Patent ID: 7829778

Claim:
A device for generating a note signal upon a manual input, comprising: an operator which is implemented to enable a user of the same, as an input, to define an input angle or an input angle range as the input signal; and a controller which is implemented to receive the input signal and to generate a note signal associated with a pitch class based on an assignment function and the input signal, wherein the assignment function maps the complete angle range of a circle to a set of pitch classes such that one pitch class or no pitch class is assigned to each angle of the complete angle range and that for all predetermined angles it applies that when no pitch class is associated with the predetermined angle, to a first next neighbor angle, nearest to the predetermined angle in a first direction, of the complete angle range, to which a pitch class is assigned, a first next neighbor pitch class is assigned, which comprises a smallest pitch interval, which corresponds to a minor third interval or a major third interval, with respect to a second next neighbor pitch class which is associated with a second next neighbor angle, which is nearest to the predetermined angle in a second direction which is opposite to the first direction, of the complete angle range, which comprises an associated pitch class, and when one predetermined pitch class is associated with the predetermined angle, the predetermined pitch class and the first next-neighbor pitch class comprise a smallest pitch interval which corresponds to a prime interval, a minor third interval or a major third interval, and the predetermined pitch class and the second next-neighbor pitch class comprise a smallest pitch interval which corresponds to a prime interval, a minor third interval or a major third interval.