Musical instrument pickup signal processor
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1. A system comprising:
- an interface configured to receive information from one or more sensors associated with a first instrument;
a processing module configured to generate a processed signal by processing the received information according to a predetermined computational model, wherein parameters of the computational model are predetermined by operating on one or more stored sound recordings;
a parameter module configured to determine parameters for the computational model that, when applied to a first stored recording, minimize the difference between the first stored recording and a second stored recording, the first stored recording being received from one or more sensors associated with a second instrument, and the second stored recording being received from one or more microphones; and
an output interface configured to output the processed signal.
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Abstract
A system and method is disclosed that facilitates the processing of a sound signal. In embodiments, an input sound signal can be processed according to a computational model using predetermined parameters. A sound signal originating from a musical instrument can be processed according to coefficients that are generated using a learning model.
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1. A system comprising:
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an interface configured to receive information from one or more sensors associated with a first instrument; a processing module configured to generate a processed signal by processing the received information according to a predetermined computational model, wherein parameters of the computational model are predetermined by operating on one or more stored sound recordings; a parameter module configured to determine parameters for the computational model that, when applied to a first stored recording, minimize the difference between the first stored recording and a second stored recording, the first stored recording being received from one or more sensors associated with a second instrument, and the second stored recording being received from one or more microphones; and an output interface configured to output the processed signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method comprising:
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receiving, an electronic communication from one or more sensors; performing numerical operations on the electronic communication; wherein the numerical operations are determined by a predetermined computational model; wherein the parameters of the computational model are predetermined by operating on stored sound recordings; wherein predetermining the parameters of the computational model comprises; assigning a stored recording made using a pickup attached to an instrument as the input to the computational model; assigning a stored recording made using one or more external microphones of a musical instrument as the output of the computational model; determining parameters for the computational model that, when applied to the input, minimize the variation between the model input and output; and outputting the operated on electronic communication. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. One or more non-transitory computer readable media having instructions operable to cause one or more processors to perform the operations comprising:
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receiving, an electronic communication from one or more sensors; generating a processed signal by performing numerical operations on the electronic communication; wherein the numerical operations are determined by a computational model; wherein the parameters of the computational model are determined by processing one or more stored sound recordings; wherein determining the parameters of the computational model comprises; assigning a first stored recording as the input to the computational model, the first stored recording being made using a pickup attached to an instrument; assigning a second stored recording as the output of the computational model, the second stored recording being made using one or more external microphones of a musical instrument; and determining parameters for the computational model that, when applied to the first stored recording, minimize the difference between the first stored recording and the second stored recording; and outputting the processed signal. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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