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7612273 Electronic percussion instrument  
An electronic percussion instrument that detects vibrations due to a hit and outputs a corresponding signal where the head of the instrument is held in place independent of a rim part. The...
7589275 Electronic hi-hat cymbal  
An electronic hi-hat cymbal comprises a hi-hat having a strike detector, a pedal unit having a stepped degree detector, a waveform data memory for storing a plurality of electronic hi-hat sound...
7582822 Metronome and system for maintaining a common tempo among a plurality of musicians  
A method and apparatus provides metronomes capable of wireless synchronization with other similar metronomes. A metronome includes a tactile device capable of conveying the tempo and beat to a user...
7569758 Electronic percussion system and electronic percussion instrument incorporated therein  
An electronic drum system includes an electronic drum having a shell, a drum head stretched across an opening of the shell, a vibration sensor converting vibrations of the drum head to an electric...
7563977 Stringed musical instrument device  
A stringed musical instrument device that functions as a peripheral for a computer or computing device, whereby electronic transducers placed inside and/or outside the instrument convert the...
7555291 Mobile wireless communication terminals, systems, methods, and computer program products for providing a song play list  
A mobile wireless communication terminal includes a wireless communication module and a controller. The wireless communication module is configured to communicate with other communication terminals...
7547833 Key driving apparatus and keyboard musical instrument  
A key driving apparatus for driving a key may include, but is not limited to, a first elastically deformable unit. The first elastically deformable unit is configured to receive a first control...
7534954 Electric harp  
An electrified musical instrument having a pickup wire ( 30 ), multiple strings ( 6 ), and a frame, typically comprising a head ( 2 ), diagonal arm ( 24 ), front column ( 16 ), and rear column ( 18...
7498505 Storage medium storing breath blowing determining program, breath blowing determining apparatus, breath blowing determining method, storage medium storing game program, game apparatus, and game control method  
A game apparatus includes an operating switch and a microphone. A player operates a player object through intuition by the operating switch or inputting a sound. The number of zero crossings...
7459626 Apparatus and method for detecting displacement of a movable member of an electronic musical instrument  
An apparatus for detecting the displacement of a movable member of an electronic musical instrument. The apparatus has superior mechanical durability compared to displacement sensors of the past...
7427711 Particle based touch interaction for the creation of media streams  
Methods and apparatus for manipulating physical objects to produce sounds that are correlated with the feel of the objects being manipulated. Example devices called the PebbleBox, CrumbleBag and...
7394015 Pickup device for plucked string instrument and plucked string instrument  
A pickup device ( 11 ) sandwiched between strings ( 3 ) and a top ( 4 ) of a body in a plucked string instrument comprises: a saddle ( 16 ) transmitting vibrations of the strings ( 3 ) to the body;...
7378589 Portable rhythm sensible tool  
A sound determination unit previously divides sound into a low sound range for first sound, a middle sound range for second sound, and a high sound range for third sound by its frequency band. When...
7339106 Electric stringed musical instrument equipped with single vibration sensor provided inside of body  
An electric contrabass has a bridge structure on a body in which an inner space is defined, and the body is further formed with a slit under the bridge structure so that the lid of the body...
7323632 Percussion transducer  
A ring-shaped percussion transducer for converting a striking impact into a representative electrical pulse triggering signal is suitable for mounting on the center axis of a percussion instrument....
7297863 Electro-acoustically amplified drum mixer  
An electro-acoustically amplified drum mixer or sound level adjuster for amplifying a hollow drum shell having at least one open end, a drumhead spaced from the open end of the said drum shell and...
7294778 Percussion instrument, system, and method with closing position detection  
An electronic percussion instrument includes input means, correction information storage means, and musical tone generation means. The input means allows for vibration information, which expresses...
7294777 Electronic tone generation system and batons therefor  
An electronic tone generation system including a plurality of separate, portable, handheld transmitters, or batons, that are provided as “instruments” to one or more players. Each baton can be...
7285713 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...
7282633 Sound augmentation system and method for a drum  
A sound augmentation system for a drum comprises a wave generator for producing an electrical signal corresponding to a predetermined sound, an amplifier for amplifying the electrical signal to...
7276657 Maximized sound pickup switching apparatus for a string instrument having a plurality of sound pickups  
A sound pickup switching system for an electric string instrument which has at least two pickup coils and a multi-position selector switch, includes a switch matrix with a plurality of switches in...
7268290 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...
7259317 Pickup and base structure of a drum head  
This invention relates to a pickup and base structure of a drum head, in particular, a pickup applied to a mesh head or a hard drum head having the base thereof in a hollow L-shape, thereby...
7256342 Sound pickup device for percussion instrument  
A sound pickup device, which is arranged in proximity to a percussion instrument (e.g., a bass drum), comprises a diaphragm stretched under tension over an opening of a shell having a cylindrical...
7247789 Soundhole accessible musical instrument control platform  
A soundhole accessible musical instrument control platform mounted inside the body of a musical instrument requires no physical alterations to the instrument, allowing the user convenient and...
7214871 Transmitter for sound recording of an electric signal from an acoustic drum  
A transmitter for recording of an electric signal from an acoustic drum having a vibration-sensitive device for attachment to the drumhead and for acquisition of undulations which has one of the...
