Patent ID: 6495748
Filing Date: 2002-12-17
Classification: G10H

Abstract:
A system for electronically emulating a musical instrument comprising:at least one playing element having a predetermined configuration, said predetermined configuration simulating a sound actuating portion of a preselected musical instrument at least a portion of said playing element being mechanically modulated responsive to user actuation thereof; at least one signal acquisition element coupled to said playing element said signal acquisition element including at least one deflection member adaptively deflectable responsive to the mechanical modulation of said playing element to generate a correspondingly defined analog sound signal, said deflection member deflection corresponding in degree to said playing element mechanical modulation; at least one signal pickup circuit coupled to said signal acquisition element for generating a digital sound signal responsive to said analog sound signal; and, a programmable control unit coupled to said signal pickup circuit for automatically processing said digital sound signal for generation of an audio signal corresponding to the mechanical modulation of said playing element.