the electrical signals being further manipulated or amplified and subsequently converted to sound by a loudspeaker or equivalent instrument using mechanically actuated vibrators with pick-up means characterised by the use of a piezoelectric or magneto-strictive transducer
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    • G10H3/12—Instruments in which the tones are generated by electromechanical means using mechanical resonant generators, e.g. strings or percussive instruments, the tones of which are picked up by electromechanical transducers, the electrical signals being further manipulated or amplified and subsequently converted to sound by a loudspeaker or equivalent instrument
    • G10H3/125—Extracting or recognising the pitch or fundamental frequency of the picked up signal
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    • G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
    • G10H—ELECTROPHONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; INSTRUMENTS IN WHICH THE TONES ARE GENERATED BY ELECTROMECHANICAL MEANS OR ELECTRONIC GENERATORS, OR IN WHICH THE TONES ARE SYNTHESISED FROM A DATA STORE
    • G10H3/00—Instruments in which the tones are generated by electromechanical means
    • G10H3/12—Instruments in which the tones are generated by electromechanical means using mechanical resonant generators, e.g. strings or percussive instruments, the tones of which are picked up by electromechanical transducers, the electrical signals being further manipulated or amplified and subsequently converted to sound by a loudspeaker or equivalent instrument
    • G10H3/24—Instruments in which the tones are generated by electromechanical means using mechanical resonant generators, e.g. strings or percussive instruments, the tones of which are picked up by electromechanical transducers, the electrical signals being further manipulated or amplified and subsequently converted to sound by a loudspeaker or equivalent instrument incorporating feedback means, e.g. acoustic
    • G10H3/26—Instruments in which the tones are generated by electromechanical means using mechanical resonant generators, e.g. strings or percussive instruments, the tones of which are picked up by electromechanical transducers, the electrical signals being further manipulated or amplified and subsequently converted to sound by a loudspeaker or equivalent instrument incorporating feedback means, e.g. acoustic using electric feedback
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
    • G10H—ELECTROPHONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; INSTRUMENTS IN WHICH THE TONES ARE GENERATED BY ELECTROMECHANICAL MEANS OR ELECTRONIC GENERATORS, OR IN WHICH THE TONES ARE SYNTHESISED FROM A DATA STORE
    • G10H2210/00—Aspects or methods of musical processing having intrinsic musical character, i.e. involving musical theory or musical parameters or relying on musical knowledge, as applied in electrophonic musical tools or instruments
    • G10H2210/155—Musical effects
    • G10H2210/195—Modulation effects, i.e. smooth non-discontinuous variations over a time interval, e.g. within a note, melody or musical transition, of any sound parameter, e.g. amplitude, pitch, spectral response, playback speed
    • G10H2210/201—Vibrato, i.e. rapid, repetitive and smooth variation of amplitude, pitch or timbre within a note or chord
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    • G10H2210/00—Aspects or methods of musical processing having intrinsic musical character, i.e. involving musical theory or musical parameters or relying on musical knowledge, as applied in electrophonic musical tools or instruments
    • G10H2210/155—Musical effects
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    • G10H2210/221—Glissando, i.e. pitch smoothly sliding from one note to another, e.g. gliss, glide, slide, bend, smear, sweep
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    • G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
    • G10H—ELECTROPHONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; INSTRUMENTS IN WHICH THE TONES ARE GENERATED BY ELECTROMECHANICAL MEANS OR ELECTRONIC GENERATORS, OR IN WHICH THE TONES ARE SYNTHESISED FROM A DATA STORE
    • G10H2220/00—Input/output interfacing specifically adapted for electrophonic musical tools or instruments
    • G10H2220/461—Transducers, i.e. details, positioning or use of assemblies to detect and convert mechanical vibrations or mechanical strains into an electrical signal, e.g. audio, trigger or control signal
    • G10H2220/505—Dual coil electrodynamic string transducer, e.g. for humbucking, to cancel out parasitic magnetic fields
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
    • G10H—ELECTROPHONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; INSTRUMENTS IN WHICH THE TONES ARE GENERATED BY ELECTROMECHANICAL MEANS OR ELECTRONIC GENERATORS, OR IN WHICH THE TONES ARE SYNTHESISED FROM A DATA STORE
    • G10H2250/00—Aspects of algorithms or signal processing methods without intrinsic musical character, yet specifically adapted for or used in electrophonic musical processing
    • G10H2250/131—Mathematical functions for musical analysis, processing, synthesis or composition
    • G10H2250/215—Transforms, i.e. mathematical transforms into domains appropriate for musical signal processing, coding or compression
    • G10H2250/235—Fourier transform; Discrete Fourier Transform [DFT]; Fast Fourier Transform [FFT]

Abstract

A system for producing music from a stringed musical instrument includes a sensor/actuating transducer (16) arrangement coupled to each or all of one or a plurality of the tensioned strings (12) and supervisory system (30) that governs one or more motion controllers (20) associated with the transducer (16) to affect the string vibration through at least one actuator transducer (16) coupled to the string(s) (12) in accordance with technique commands issued by the player of the instrument, the technique commands being recognized by processes in the supervisor (30) from among characteristics of signal features extracted by further processes continuously analyzing the motional behavior of one or more strings.
PCT/US2004/018072 2003-06-09 2004-06-08 A player technique control system for a stringed instrument and method of playing the instrument WO2004111992A2 (en)

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US10/554,480 US7667131B2 (en) 2003-06-09 2004-06-08 Player technique control system for a stringed instrument and method of playing the instrument
EP04754628A EP1642262A4 (en) 2003-06-09 2004-06-08 A player technique control system for a stringed instrument and method of playing the instrument
AU2004248601A AU2004248601A1 (en) 2003-06-09 2004-06-08 A player technique control system for a stringed instrument and method of playing the instrument
CA002523955A CA2523955A1 (en) 2003-06-09 2004-06-08 A player technique control system for a stringed instrument and method of playing the instrument
US12/708,234 US20100275761A1 (en) 2003-06-09 2010-02-18 Player Technique Control System for a Stringed Instrument and Method of Playing the Instrument
US12/772,440 US8450593B2 (en) 2003-06-09 2010-05-03 Stringed instrument with active string termination motion control
US13/901,865 US9117428B2 (en) 2003-06-09 2013-05-24 Stringed instrument with active string termination motion control

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US12/708,234 Continuation US20100275761A1 (en) 2003-06-09 2010-02-18 Player Technique Control System for a Stringed Instrument and Method of Playing the Instrument

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