7199302 Transducer and method for forming a transducer  
Transducer for converting mechanical stress into electric signals, which transducer is composed of at least one electromechanical sheet ( 107,108 ) and is capable of converting mechanical stress...
7196261 Electronic percussion instrument for producing sound at intended loudness and electronic percussion system using the same  
An electronic drum includes a pad to be beaten with sticks, a circular piezoelectric converter for converting stress to an electric signal and a semi-circular filter element adhered at one surface...
7151216 Solid body electric guitar having the capability of producing acoustic guitar sound  
The invention is an electric guitar. In detail, the guitar includes a solid body and neck portions. A pressure sensor is mounted at the junction of the body and neck, the pressure sensor having the...
7138577 Stringed musical instrument equipped with pickup embedded in bridge and bridge used therein  
An electric acoustic violin is a combination of an acoustic violin and an electric system, and the electric system includes a pickup unit for converting the vibrations of the strings to an electric...
7135637 Apparatus and method for detecting performer's motion to interactively control performance of music or the like  
Performance interface system includes a motion detector provided for movement with a performer, and a control system for receiving detection data transmitted from the motion detector and...
7132597 Transducer for converting between mechanical vibration and electrical signal  
Transducer ( 100, 200, 300, 500, 600 ) for converting mechanical vibrations to an electrical signal and/or for converting an electrical signal to mechanical vibration. Damping liquid ( 122, 222,...
7019206 Musical tone control apparatus and sensing device for electronic musical instrument  
A sensing device is constructed by a sensor case which is attached to a bottom surface of a footwear (e.g., sole of a shoe) and which contains a piezoelectric sensor, a sensor fixing member, a disc...
6982376 Real drum trigger monitor and amplified tone module  
The real drum trigger monitor and amplified tone module is an electronic percussion instrument, satisfying the desire of drummers to have realistic electronic drums with the audible drum sound...
6867361 System and method for generating tone in response to movement of portable terminal  
Operation terminal capable of being carried by a user or human operator is, for example, in the form of a bar or shoe, and detection is made of a movement trajectory of the operation terminal on...
6852919 Extensions and generalizations of the pedal steel guitar  
Extensions and generalizations are made to the pedal steel guitar. Separate transducers provided to each string permit fixed or variable pitch and timbre modifications determined by stored program...
6838610 Arrangement of a rhythmic apparatus with a vehicle sound apparatus, rhythmic accompaniment method and electronic transducer  
The present invention relates to an arrangement of a rhythmic apparatus with a vehicle sound apparatus that generates a first audio signal. The arrangement comprises an electronic module and an...
6815602 Electronic percussion instrument with impact position-dependent variable resistive switch  
Surface impact position and/or intensity of an impact on a drum are detected and used to generate different sounds, lights and other special effects.
6784352 Drumhead and muting structure for acoustic and electronic percussion instruments  
An acoustic drum or electronic percussion instrument is constructed by a drumhead corresponding to a punching sheet on which plenty of apertures are formed and a cylinder covered with the drumhead...
6677514 Coaxial musical instrument transducer  
A transducer for a stringed musical instrument utilizes a coaxial structure. An electromechanical film tape is disposed about an inner, electrically conductive core. An outer conductor is formed...
6627808 Acoustic modeling apparatus and method  
An apparatus and method for modeling an acoustic sound in an electric stringed musical instrument is provided. A preferred embodiment, among others, includes a bridge sensor configured to sensing...
6605771 Pickup assembly for musical instrument  
A pickup assembly for a stringed instrument comprises an elongated beam with slits that create gaps within the beam. Sensors are positioned over the slits and measure changes in dimensions of the...
6255568 Saddle for an electro-acoustic stringed instrument  
A saddle for an electro-acoustic stringed instrument is provided having a string supporting member supported by a plurality of pillars. The pillars have bases and are separated from each other by...
6248947 Transducer for musical instruments  
A transducer for musical instruments formed as a sandwich structure that utilizes a length of polarized fluoropolymer polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) film folded over itself to form a U-shape over a...
6172289 Drum head having auxiliary sound producing devices  
A drum head for a drum made of a natural and/or synthetic material or composite material which is designed to be attached to a drum head rim. The drum head includes a one or more sound producing...
6111184 Interchangeable pickup, electric stringed instrument and system for an electric stringed musical instrument  
A generally rectangular shaped universal pickup cradle (50, 154 or 156 ) for an electric musical stringed instrument (20 or 150) allows a plurality of different pickups (50, 154, 156) to be...
6075198 Solid body instrument transducer  
The present invention is a rigid, solid bodied stringed instrument having an electrical pickup embedded in at least one predetermined position within the stringed instruments solid body to pick up...
6075197 Apparatus and method for providing interactive drum lessons  
An interactive drum set includes a storage device for storing data representing sounds of a plurality of background music styles, sounds of a plurality of drum beat sequences, and sounds of a...
6031176 Electronic percussion instrument with tone color controlling system using a pad sensor and a rim sensor  
An electronic percussion instrument includes a pad section and a rim section provided about the pad section. A pad sensor is provided in the pad section to output a signal in response to a force...
5977473 Acoustic drum with shell wall embedded electronic trigger sensor and head to shell sound transfer arm  
An acoustic drum capable of triggering an electronic sound source is provided by a combination of a drum body shell, conventional drum heads held at adjustable tension across open ends of the...
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