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Music instrument which generates a rhythm EKG

  • US 5,723,802 A
  • Filed: 01/23/1996
  • Issued: 03/03/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/07/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A virtual musical instrument comprising:

  • an actuator generating an actuation signal in response to being activated by a user;

    an audio synthesizer;

    a memory storing a sequence of note structures representing a musical score for said actuator, each of the note structures of said sequence of note structures having associated therewith an indicator identifying a corresponding musical sound and having an associated time identifying when that musical sound is supposed to be played relative to a beginning time;

    a timer resource;

    a video display unit;

    a video playback component for storing and playing back through said video display unit a video track associated with said stored musical score; and

    a digital processor receiving said signal from said actuator and generating a control signal therefrom,said digital processor programmed to use said timer resource to determine a time at which said actuation signal occurred,said digital processor programmed to select one of the note structures of the sequence of note structures that has an associated time that corresponds to the time at which said activation signal occurred, andsaid digital processor programmed to use the selected note structure to generate said control signal, wherein said control signal causes said synthesizer to generate the corresponding musical sound identified by the selected note structure, andwherein said digital processor is also programmed to start at the same time both said timer and playback of the video track on said video playback component so that the musical score is synchronized with the playback of said video track.

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