ATE303645T1 - ELECTRONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT CONTROLLED BY VOICE - Google Patents

ELECTRONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT CONTROLLED BY VOICE

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ATE303645T1
ATE303645T1 AT00936067T AT00936067T ATE303645T1 AT E303645 T1 ATE303645 T1 AT E303645T1 AT 00936067 T AT00936067 T AT 00936067T AT 00936067 T AT00936067 T AT 00936067T AT E303645 T1 ATE303645 T1 AT E303645T1
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voice
player
instrument
sound
loudness
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AT00936067T
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German (de)
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John W Jameson
Mark B Ring
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John W Jameson
Mark B Ring
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    • 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
    • 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
    • G10H3/125—Extracting or recognising the pitch or fundamental frequency of the picked up signal
    • 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
    • G10H5/00—Instruments in which the tones are generated by means of electronic generators
    • G10H5/005—Voice controlled instruments
    • 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
    • G10H2240/00—Data organisation or data communication aspects, specifically adapted for electrophonic musical tools or instruments
    • G10H2240/011—Files or data streams containing coded musical information, e.g. for transmission
    • G10H2240/046—File format, i.e. specific or non-standard musical file format used in or adapted for electrophonic musical instruments, e.g. in wavetables
    • G10H2240/056—MIDI or other note-oriented file format
    • 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
    • G10H2240/00—Data organisation or data communication aspects, specifically adapted for electrophonic musical tools or instruments
    • G10H2240/171—Transmission of musical instrument data, control or status information; Transmission, remote access or control of music data for electrophonic musical instruments
    • G10H2240/175—Transmission of musical instrument data, control or status information; Transmission, remote access or control of music data for electrophonic musical instruments for jam sessions or musical collaboration through a network, e.g. for composition, ensemble playing or repeating; Compensation of network or internet delays therefor
    • 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
    • G10H2240/00—Data organisation or data communication aspects, specifically adapted for electrophonic musical tools or instruments
    • G10H2240/171—Transmission of musical instrument data, control or status information; Transmission, remote access or control of music data for electrophonic musical instruments
    • G10H2240/201—Physical layer or hardware aspects of transmission to or from an electrophonic musical instrument, e.g. voltage levels, bit streams, code words or symbols over a physical link connecting network nodes or instruments
    • G10H2240/211—Wireless transmission, e.g. of music parameters or control data by radio, infrared or ultrasound
    • 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
    • G10H2240/00—Data organisation or data communication aspects, specifically adapted for electrophonic musical tools or instruments
    • G10H2240/171—Transmission of musical instrument data, control or status information; Transmission, remote access or control of music data for electrophonic musical instruments
    • G10H2240/281—Protocol or standard connector for transmission of analog or digital data to or from an electrophonic musical instrument
    • G10H2240/295—Packet switched network, e.g. token ring
    • G10H2240/305—Internet or TCP/IP protocol use for any electrophonic musical instrument data or musical parameter transmission purposes

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Acoustics & Sound (AREA)
  • Multimedia (AREA)
  • Electrophonic Musical Instruments (AREA)

Abstract

The invention is an electronic, voice-controlled musical instrument. It is in essence an electronic kazoo. The player hums into the mouthpiece, and the device imitates the sound of a musical instrument whose pitch and volume change in response to the player's voice. The player is given the impression of playing the actual instrument and controlling it intimately with the fine nuances of his voice. The instrument can in principle be any music-producing sound source: a trumpet, trombone, clarinet, flute, piano, electric guitar, voice, whistle, even a chorus of voices, <i>i.e.</i> virtually any source of sound. In its simplest configuration, the instrument resembles a kind of horn. However, the shape and appearance of the instrument can be fashioned by the manufacturer to match the sound of any traditional instrument, if desired; or its shape can be completely novel. The functional requirements of the invention's physical design are only: that it be hand-held; that it have a mouthpiece (5) where the player's voice enters; that it have one or more speakers (3) where the sound is produced; that it have a body (11) where the electronics and batteries are stored and where finger-actuated controls (1a, 1b) can be placed. Three primary software components of the invention are the frequency-detection module, the loudness-tracking module, and the note-attack module. The frequency-detection module (FDM) identifies the frequency of the player's voice. It does this by analyzing the incoming sound wave and finding patterns of recurring shapes. This method is a highly computationally efficient and novel combination of auto-correlation and zero-crossing- or peak-based pitch detection. The chosen instrument is synthesized at the pitch determined by the FDM or at an offset from that pitch as desired by the player. The loudness-tracking component measures the loudness of the player's voice, and this information is used then to set the volume of the synthesized sound. The not-attack module detects abrupt changes in the loudness of the player's voice. This component helps decide when the synthesized instrument should begin a new note.
AT00936067T 1999-05-20 2000-05-19 ELECTRONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT CONTROLLED BY VOICE ATE303645T1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US13501499P 1999-05-20 1999-05-20
PCT/US2000/013721 WO2000072303A1 (en) 1999-05-20 2000-05-19 Voice-controlled electronic musical instrument

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ATE303645T1 true ATE303645T1 (en) 2005-09-15

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EP (1) EP1183677B1 (en)
JP (1) JP2003500700A (en)
AT (1) ATE303645T1 (en)
AU (1) AU5143400A (en)
DE (1) DE60022343T2 (en)
WO (1) WO2000072303A1 (en)

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GB2392544A (en) * 2002-08-29 2004-03-03 Morgan Computing Ltd Device for creating note data
JP2005049439A (en) 2003-07-30 2005-02-24 Yamaha Corp Electronic musical instrument
JP4448378B2 (en) 2003-07-30 2010-04-07 ヤマハ株式会社 Electronic wind instrument
US9024168B2 (en) 2013-03-05 2015-05-05 Todd A. Peterson Electronic musical instrument
DE102013014443A1 (en) * 2013-09-02 2015-03-05 Michael Kraft Device for generating an electroacoustic switching converter signal by means of a user's voice

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EP1183677A1 (en) 2002-03-06
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DE60022343T2 (en) 2006-06-22
AU5143400A (en) 2000-12-12
WO2000072303A1 (en) 2000-11-30

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