Patent ID: 7935881

Claim:
An electronic percussion instrument for simulating the sound, behavior, or both of a specific instrument, said specific instrument comprising an existing or idealized acoustic instrument or a synthetic instrument, said electronic percussion instrument comprising, in combination, a memory device for storing a first signal waveform representative of the sound produced by said specific instrument when subjected to an actual or simulated momentary impact, an object defining a playing surface, a sensor for producing a second signal waveform representative of the vibration produced when said playing surface is struck, scraped or rubbed by a human player, a control interface for accepting one or more control signals, a signal processor for convolving representations of said first signal waveform and said second signal waveform to produce an output waveform and for varying said output waveform in response to said control signal, and an output sound system coupled to said signal processor for utilizing said output waveform.