US5602356A
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Electronic musical instrument with sampling and comparison of performance data
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1994-04-05
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Granted: 1997-02-11
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Expires: 2014-04-05
Abstract
Abstract A music system including a musical instrument, such as a keyboard strummer, in which the musical notes produced by the playing of the instrument are controlled by musical assistance data mapped unto the instrument keys and strum vanes from tracks specially prepared and synchronized with a prior performance of the piece. Modified mass media, such as CD ROM, TV signals and video cassettes are provided including synchronized note assist data and additional media, such as ROM packs or tone encoded audio cassettes or CDs, are provided with synchronizable note assist data for use with unmodified mass media.
Inventors
- 👤 Bernard Mohrbacher
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 07:14
CPC Classifications
G; G10; G10H; G10H1/00; G10H1/02; G10H1/04; G10H1/053; G10H1/055; G10H1/0558; G10H1/0008; G10H1/0033; G10H1/0041; G10H1/0058; G10H1/0066; G10H1/32; G10H1/34; G10H1/342; G10H2240/00; G10H2240/325
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
68 words
An electronic musical instrument, comprising: memory means for storing data related to pre-recorded music; Sampling means for deriving samples from a performance of the pre-recorded music; comparison means for comparing said samples to a portion of said data to synchronize said data with said performance; and means responsive to said data and to playing by a musician during said performance to produce music related to the pre-recorded music.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
68 words
An electronic musical instrument, comprising: memory means for storing data related to pre-recorded music; Sampling means for deriving samples from a performance of the pre-recorded music; comparison means for comparing said samples to a portion of said data to synchronize said data with said performance; and means responsive to said data and to playing by a musician during said performance to produce music related to the pre-recorded music.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
34 words
The invention of claim 1 wherein, the sampling means further comprises: averaging means for deriving an average value of said samples; and normalization means for normalizing each sample in accordance with said average value.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
56 words
The invention of claim 2, wherein said comparison means operates upon a subset of said samples and further comprises: means for deriving a plurality of subsets of said samples by removing a fixed number of samples from the beginning of first subset and adding said fixed number of samples after the end of said first subset.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
59 words
The invention of claim 1, wherein the comparison means further comprises: least squares means for deriving the sum of the squares of the differences between portion of the data and the amplitude of each of the samples of each of the plurality of subsets of samples to determine the subset of samples having a predetermined correlation to the data.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
94 words
A method for assisting a musician to produce music related to pre-recorded music, comprising the steps of: providing a performance of the pre-recorded music to the musician; comparing at least a first and a second subset of samples of the performance to samples of the pre-recorded music to determine a correlation therebetween; providing data related to the pre-recorded music, said providing being synchronized with the performance in response to said comparing; and producing music in response to actions of the musician in accordance with the data being provided at the time of said actions.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
94 words
A method for assisting a musician to produce music related to pre-recorded music, comprising the steps of: providing a performance of the pre-recorded music to the musician; comparing at least a first and a second subset of samples of the performance to samples of the pre-recorded music to determine a correlation therebetween; providing data related to the pre-recorded music, said providing being synchronized with the performance in response to said comparing; and producing music in response to actions of the musician in accordance with the data being provided at the time of said actions.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
42 words
The invention of claim 5, wherein the step of comparing further comprises the steps of: deriving an average value of the first subset of said samples; and normalizing each sample in said first subset of samples in accordance with said average value.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
49 words
The invention of claim 6, wherein the step of sampling further comprises the steps of: deriving the second subset of samples by removing a fixed number of samples from the beginning of said first subset and adding said fixed number of samples after the end of said first subset.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
47 words
The invention of claim 5, wherein the step of comparing further comprises the step of: deriving the sum of the squares of the differences between selected amplitudes in the data and the amplitudes of each of the samples of each of the plurality of subsets of samples.
Claim 11
Independent Claim
178 words
A method for assisting a musician to produce a musical rendition related to pre-recorded music, comprising the steps of: recording one or more tracks of note assist data synchronized to a studio performance of the pre-recorded music, each track of note assist data representing a musical component of the original music; deriving a master sampling interval of samples of a beginning portion of the pre-recorded music; deriving performance samples of a beginning portion of a session performance of the pre-recorded music; forming a series of sequential performance sampling intervals from subsets of the performance samples; comparing each performance sampling interval to the master sampling interval to determine the correlation therebetween; synchronizing the note assist data with the session performance in accordance with the correlation; producing key signals in response to musical instrument actuation by the musician during the session performance of the pre-recorded music; and producing a rendition related to the pre-recorded music in response to the key signals modified by the note assist data provided at the time of the actuation that produced each such key signal.
Claim 12
Independent Claim
178 words
A method for assisting a musician to produce a musical rendition related to pre-recorded music, comprising the steps of: recording one or more tracks of note assist data synchronized to a studio performance of the pre-recorded music, each track of note assist data representing a musical component of the original music; deriving a master sampling interval of samples of a beginning portion of the pre-recorded music; deriving performance samples of a beginning portion of a session performance of the pre-recorded music; forming a series of sequential performance sampling intervals from subsets of the performance samples; comparing each performance sampling interval to the master sampling interval to determine the correlation therebetween; synchronizing the note assist data with the session performance in accordance with the correlation; producing key signals in response to musical instrument actuation by the musician during the session performance of the pre-recorded music; and producing a rendition related to the pre-recorded music in response to the key signals modified by the note assist data provided at the time of the actuation that produced each such key signal.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
70 words
The invention of claim 9, further comprising the steps of: dividing the amplitudes of the samples in the master sampling interval by a factor related to an average of the amplitudes of the samples in the master sampling interval; and dividing the amplitudes of the samples in each performance sampling interval by a factor related to an average of the amplitudes of the samples in each such performance sampling interval.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
128 words
The invention of claim 10, wherein the step of comparing further comprises: comparing each performance sample of a first one of the series of performance sampling intervals to a corresponding and subsequent master sample in the master sampling interval to determine if the amplitude of said performance sample is between the amplitudes of said corresponding and subsequent master samples; and determining the sum of the squares of the differences in amplitude between each performance sample not between the amplitudes of said corresponding and subsequent master samples, and the nearest amplitude for each such performance sampling interval which is between the amplitudes of said corresponding and subsequent master samples until said sum is sufficiently low to indicate a match between said performance sampling interval and said master sampling interval.
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