Magnetically secured instrument trigger and instrument trigger mounting systems and methods
AssigneeRare Earth Dynamics, Inc.
InventorStephen Riley Suitor
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Abstract
An apparatus, system, and method for a magnetically and releaseably attachable trigger for an instrument is provided. The trigger and securing device are disposed on either side of a drumhead or other instrument surface via magnetic force, keeping the instrument surface intact and not deforming the instrument surface. Additionally, the trigger provides for an increased sensitivity of sound by being in direct physical contact with the surface on which it is attached.
Claims18
A trigger system for generating a signal for output to an electronic module for generating sound associated with a musical instrument, the signal derived from a vibration detected upon a user operating a musical instrument, the trigger system comprising:
- a stand mount having a fastener and being fixably secured by the fastener to a stand supporting a musical instrument, the stand mount adapted to fixably secure a trigger device to the stand with the trigger device disposed adjacent to the stand, the trigger device comprising:
- a piezo-electric transducer having an electrical output and adapted to generate an electrical signal in response to a detected mechanical vibration associated with operation of the musical instrument;
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- an electrical lead connected to the piezo-electric transducer electric output and in electrical communication with an input of an electronic module adapted to produce sounds representing musical instrument sounds based on the electrical signal.
In connection with a stand-mounted instrument, a stand-mounted trigger system comprising:
- a stand mount having a fastener and being fixably secured by the fastener to a stand supporting a musical instrument, the stand mount adapted to fixably secure a trigger device to the stand with the trigger device disposed adjacent to the stand, the trigger device comprising:
- a piezo-electric transducer having an electrical output and adapted to generate an electrical signal in response to a detected mechanical vibration associated with operation of the musical instrument;
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- an electrical lead connected to the piezo-electric transducer electric output and in electrical communication with an input of an electronic module adapted to produce sounds representing musical instrument sounds based on the electrical signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.