MUSICAL COMPOSITION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING A GENERATION OF A MUSICAL COMPOSITION
First Claim
1. Method of controlling a generation of a musical composition, includingdetermining respective locations and types of an assembly of tokens (5-7) placed in a spatial configuration by the user(s), the tokens (5-7) being of visibly distinct types, each representing aspects of at least a fragment of a musical composition, wherein the tokens (5-7) are configured for placement by at least one user in a spatial configuration;
- translating a spatial ordering of the tokens (5-7) in the spatial configuration into a temporal ordering;
translating the types of the tokens (5-7) into respective aspects of at least a fragment of a musical composition using a database (40) relating token types to aspects of at least a fragment of a musical composition;
generating at least one signal representing a synthesis of the respective aspects of fragments of a musical composition in accordance with the temporal ordering, the signals being suitable for audible reproduction, anddetecting or preventing at least an attempted placement of a token of a certain type at a position in the spatial ordering violating any of at least one constraint associated with the certain type.
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Abstract
A musical composition system, includes a plurality of tokens (5-7) of visibly distinct types, each representing aspects of at least a fragment of a musical composition, wherein the tokens are configured for placement by at least one user in a spatial configuration; a system for determining respective locations and types of an assembly of tokens (5-7) placed in a spatial configuration by the user(s); a system (13-16;44-46) for translating a spatial ordering of the tokens (5-7) in the spatial configuration into a temporal ordering; a system (13,18,40;44-46) for translating the types of the tokens (5-7) into respective aspects of at least a fragment of a musical composition; and a system (13,18-20;44-46) for generating at least one signal representing a synthesis of the respective aspects of fragments of a musical composition in accordance with the temporal ordering, the signals being suitable for audible reproduction. It is arranged to detect or prevent at least an attempted placement of a token of a certain type at a position in the spatial ordering violating any of at least one constraint associated with the certain type.
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18 Claims
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1. Method of controlling a generation of a musical composition, including
determining respective locations and types of an assembly of tokens (5-7) placed in a spatial configuration by the user(s), the tokens (5-7) being of visibly distinct types, each representing aspects of at least a fragment of a musical composition, wherein the tokens (5-7) are configured for placement by at least one user in a spatial configuration; -
translating a spatial ordering of the tokens (5-7) in the spatial configuration into a temporal ordering; translating the types of the tokens (5-7) into respective aspects of at least a fragment of a musical composition using a database (40) relating token types to aspects of at least a fragment of a musical composition; generating at least one signal representing a synthesis of the respective aspects of fragments of a musical composition in accordance with the temporal ordering, the signals being suitable for audible reproduction, and detecting or preventing at least an attempted placement of a token of a certain type at a position in the spatial ordering violating any of at least one constraint associated with the certain type. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 16)
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9. Musical composition system, including
a system for determining respective locations and types of an assembly of tokens (5-7) placed in a spatial configuration by the user(s), the tokens (5-7) being of visibly distinct types, each representing aspects of at least a fragment of a musical composition, wherein the tokens are configured for placement by at least one user in a spatial configuration; -
a system (13-16;
44-46) for translating a spatial ordering of the tokens (5-7) in the spatial configuration into a temporal ordering;a system (13,18,40;
44-46) for translating the types of the tokens (5-7) into respective aspects of at least a fragment of a musical composition; anda system (13,18-20;
44-46) for generating at least one signal representing a synthesis of the respective aspects of fragments of a musical composition in accordance with the temporal ordering, the signals being suitable for audible reproduction,the system being arranged to detect or prevent at least an attempted placement of a token of a certain type at a position in the spatial ordering violating any of at least one constraint associated with the certain type. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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17. A method of controlling a generation of a musical composition, including:
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determining respective locations and types of an assembly of tokens placed in a spatial configuration by at least one user, the tokens being of visibly distinct types, each representing aspects of at least a fragment of a musical composition, wherein the tokens are configured for placement by said at least one user in the spatial configuration in at least one row and/or at least one column and/or at least one stack of one atop the other; translating a spatial ordering of the tokens in the spatial configuration into a temporal ordering; in dependence on the location of a token in the spatial configuration of the assembly of tokens, translating the types of the tokens into respective aspects of at least a fragment of a musical composition using a database relating token types to aspects of at least a fragment of a musical composition; generating at least one signal representing a synthesis of the respective aspects of fragments of a musical composition in accordance with the temporal ordering, the signals being suitable for audible reproduction; and detecting or preventing at least an attempted placement of a token of a certain type at a position in the spatial ordering violating any of at least one constraint associated with the certain type.
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18. A musical composition system, comprising:
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a system for determining respective locations and types of an assembly of tokens placed in a spatial configuration by at least one user, the tokens being of visibly distinct types, each representing aspects of at least a fragment of a musical composition, wherein the tokens are configured for placement by said at least one user in the spatial configuration in at least one row and/or at least one column and/or at least one stack of one atop the other; a system for translating a spatial ordering of the tokens in the spatial configuration into a temporal ordering; a system for translating the types of the tokens into respective aspects of at least a fragment of a musical composition in dependence on the location of a token in the spatial configuration of the assembly of tokens; and a system for generating at least one signal representing a synthesis of the respective aspects of fragments of a musical composition in accordance with the temporal ordering, the signals being suitable for audible reproduction, the system being arranged to detect or prevent at least an attempted placement of a token of a certain type at a position in the spatial ordering violating any of at least one constraint associated with the certain type.
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