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Digital musical instrument system

  • US 7,145,070 B2
  • Filed: 07/14/2003
  • Issued: 12/05/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/12/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An interactive multimedia apparatus comprising:

  • a digital musical instrument having a plurality of control members including at least one limited state (ON/OFF) control member and at least one dynamic range state control member including at least one user-activated source of a musical note, wherein a state of each of the plurality of control members is selectable by a user;

    a central control unit having a store of digital media including digital audio files stored thereon and a suite of software for assigning one of the digital audio files to the at least one limited state control member, for interpreting the user-selected state of the plurality of control members in order to select, open and render the assigned digital audio files from the store of digital media, and for assigning a musical note to the at least one user-activated source in accordance with a user-selected digital audio file, the assigned digital audio file being selectable by a user by activating the ON state of the corresponding at least one limited state control member;

    a control unit associated with the digital musical instrument and adapted to communicate with the central control unit, the control unit having;

    a CPU for identifying and monitoring the user-selected state of the plurality of control members, the control unit being adapted to communicate each user-selected state of the plurality of control members to the central control unit; and

    a plurality of independent, uncoupled transducers, wherein each transducer is associated with and configured to monitor one of the at least one user-activated source of a musical note and to convert activation of the one of the at least one user-activated source into electrical signals associated with the corresponding assigned musical note and with the user-selected state of the plurality of control members.

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