Musical effects apparatus and tone control process for a musical instrument
First Claim
1. A musical effects apparatus for conditioning a first musical tone of a musical instrument being played to match a second musical tone, said second musical tone being pre-recorded from an exemplary musical instrument which corresponds to said musical instrument being played, said musical effects apparatus comprising:
- a distortion device for adding distortion to an audio signal corresponding to said first musical tone to form a distorted musical tone signal;
a signal splitter coupled to said distortion device for splitting said distorted musical tone signal into an intermediate distorted musical tone signal and a distorted output signal;
a stereo chorus device coupled to said signal splitter for receiving said intermediate distorted musical tone signal and generating first and second stereo musical tone signals from said intermediate distorted musical tone signal;
a first delay device coupled to said stereo chorus device for delaying said first stereo musical tone signal by a first predetermined amount to form a first delayed output signal;
a second delay device coupled to said stereo chorus device for delaying said second stereo musical tone signal by a second predetermined amount to form a second delayed output signal; and
a control processor for generating one or more control signals for controlling each of said distortion, stereo chorus, first delay and second delay devices, said control processor including an address/data bus for transferring said one or more control signals to each of said distortion, stereo chorus, first delay and second delay devices.
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Abstract
In an automated system for learning to play a musical instrument, music data and tone control data for a musical composition of an exemplary musical instrument is stored in machine readable form. An audio signal generated by a musical instrument being played, corresponding to the exemplary musical instrument, is inputted through a musical effects apparatus wherein the musical tone of the musical instrument being played is mixed with the stored music data. The musical effects apparatus is utilized, under digital control, to match the musical tone of the musical instrument being played with that of the exemplary musical instrument. More particularly, the music data and tone control data of the musical composition are stored on a conventional CD-ROM. The tone control data is utilized to create control parameters which can be used to control one or more electronic effects devices in an automated fashion. The stored parameters include control data utilized to set the values of one or more digitally-controlled programmable resistor networks capable of conditioning the input audio signal under digital control, without first converting the conditioned audio signal to a digital signal.
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1. A musical effects apparatus for conditioning a first musical tone of a musical instrument being played to match a second musical tone, said second musical tone being pre-recorded from an exemplary musical instrument which corresponds to said musical instrument being played, said musical effects apparatus comprising:
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a distortion device for adding distortion to an audio signal corresponding to said first musical tone to form a distorted musical tone signal; a signal splitter coupled to said distortion device for splitting said distorted musical tone signal into an intermediate distorted musical tone signal and a distorted output signal; a stereo chorus device coupled to said signal splitter for receiving said intermediate distorted musical tone signal and generating first and second stereo musical tone signals from said intermediate distorted musical tone signal; a first delay device coupled to said stereo chorus device for delaying said first stereo musical tone signal by a first predetermined amount to form a first delayed output signal; a second delay device coupled to said stereo chorus device for delaying said second stereo musical tone signal by a second predetermined amount to form a second delayed output signal; and a control processor for generating one or more control signals for controlling each of said distortion, stereo chorus, first delay and second delay devices, said control processor including an address/data bus for transferring said one or more control signals to each of said distortion, stereo chorus, first delay and second delay devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A musical effects apparatus for conditioning a musical input signal, comprising:
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a distortion device for adding distortion to said musical input signal, said distortion device having an input for receiving said musical input signal; a signal splitter coupled to said distortion device for receiving said musical input signal from said distortion device and directing said musical input signal along a first signal path out of said musical effects apparatus, and along a second signal path; a stereo chorus device coupled to said second signal path for receiving said musical input signal from said signal splitter and generating two stereo output signals; a plurality of delay devices coupled to said stereo chorus device for receiving said two stereo output signals from said stereo chorus device, each of said plurality of delay devices for delaying said stereo output signals by predetermined amounts; and control means for automatically conditioning said musical input signal by said distortion, stereo chorus and delay devices. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An apparatus for conditioning the musical tone of a musical instrument being played, comprising:
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means for storing music data and tone control data for a musical composition of an exemplary musical instrument in machine readable form, said exemplary musical instrument corresponding to said musical instrument being played, wherein said data storing means comprising a compact disk having a data field and a subcode field, and wherein said music data is stored in said compact disk data field, and wherein said tone control data is stored in said compact disk subcode field; means for conditioning said musical tone of said musical instrument being played, including means for mixing said musical tone of said musical instrument being played with said music data of said exemplary musical instrument; and means for controlling said conditioning means using said tone control data so that said musical tone of said musical instrument being played matches said music data of said exemplary musical instrument.
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16. An apparatus for conditioning the musical tone of a musical instrument being played, comprising:
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means for storing music data and tone control data for a musical composition of an exemplary musical instrument in machine readable form, said exemplary musical instrument corresponding to said musical instrument being played; means for conditioning said musical tone of said musical instrument being played, including means forming said musical tone of said musical instrument being played with said music data of said exemplary musical instrument; and means for controlling said conditioning means using said tone control data so that said musical tone of said musical instrument being played matches said music data of said exemplary musical instrument, wherein said conditioning means further comprises one or more musical effects devices for conditioning said musical tone of said musical instrument being played in a predetermined manner. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A process for controlling the tone of a selected musical instrument, said process comprising the steps of:
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storing a musical composition of an exemplary musical instrument in machine readable form, said exemplary musical instrument corresponding to said selected musical instrument, wherein said musical composition includes music data and tone control data, and said storing step comprises the steps of storing said music data within a compact disk data field and storing said tone control data within a compact disk subcode field; inputting a first audio signal from said selected musical instrument into a musical effects device; generating a second audio signal from said stored musical composition, and inputting said second audio signal into said musical effects device; and conditioning said first audio signal from said selected musical instrument using said musical effects device so that its tone matches the tone of said second audio signal of said stored musical composition. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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