Patent ID: 6288317
Filing Date: 2001-09-11
Classification: G09B,G10H

Abstract:
A method of providing real time transmission of keyboard musical performances, comprising, providing a musician with a music keyboard equipped with key actuation sensors which sense the musical key actuation and key actuation expression effects, and a transmission modem, sensing the musical key actuation and key expression effects and providing MIDI signals corresponding thereto, coupling the MIDI signals to a plurality of remote venues by said transmission modem and at the remote venues providing a real time recreation of the music created by the musician by converting the MIDI signals corresponding to musical key actuation and expression effects to sound and wherein a video camera takes video images of the musician creating the keyboard musical performance and transmitting the video images in synchronism with said MIDI signals to each said remote venue and recreating a visual image of the musician providing the performance in synchronism with the playing of said music performance via said MIDI signals at each of said remote venues, respectively.