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US-2017294177-A1 · Oct 12, 2017 · US
Synthetic multi-string musical instrument with score coded performance effect cues and/or chord sounding gesture capture
US9035162B2 · US · B2
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Publication number | US-9035162-B2 |
| Application number | US-201213715920-A |
| Country | US |
| Kind code | B2 |
| Filing date | Dec 14, 2012 |
| Priority date | Dec 14, 2011 |
| Publication date | May 19, 2015 |
| Grant date | May 19, 2015 |
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A synthetic multi-string musical instrument captures a stream of expressive gestures indicated on a multi-touch sensitive display for note/chord soundings and associated performance effects and embellishments. Visual cues in accord with a musical score may be revealed/advanced at a current performance tempo, but it is the user's gestures that actually drive the audible performance rendering via digital synthesis. Opportunities for user expression (or variance from score) include onset and duration of note soundings, tempo changes, as well as uncued string bend effects, vibrato, etc. Gesturing mechanism are provide to allow user musicians to sound chords without having to register precisely accurate multi-touch screen contacts. This can be especially helpful for mobile phone, media player and game controller embodiments, where there is generally limited real-estate to display six (6) or more strings, and user fingers are generally too fat to precisely contact such strings.
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What is claimed is: 1. A method of providing a synthetic instance of a multi-string musical instrument using a portable computing device, the method comprising: capturing chord sounding gestures indicated by a user on a multi-touch sensitive display of the portable computing device, wherein the captured chord sounding gestures include, for particular and respective chords so gestured, contact by multiple fingers of the user's hand and wherein the captured chord sounding gestures a…
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- What does patent US9035162B2 cover?
- A synthetic multi-string musical instrument captures a stream of expressive gestures indicated on a multi-touch sensitive display for note/chord soundings and associated performance effects and embellishments. Visual cues in accord with a musical score may be revealed/advanced at a current performance tempo, but it is the user's gestures that actually drive the audible performance rendering via…
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- Smule Inc
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- Primary CPC classification G10H1/0033. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
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- Publication date Tue May 19 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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