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Interactive music performance system
Assignee: INTELLIGENT COMPUTER MUSIC SYSTEMS
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Filing: 1985-07-01
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Granted: 1988-01-05
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Expires: 2005-07-01
Abstract
Abstract An interactive music performance system employs a synthesizer, a programmable computer, and at least one performance device for permitting a user input. The computer is programmed with algorithms which automatically generate controls and interpret a performer's actions in the context of music and sound generating variables, and apply those controls to a synthesizer to determine its production of music. The system is interactive in that a user can direct the system's production of music, as he or she hears it being produced, by use of the performance device. If the user does not provide an input, the system proceeds automatically under control of the performance algorithm.
Inventors
- 👤 Joel Chadabe
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-07 19:30
CPC Classifications
G; G10; G10H; G10H1/00; G10H1/18; G10H1/26; G10H1/02; G10H1/04; G10H1/053; G10H1/055; G10H1/0551; G10H1/0556
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
198 words
Apparatus for interactive generation of music adapted or use with a synthesizer, a programmable computer, and at least one performance device, said synthesizer, computer, and device operating together as a real-time composing and sound-producing system operative with a human performer, said apparatus comprising: means for automatically generating composition control data in said computer, which composition control data determine in real time the course of an ongoing musical composition such that aspects of the music are non-predeterminable; means for applying these composition control data to the synthesizer to affect the synthesizer's operations such that the synthesizer may generate sound in accordance with the composition control data applied to it; means for generating performance control data to the synthesizer from the performance device in response to control gestures of the performer with the device; and means for applying said performance control data to the synthesizer in conjunction with the composition control data that are automatically generated in the computer, such that the performer can influence the course of the ongoing musical composition by selecting his or her next performance gesture in response to the aspects of the generated music determined by the composition control data automatically generated by the computer.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
198 words
Apparatus for interactive generation of music adapted or use with a synthesizer, a programmable computer, and at least one performance device, said synthesizer, computer, and device operating together as a real-time composing and sound-producing system operative with a human performer, said apparatus comprising: means for automatically generating composition control data in said computer, which composition control data determine in real time the course of an ongoing musical composition such that aspects of the music are non-predeterminable; means for applying these composition control data to the synthesizer to affect the synthesizer's operations such that the synthesizer may generate sound in accordance with the composition control data applied to it; means for generating performance control data to the synthesizer from the performance device in response to control gestures of the performer with the device; and means for applying said performance control data to the synthesizer in conjunction with the composition control data that are automatically generated in the computer, such that the performer can influence the course of the ongoing musical composition by selecting his or her next performance gesture in response to the aspects of the generated music determined by the composition control data automatically generated by the computer.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
37 words
Interactive music generation apparatus performance according to claim 1, wherein said means for automatically generating composition control data controls pitch, harmony, rhythm, and balance between voices, and means for generating performance control data determines tempo and timbre.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
31 words
Interactive music generation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the means for automatically generating said composition control data in real time includes means for generating at least partially non-predeterminable musical information.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
47 words
Interactive music generation apparatus according to claim 1, further including means for automatically generating said performance control data in the absence of any performance gesture of the performer so that the composition is produced automatically even in the absence of a control gesture executed by a performer.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
49 words
Interactive music generation apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the means for automatically generating said performance control data in the absence of any performance gesture includes a means for generating at least partially non-predeterminable musical information for generating said performance control data in the absence of said performance gestures.
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| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1995-01-04 | 1995-07-06 | 1996-01-05 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1999-01-04 | 1999-07-06 | 2000-01-05 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |