Modular structures facilitating aggregated and field-customized musical instruments
First Claim
1. A customizable aggregated musical instrument comprising:
- a plurality of individual musical modules, wherein each musical module of said plurality of individual musical modules generates an electrical signal in response to user operation of said individual musical module;
a mounting frame securing said plurality of individual musical modules in a reconfigurable mounting arrangement, wherein each musical module of said plurality of individual musical modules is readily positionable within any of a plurality of mounting locations of said mounting frame; and
at least one instrument interface adapted to transmit interface signals to an external system, wherein said interface signals are generated in response to one or more of said electrical signals generated by said plurality of individual musical modules.
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Abstract
This invention allows for easy field-customization of mainstream and exotic electronic musical instruments with extensive support for the easy creation of aggregated instruments. This invention leverages extensive functional customization of instruments within mainstream accepted instrument modalities as well as opening a wide range of completely new instrument modalities. The invention further facilitates entirely new manufacturing, marketing, and sales paradigms permitting a broad range of open industry development and commerce, thus making an individual musician'"'"'s creation of new exotic instrument arrangements an economically viable sector for both mass manufacturing and the niche cottage industry. New opportunities are provided for the creation of multiple-vendor standardizations, multiple-vendor manufacturing, multiple-vendor competitive features, etc. while offering the music equipment user and music industry as a whole, access to an extensive range of instrument customization, diversification, and education. The principles of the invention thus create a rich environment for instrument, user, feature, music, and market.
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1. A customizable aggregated musical instrument comprising:
a plurality of individual musical modules, wherein each musical module of said plurality of individual musical modules generates an electrical signal in response to user operation of said individual musical module;
a mounting frame securing said plurality of individual musical modules in a reconfigurable mounting arrangement, wherein each musical module of said plurality of individual musical modules is readily positionable within any of a plurality of mounting locations of said mounting frame; and
at least one instrument interface adapted to transmit interface signals to an external system, wherein said interface signals are generated in response to one or more of said electrical signals generated by said plurality of individual musical modules. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111)
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112. A customizable aggregated instrument comprising:
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a plurality of individual musical modules, wherein each musical module of said plurality of individual musical modules generates an electrical signal in response to user operation of said individual musical module;
means for securing said plurality of individual musical modules in a reconfigurable mounting arrangement, wherein each musical module of said plurality of individual musical modules is readily positionable within any of a plurality of mounting locations; and
means for transmitting interface signals to an external system, wherein said interface signals are generated in response to one or more of said electrical signals generated by said plurality of individual musical modules. - View Dependent Claims (113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118)
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