Patent ID: 9012756
Filing Date: 2015-04-21
Classification: G10H

Abstract:
1. A method for producing vocal accompaniment with sound producing musical instruments comprising: a) a hand operated unit with a programmable processor module connected to a display on a control-display panel of said hand operated unit, a control device to control said display wherein said control device is a disk attached to a rotatable device that senses pressure on an exposed surface of said disk and said exposed surface is accessible on said control-display panel of said hand operated unit for storing selected data in said programmable processor and a plurality of control switches; b) activating a mode switch for program mode of said hand operated unit; c) rotating said control device to highlight a letter on said display and depressing said control device to store a human voiced letter in pitch and pronunciation characteristics; d) rotating said control device to highlight a musical instrument parameter for identification with said human voiced letter stored and depressing said control device to store said musical instrument parameter with said human voiced letter stored for selection when said hand operated unit receives an input signal from a musical instrument that represents a sound produced by said musical instrument as an identification parameter; e) repeating actions c) through d) to store a plurality of a human voiced letters in pitch and pronunciation characteristics; and f) outputting a signal for a selected human voiced letter to a sound producing device.