System for electronically generating music

• US 10,490,173 B2
• Filed: 06/01/2018
• Issued: 11/26/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 04/14/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Brown University
• Original Assignee: Brown University
• Inventors: Bussigel, Peter, Rovan, Joseph
• Primary Examiner(s): Warren, David S
• Application Number:
  US15/996,406
• Publication Number:
  US 20180277078A1
• Time in Patent Office: 543 Days
• Field of Search: 84609
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 1/0025 Automatic or semi-automatic music composition, e.g. producing random music, applying rules from music theory or modifying a musical piece automatically producing a series of tones G10H1/26
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 1/18 Selecting circuits
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 1/28 to produce arpeggios
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2210/115 using a random process to generate a musical note, phrase, sequence or structure
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2210/125 Medley, i.e. linking parts of different musical pieces in one single piece, e.g. sound collage, DJ mix
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2220/106 using icons, e.g. selecting, moving or linking icons, on-screen symbols, screen regions or segments representing musical elements or parameters

Abstract

A musical instrument for electronically producing music from audio segments. The musical instrument comprises: an apparatus having a first surface; a plurality of selectable elements disposed in a substantially circular geometry on the first surface; and at least one memory storing the plurality of audio segments, each of the plurality of audio segments being associated with a respective selectable element in the plurality of selectable elements, wherein, in response to detecting selection of a subset of the plurality of selectable elements, the system is configured to generate music using audio segments in the plurality of audio segments that are associated with the selected subset of the plurality of selectable elements.

Claims

1. A system for generating music from a plurality of audio segments, the system comprising:

an apparatus having a first surface, the first surface comprising selectable elements, switches, dials and at least one button, all disposed in a circular geometry; and

at least one memory storing the audio segments, each of the audio segments associated with a respective selectable element, wherein, in response to detecting selection of a subset of the selectable elements, music is generated using audio segments that are associated with the selected subset of the selectable elements.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein a circle defined by the circular geometry is centered on a center of the first surface.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the apparatus further comprises a first control device disposed on the first surface and configured to control pitch of the generated music.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the apparatus further comprises a second control device disposed on the first surface and configured to control an amount of randomization used to generate music using the plurality of audio segments.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the apparatus further comprises a visual indicators, each of the visual indicators associated with a respective audio segment and configured to provide a visual indication of when the respective audio segment is audibly generated.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the selectable elements comprises the visual indicators.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the selectable elements consists of eight selectable elements.