Patent ID: 6958442
Filing Date: 2005-10-25
Classification: G10H

Abstract:
1. In a musical system employing a standard MIDI interface including a plurality of MIDI devices, a process allowing a user to selectively retune notes on one or more of said plurality of MIDI devices in order to create notes which do not lie on the equal temperament scale using standard MIDI commands, comprising: a. providing a MIDI interface; b. providing a first MIDI device connected to said MIDI interface; c. generating a note on said first MIDI device which lies on said equal temperament scale; d. providing a second MIDI device connected to said MIDI interface; e. transmitting said note generated on said first MIDI device from said first MIDI device to said MIDI interface and from thence to said second MIDI device; f. less than two milliseconds after transmitting said note, transmitting a standard MIDI polyphonic aftertouch signal from said first MIDI device through said MIDI interface to said second MIDI device, commanding said second MIDI device to shift the pitch of said note to form a second note which does not lie on said equal temperament scale, so that said user only perceives said second note.