Musical Instrument Interface Device
AssigneeSonoclast, LLC
InventorKevin Chang
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Abstract
A musical device between one or more Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) controllers and one or more musical instruments comprises a housing and a plurality of potentiometers on a surface of the housing. A method of mapping music messages using a musical device is provided. The method includes defining a preset value corresponding to a frequency to be received within a MIDI message. Once a MIDI message having the frequency is received by the device, the device uses the data of the MIDI message and the preset value to create a new output MIDI message. The new output message is then transmitted to a sound module for producing a sound that differs from the sound that would have been produced from the MIDI message, had it been received.
Claims10
A method for a musical device for modifying a MIDI input to create a MIDI output, comprising:
- selecting a MIDI input element and an input value for the MIDI input element by interacting with the musical device;
- defining a preset value corresponding to the input value by further interacting with the musical device, wherein the preset value includes an output value for an output element;
- the musical device receiving the input value for the MIDI input element in an input MIDI message;
- the musical device modifying the MIDI input message to include the output value for the output element, thereby creating the at least one MIDI output;
- the musical device transmitting the MIDI output.
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