Input device
AssigneeDigit Music Limited
InventorSimon Richard Tew
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a music production system comprising one or more computer processor running music production software and an input device arranged to provide signal inputs to the music production software. The input device comprises a joystick, one or more sensor for monitoring the position and/or orientation of the joystick, and a controller. The sensor output is received by the controller and the controller generates a corresponding signal output to control one or more music production function of the software.
Claims22
A music production system, comprising:
- one or more computer processor running music production software;
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- an input device arranged to provide signal inputs to the music production software, the input device comprising a joystick, one or more sensors for monitoring the position and/or orientation of the joystick, and a controller, wherein a sensor output is received by the controller and the controller generates a corresponding signal output to control one or more music production functions of the music production software, the range of movement of the joystick being divided into four or more discrete zones,
- the controller generating a signal output when the joystick is moved into a corresponding zone to cause a zone selection,
- wherein each of the plurality of zones corresponds to a note or chord of a musical scale and the signal output generated by the controller is a note or chord signal, the music production software being configured to generate a musical note or chord according to the signal output,
- wherein the joystick movement is used by the input device to denote additional information for the signal output accompanying the zone selection, the additional information determining a quality of the musical note or chord.
An input device for music production communicably couplable to a remote computing device for enabling a user, in use, to generate input signals configured to control functions of a music production application running on then remote computing device, the input device comprising a main body, a joystick, one or more sensors for monitoring the position and/or orientation of the joystick, and a controller, wherein a sensor output is received by the controller and the controller generates a corresponding signal output for control of the music production application, the range of movement of the joystick being divided into a plurality of zones comprising four or more discrete zones, the controller generating a signal output when the joystick is moved into a corresponding zone to cause a zone selection, wherein each of the plurality of zones corresponds to a note or chord of a musical scale and the signal output generated by the controller is a note or chord signal, wherein the joystick movement is used by the input device to denote additional information for the signal output accompanying the zone selection, the additional information determining a quality of the musical note or chord signal.
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