Electronic musical performance instrument with greater and deeper creative flexibility
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1. An electronic musical performance instrument comprising:
- a first modular control module comprising;
a first musical instrument input interface manipulatable by a human operator; and
a first control engine electronic circuitry being connected to the first musical instrument input interface, the first control engine electronic circuitry receives human operator input representations when the first musical instrument input interface is manipulated, the first control engine electronic circuitry provides an output that comprises a first manipulation representation in an electronic format;
a second modular control module comprising;
a second musical instrument input interface manipulatable by a human operator; and
a second control engine electronic circuitry being connected to the second musical instrument input interface, the second control engine electronic circuitry receives human operator input representations when the second musical instrument input interface is manipulated, the second control engine electronic circuitry provides an output that comprises a second manipulation representation in the electronic format;
the first control engine electronic circuitry and the second control engine electronic circuitry being interchangeable; and
a motherboard adapted to run a general purpose computer operating system, the general purpose computer operating system being configured to enable the motherboard to run at least one user selected sound software packages to generate sound signals using the first manipulation representation and the second manipulation representation.
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Abstract
An electronic musical performance instrument that provides a user with a wide array of creative choices of operating systems, sound synthesis applications, user interfaces (including those emulating the interface of a conventional musical instrument and electronic control interfaces), supporting infrastructure components such as MIDI cards, sound cards, storage devices thus providing the performance artist with greater and deeper creative flexibility.
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18 Claims
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1. An electronic musical performance instrument comprising:
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a first modular control module comprising; a first musical instrument input interface manipulatable by a human operator; and a first control engine electronic circuitry being connected to the first musical instrument input interface, the first control engine electronic circuitry receives human operator input representations when the first musical instrument input interface is manipulated, the first control engine electronic circuitry provides an output that comprises a first manipulation representation in an electronic format; a second modular control module comprising; a second musical instrument input interface manipulatable by a human operator; and a second control engine electronic circuitry being connected to the second musical instrument input interface, the second control engine electronic circuitry receives human operator input representations when the second musical instrument input interface is manipulated, the second control engine electronic circuitry provides an output that comprises a second manipulation representation in the electronic format;
the first control engine electronic circuitry and the second control engine electronic circuitry being interchangeable; anda motherboard adapted to run a general purpose computer operating system, the general purpose computer operating system being configured to enable the motherboard to run at least one user selected sound software packages to generate sound signals using the first manipulation representation and the second manipulation representation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An electronic sound performance instrument comprising:
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a motherboard adapted to run a computer operating system, the computer operating system being configured to enable the motherboard to run at least one user selected sound software package to generate sound signals; a plurality of control module slots; a first modular control module adapted to be removably positionable in any of the plurality of control module slots, the first modular control module comprising; a first control surface circuit comprising an instrument input interface, which produces a first manipulation signal in response to human operator manipulation of a first control input; and a first control engine circuit electrically connected to the first control surface circuit, the first control engine circuit receives the first manipulation signal and produces a first modular control module output, the first modular control module output being provided to the motherboard; and a second modular control module adapted to be removably positionable in any of the plurality of control module slots, the second modular control module comprising; a second control surface circuit comprising an instrument input interface, which produces a second manipulation signal in response to human operator manipulation of a second control input; and a second control engine circuit being interchangeable with the first control engine circuit, the second control engine circuit electrically connected to the second control surface circuit, the second control engine circuit receives the second manipulation signal and produces a second modular control module output, the second modular control module output being provided to the motherboard;
the at least one user selected sound software package uses the first modular control module output and the second modular control module output to generate the sound signals. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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