Classifications

• • 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
  • G10H1/00—Details of electrophonic musical instruments
  • G10H1/0008—Associated control or indicating means
  • G10H1/0016—Means for indicating which keys, frets or strings are to be actuated, e.g. using lights or leds
• • G—PHYSICS
  • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
  • G09B—EDUCATIONAL OR DEMONSTRATION APPLIANCES; APPLIANCES FOR TEACHING, OR COMMUNICATING WITH, THE BLIND, DEAF OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; DIAGRAMS
  • G09B15/00—Teaching music
  • G09B15/02—Boards or like means for providing an indication of notes
• • G—PHYSICS
  • G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
  • G10G—REPRESENTATION OF MUSIC; RECORDING MUSIC IN NOTATION FORM; ACCESSORIES FOR MUSIC OR MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, e.g. SUPPORTS
  • G10G1/00—Means for the representation of music
• • 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
  • G10H1/00—Details of electrophonic musical instruments
  • G10H1/0033—Recording/reproducing or transmission of music for electrophonic musical instruments
  • G10H1/0041—Recording/reproducing or transmission of music for electrophonic musical instruments in coded form
  • G10H1/0058—Transmission between separate instruments or between individual components of a musical system
  • G10H1/0066—Transmission between separate instruments or between individual components of a musical system using a MIDI interface
• • 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
  • G10H1/00—Details of electrophonic musical instruments
  • G10H1/32—Constructional details
  • G10H1/34—Switch arrangements, e.g. keyboards or mechanical switches specially adapted for electrophonic musical 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
  • G10H2220/00—Input/output interfacing specifically adapted for electrophonic musical tools or instruments
  • G10H2220/005—Non-interactive screen display of musical or status data
  • G10H2220/015—Musical staff, tablature or score displays, e.g. for score reading during a performance
• • 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
  • G10H2220/00—Input/output interfacing specifically adapted for electrophonic musical tools or instruments
  • G10H2220/021—Indicator, i.e. non-screen output user interfacing, e.g. visual or tactile instrument status or guidance information using lights, LEDs or seven segments displays
  • G10H2220/026—Indicator, i.e. non-screen output user interfacing, e.g. visual or tactile instrument status or guidance information using lights, LEDs or seven segments displays associated with a key or other user input device, e.g. key indicator lights

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a musical controller, that is to say a device of the type that incorporates a series of keys that allow data to be entered into a computer or digital device, and which can be used through said devices as musical instruments.
• these keys can operate a percussion instrument, strings or wind.
• the object of the invention is to provide a device with an independent interface of the wide and varied type of instruments that can be simulated through the controller, so that it presents a pentagram aspect, by means of which the sound can be related to the traditional writing in staff.
• controllers intended to connect to a computer or digital device, which allow to generate sounds from the keystrokes, which by means of electrical signals are interpreted by the aforementioned digital devices to emit the corresponding sound by means of the corresponding audio circuit.
• controllers have a configuration that resembles a traditional music instrument, such as a piano keyboard, a guitar, wind instruments, etc., so that, although they could be used to digitally generate multiple sounds musical instruments, the usual thing is that they are only used to reproduce the sounds of the musical instrument to which its external configuration corresponds.
• the musical controller that the invention proposes solves in a fully satisfactory way the above-mentioned problem, providing a pentagram-like interface, by means of which the sounds to be generated can be related to the traditional writing in staff.
• the device that is recommended is part of a housing, on which the twelve musical chromatic notes are represented in independent spaces that correspond to those of the musical writing in a standard stave.
• Each note is assigned three sensors or pushbuttons, so that these sensors detect the pulsation of the corresponding natural, sustained or flat, (or double sustained or double flat or becuadro note if the note is altered in the armor) and through a control circuit activates a warning light associated with said note, as well as the corresponding electrical signal is generated to generate the sound corresponding to an external audio circuit, or by connecting the device to an external audio circuit.
• sensors or pushbuttons detect the pulsation of the corresponding natural, sustained or flat, (or double sustained or double flat or becuadro note if the note is altered in the armor) and through a control circuit activates a warning light associated with said note, as well as the corresponding electrical signal is generated to generate the sound corresponding to an external audio circuit, or by connecting the device to an external audio circuit.
• the device has an M. LD input. I. associated with its control circuit, so that by connecting it to a computer or any other similar device that generates signals of this type, the musical notes of the input audio signal can be analyzed, by lighting the corresponding witnesses luminaires established on the corresponding staff, which allows the device to be an extremely effective pedagogical application, allowing each of the musical notes to be analyzed in real time.
• the device proposed by the invention incorporates all the features of an M. LD keyboard or instrument. I. conventional, adding the possibility of representing musical notes both visually and acoustically through a pentagram, in real time.
• sensors or pushbuttons could be replaced by an equivalent solution, such as the inclusion of a touch screen that groups all of them, or hammer-press for string or percussion instruments, or valves for instruments wind.
• the music controller that is recommended is constituted from a housing (1), of a flattened, cylindrical configuration or in another suitable way, in which a control circuit is established, not shown in the figure, electrically powered either by batteries or by an outlet (2) of connection to the electrical distribution network, control circuit to which a series of sensors or pushbuttons are associated, which are arranged on the surface of said housing (1), in three alignments.
• a first row of sensors (3) corresponds to the natural notes (or altered if they were in the armor), for which a pentagram (4) will be represented on said housing, each sensor or button (3) being established according to the possible annotations that can be done on the said staff.
• a second alignment of sensors or pushbuttons (5) is arranged parallel to the previous one, these corresponding to more serious half-tone sounds: the flats, (or double flat or becuadro if the note were integrated in the armor).
• the device incorporates a third alignment of sensors or pushbuttons (6) arranged in parallel and in opposition to the sensors (5) with respect to the sensors (3), sensors or pushbuttons (6) that correspond to half tone sounds plus sharp: the sharps, (or double sharp or becuadro if the note were integrated in the armor).
• a control circuit by pressing the different buttons or sensors (3-5-6) in the positions of the staff (4) corresponding to the different musical notes, a control circuit generates a melody or harmony that can be heard directly through an internal audio circuit, with the collaboration of at least one internal speaker (7), or played through the corresponding output (8) for connection to a stereo , computer, amplifier or similar device, or directly as a string, percussion or wind instrument.
• the device also incorporates a headphone jack (9).
• the device can incorporate a display (10) through which data corresponding to its status can be displayed, as well as selecting the type of instrument to be simulated by the device, information that will be encoded by the control circuit and sent to the computer or device in question so that it interprets it when issuing the corresponding musical notes.
• the device may also incorporate two other displays (15), by way of armor, to define the tone or alterations of the musical work.
• control circuit incorporates signal processing means MIDI, for which it will have an input (13) and an output (14) for them, so that, by means of an input MIDI signal of this type, it is possible to visualize through the different warning lights (1 1- 12) established on the staff (4), the different notes that make up the melody or harmony, so that the sound can be related to the traditional writing on the staff in a visual way, and in real time.
• signal processing means MIDI for which it will have an input (13) and an output (14) for them, so that, by means of an input MIDI signal of this type, it is possible to visualize through the different warning lights (1 1- 12) established on the staff (4), the different notes that make up the melody or harmony, so that the sound can be related to the traditional writing on the staff in a visual way, and in real time.

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