Extemporaneous playing system by pointing device
AssigneeKoei Co., Ltd.
InventorToshiyuki Tabata
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Abstract
A computer music playing system of the invention permits setting parameters before playing, sound generation control, musical interval control, and special control during playing by merely operating a hand held type position input device. System operability is good, use efficiency is improved, and the computer can be used even if the user does not know music playing technique and musical theory. A hand held type position input device is provided, and by operating the hand held position input device, various selections and various settings in software are executed. The band members can be set, the playing style can be changed by a combination of the setting of the band members and the selection of the music to be played. The operator of the hand held position input device can participate as a member of the band.
Claims13
In a music playing method including the steps of inserting software into a computer, and operating the computer to generate sound from a speaker through a sound source, the improvement comprising the steps of:
- providing a hand held type position input device which is coupled to the computer, operating the hand held type position input device to select musicians for a band from a predetermined set of musicians, and to select music to be played, causing the computer to generate sound representative of the selected music as performed by the selected musicians of the band, and using the hand held position input device to execute sound generation control and musical interval control causing the computer to selectively generate a further sound which varies in pitch substantially simultaneously in response to operation of the hand held position input device during said step of causing the computer to generate sound representative of the selected music, so that an operator of the hand held type position input device participates as a member of the band.
A method of playing music extemporaneously on a computer having means for producing audible sound, comprising the steps of:
- providing a hand held computer input device connected to the computer;
- manually moving the hand held computer input device when a change from one musical note to another musical note is desired to communicate to the computer information which represents a desired sequence of musical notes and which is used by the computer to produce audible sound corresponding to the desired sequence of musical notes substantially simultaneously in response to movement of said hand held input device;
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- causing the computer to play automatically a musical piece based on information previously stored in the computer while simultaneously performing said step of mutually moving said hand held computer input device so that the computer plays said musical piece and said desired sequence of musical notes simultaneously.
An apparatus comprising:
- a manually operable input device having a first part and having a second part which is movable relative to said first part, said input device outputting an electrical signal which represents the position of said second part relative to said first part and can have at least three different values;
- first means for outputting a first sequence of audible sounds representative of a music selection;
- and second means responsive to said input device for generating, simultaneously with said outputting of said sequence by said first means a second sequence of audible sounds which correspond to different values of said signal from said input device and which are generated substantially simultaneously in response to said different values of said signal from said input device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.