Patent ID: 7408108

Claim:
An electronic musical instrument control system comprising: a keyboard comprising a plurality of keys, wherein each key of said plurality of keys is physically displaceable within a key travel range; a separate key position sensor associated with each key of said plurality of keys, wherein each key position sensor of said plurality of key position sensors responsively provides a key displacement signal corresponding to the position of an associated key within said key travel range; at least one displacement sensor interface for receiving said key displacement signals from at least one of said plurality of key position sensors, wherein said at least one displacement sensor interface responsively generates an individual output control signal for each key displacement signal received at said at least one displacement sensor, and wherein each output control signal generated by said at least one displacement sensor is adapted to provide control of sounds generated by an electronic musical system; a separate surface sensor associated with each key of said plurality of keys, wherein each surface sensor of said plurality of surface sensors responsively generates multi-parameter sensor signals corresponding to user contact of an associated key of said plurality of keys; and at least one surface sensor interface for receiving said multi-parameter sensor signals from at least one surface sensor of said plurality of surface sensors, wherein said at least one surface sensor interface responsively generates a multi-parameter surface sensor output control signal for each multi-parameter sensor signal received at said at least one surface sensor interface, and wherein each multi-parameter surface sensor output control signal generated by said at least one surface sensor interface is adapted to further provide control of sounds generated by said electronic musical system.