Electrical guitar interface method and system
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1. An electric guitar interface system, comprising:
- a first touchpad of an electric guitar configured to detect a user input; and
a control unit coupled to the first touchpad, the control unit being configured to set a first parameter of the electric guitar'"'"'s output as a function of a position of the user input along the first axis,wherein the first parameter includes a first pickup gain, wherein the length of the first touchpad along the first axis includes a first segment in which the first corresponding value varies along the first axis,wherein the first segment includes a first subsegment and a second subsegment, andwherein a range of the first corresponding value is greater in the second subsegment than in the first subsegment.
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Abstract
In some embodiments, an electric guitar interface system, includes a first touchpad of an electric guitar configured to detect a user input, and a control unit coupled to the first touchpad. The control unit may be configured to set a first parameter of the electric guitar'"'"'s output as a function of a position of the user input along the first axis. The first parameter includes a first pickup gain. The first pickup gain may be for at least one of a bridge pickup, a middle pickup, and a neck pickup. The first parameter includes a second pickup gain.
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1. An electric guitar interface system, comprising:
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a first touchpad of an electric guitar configured to detect a user input; and a control unit coupled to the first touchpad, the control unit being configured to set a first parameter of the electric guitar'"'"'s output as a function of a position of the user input along the first axis, wherein the first parameter includes a first pickup gain, wherein the length of the first touchpad along the first axis includes a first segment in which the first corresponding value varies along the first axis, wherein the first segment includes a first subsegment and a second subsegment, and wherein a range of the first corresponding value is greater in the second subsegment than in the first subsegment. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An electric guitar interface method, comprising:
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using a first touchpad of an electric guitar, detecting a user input; and setting a first parameter of the electric guitar'"'"'s output as a function of a position of the user input along the first axis, wherein the first parameter includes a first pickup gain, and wherein the length of the first touchpad along the first axis includes a first segment in which the first corresponding value varies along the first axis, wherein the first segment includes a first subsegment and a second subsegment, and wherein a range of the first corresponding value is greater in the second subsegment than in the first subsegment. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A non-transitory tangible machine-readable medium having a set of instructions stored thereon that when executed by one or more processing devices cause the one or more processors to perform the method, the method comprising:
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using a first touchpad of an electric guitar, detecting a user input; and setting a first parameter of the electric guitar'"'"'s output as a function of a position of the user input along the first axis, wherein the first parameter includes a first pickup gain, and wherein the length of the first touchpad along the first axis includes a first segment in which the first corresponding value varies along the first axis, wherein the first segment includes a first subsegment and second subsegment, and wherein a range of the first corresponding value is greater in the second subsegment than in the first subsegment. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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