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US 2014/0196593 A1Published application
System for Remotely Generating Sound from a Musical Instrument
OwnerEric Aaron Langberginventor
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Abstract
A system for remotely generating sound from a musical instrument. In one embodiment, the system includes an input configured to receive a signal representative of the sound of a first musical instrument, an exciter for converting the signal to mechanical vibrations, and a coupling interface for coupling the mechanical vibrations into a second musical instrument.
Claims13
A system comprising:
- an input configured to receive an externally generated signal from an electric musical instrument;
- at least one exciter configured to convert the signal to mechanical vibrations;
- at least one coupling interface configured to couple the mechanical vibrations to an acoustic instrument;
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- a removable attachment means for securing at least the at least one coupling interface to the acoustic instrument.
2 more elements
A system comprising:
- an input configured to receive an externally generated signal representative of sound;
- at least one exciter configured to convert an electrical signal to mechanical vibrations;
- at least one coupling interface configured to couple the mechanical vibrations to an acoustic instrument such that the acoustic instrument generates audible sounds in response to the mechanical vibrations;
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- a calibration system configured to measure an output response of the acoustic instrument, compare the output response to a target response, generate an error signal, and modify the externally generated signal based on the error signal.
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A system comprising:
- an input configured to receive an externally generated signal from an electric musical instrument;
- at least one exciter configured to convert the signal to mechanical vibrations, wherein the at least one exciter is an electromechanical transducer having a substantially linear shape, including a width and a length, and wherein the length is at least twice the width, and wherein the transducer is configured to be installed to an interior surface of a sound board of an acoustic guitar, such that an electrical signal applied to the electromechanical transducer causes the electromechanical transducer to exert a force on the sound board.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.