Patent ID: 8173884

Claim:
A device for generating a note signal upon a manual input, comprising: an operator which is implemented to enable, as an input, a user of the same to define one or several points as an input signal; and a controller implemented to receive the input signal and to generate a note signal based on the input signal and an allocation function, wherein the allocation function allocates one single or no tone to each point of a two-dimensional definition amount determined via an affine coordinate system and comprising a tone quality axis and a frequency axis; wherein the definition amount comprises a plurality of base points; wherein to each of the base points exactly one tone is allocated, which may be uniquely determined by a tone quality and a frequency, wherein the tone quality indicates relational connections between tones; wherein to base points comprising the same coordinate on the tone quality axis tones comprising the same tone quality are allocated; wherein at least two of the base points comprising an identical coordinate on the tone quality axis exist which comprise different coordinates on the frequency axis; and wherein to each point of the definition amount which is not a base point either no tone or a tone associated to a base point is associated and, if there is a point which is not a base point and to which a tone is associated, this tone belongs to a simply connected area of the definition amount in which further a base point is located and in which the same tone is associated to all points, wherein the operator is implemented to enable a user of the same to select an area so that the point or the several points of the input signal are given by the area, wherein tones on the frequency axis are arranged in an order corresponding to the tone pitch, wherein an area of any form may be selected, wherein by shifting this area along the frequency axis, automatically an inversion of a chord may be formed defined by the area.