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US 9,685,149 B2Granted
Acoustic-electronic music machine
OwnerKatherine Quittnerinventor
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Abstract
A music machine, comprising: a platform; a plurality of arcos disposed around a perimeter of the platform, the plurality of arcos disposed in a substantially vertical orientation; a central mast disposed substantially at a center of the platform; and a hand wheel disposed on the central mast, wherein each of the plurality of arcos is strung with a musical instrument string, and wherein each musical instrument string is tuned to produce a musical tone when caused to vibrate.
Claims19
A music machine, comprising:
- a platform;
- a plurality of arcos disposed around a perimeter of the platform, the plurality of arcos disposed in a substantially vertical orientation;
- a central mast disposed substantially at a center of the platform;
- and
- a hand wheel disposed on the central mast,
- wherein each of the plurality of arcos is strung with a musical instrument string, and
- wherein each musical instrument string is tuned to produce a musical tone when caused to vibrate.
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An apparatus for performing musical compositions, the apparatus comprising:
- a computer;
- a plurality of electronic musical instruments disposed on a platform;
- an audio interface configured to provide communication between the plurality of electronic musical instruments and the computer configured to control the plurality of electronic musical instruments;
- a plurality of acoustic musical instruments disposed around a perimeter of the platform;
- wherein the platform provides a surface for a user to stand and move around between the plurality of electronic musical instruments and the plurality of acoustic musical instruments disposed around the perimeter of the platform.
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An acoustic-electronic musical instrument, comprising:
- a plurality of arcos each having a bow-shaped portion and a musical instrument string strung across the bow-shaped portion, each musical instrument string tuned to produce a musical tone when caused to vibrate;
- a plurality of electronic musical instruments and sound processing equipment communicatively coupled to a computer with an audio interface unit;
- a plurality of audio transducers configured to capture musical tones produced the plurality of arcos;
- and
- an audio mixer unit configured to input audio signals from the plurality of electronic musical instruments, the sound processing equipment, and the audio transducers, adjust the audio signals, and output the audio signals to sound reproduction equipment.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.