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US 9,318,086 B1Granted
Musical instrument and vocal effects
OwnerJerry A. Millerinventor
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Abstract
A method in accord with certain implementations involves capturing an audio sound at a hand held computing device; extracting a characteristic from the audio sound; and programming one or more digital signal processors in a musical instrument effects processor to modify an input signal to the musical instrument effects processor using the extracted characteristic. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract.
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A device, comprising:
- a microphone that converts received audio signals into an analog electrical representation of the audio signal at a microphone output;
- an analog to digital converter connected to the microphone output to convert the analog electrical representation of the audio signal into a digitized sample of the electrical representation of the audio signal;
- a programmed processor connected to the analog to digital converter to receive the digitized sample of the electrical representation of the audio signal, the programmed processor being programmed to:
- extract a signal characteristic from the digitized sample of the electrical representation of the audio signal, and
- generate a set of digital signal processing parameters from the signal characteristic;
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- an output electrically arranged to port the set of digital signal processing parameters to a musical instrument effects processor containing a digital signal processor.
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A method of creating an electronic audio effect, comprising:
- capturing a sample of an audible sound at a microphone;
- at a programmed processor, analyzing the sample of audible sound to extract at least one characteristic of the audible sound;
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- porting the at least one extracted characteristic of the audible sound to a digital signal processor residing in a musical instrument effects processor via a data interface so as to program the musical instrument effects processor to modify electrical representations of input signals using the extracted characteristics to create the electronic audio effect.
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A device, comprising:
- a microphone that converts received audio signals into an analog electrical representation of the audio signal at a microphone output;
- an analog to digital converter connected to the microphone output to convert the analog electrical representation of the audio signal into a digitized sample of the electrical representation of the audio signal;
- a programmed processor connected to the analog to digital convert to receive the digitized sample of the electrical representation of the audio signal, the programmed processor being programmed to:
- extract a signal characteristic from the digitized sample of the electrical representation of the audio signal, and
- generate a set of digital signal processing parameters from the signal characteristic;
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- an output interface that is configured to selectively transport the digital signal processing parameters to an input interface to a musical instrument effects processor;
- the digital signal processor parameters being arranged to program the musical instrument effects processor to carry out a process that:
- identifies a fundamental frequency of an input signal to the musical instrument effects processor,
- identifies a relative level of non-fundamental frequencies of the input signal to the musical instrument effects processor, and
- generates an output signal that is a combination of the fundamental frequency of the input signal to the musical instrument effects processor and the identified non-fundamental frequencies of the input signal to the musical instrument effects processor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.