Patent ID: 9640162
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: G10H

Claim:
1. A musical instrument switching system comprising: a) a control circuit controllable for combining and routing a first analog audio signal and a second analog audio signal produced by the playing of a musical instrument, the control circuit comprising one or more musical instrument pickups for transmitting the first and second analog audio signals, and a controller connector for allowing connection of the control circuit to a computing device for generating a digital control signal configured to route the second analog audio signal through a digitally controlled analog switching matrix, wherein the digital control signal and the first analog audio signal are not combined; b) an amendable software program configured for modifying the digital control signal to thereby modify the one or more audio characteristics of the musical instrument, the amendable software program configured to be amended by downloaded code segments; and c) a microcontroller connected to the digitally controlled analog switching matrix configured for combining the first and second analog audio signals into one or more composite signals.