Abstract

The present invention relates to a removable electronic device for emulating at least one sound of a drum-type percussion instrument, said device being intended to instrumentalise a striking element. A defining means defines a striking area on a tangible support. An allocating means allocates a drum element associated with a predetermined sound to the striking area, in a database. At least one sensor generates a stroke signal having at least one piece of stroke information on a stroke of a user with the striking element in the striking area. A computer processing means implements a processing algorithm configured to process the stroke signal to spatially locate said stroke in order to detect the area struck and to determine the drum element corresponding to this area struck. A generating means is configured to generate a sound signal comprising information on the sound virtually generated by said stroke of the striking element in said area struck.

IPC Classes  ?

• G10H 1/00 - Details of electrophonic musical instruments
• G10H 3/14 - Instruments in which the tones are generated by electromechanical means using mechanical resonant generators, e.g. strings or percussion instruments, the tones of which are picked up by electromechanical transducers, the electrical signals being further manipulated or amplified and subsequently converted to sound by a loudspeaker or equivalent device using mechanically actuated vibrators with pick-up means
• G10H 5/00 - Instruments in which the tones are generated by means of electronic generators
• G10D 13/11 - PedalsPedal mechanisms

Abstract

The invention relates to a detachable and hybrid electronic emulation device (100) which is intended to be attached to a flat surface (SP) and allows an emulation of at least one sound of a drum-type percussion instrument by means of at least one striking element, in which said device (100) comprises a rigid support (10) forming a frame for tensioning a skin (20) having a striking surface (21) on the upper face (20a) thereof, with which the user interacts when striking with said at least one striking element, and in which said device (100) comprises at least one vibration sensor (31) positioned beneath the lower face (20b) of the skin (20) and designed to generate a striking computer signal containing at least one piece of information relating to the vibrations induced by the striking of said at least one striking element on the striking surface (21).

IPC Classes  ?

• G10H 3/14 - Instruments in which the tones are generated by electromechanical means using mechanical resonant generators, e.g. strings or percussion instruments, the tones of which are picked up by electromechanical transducers, the electrical signals being further manipulated or amplified and subsequently converted to sound by a loudspeaker or equivalent device using mechanically actuated vibrators with pick-up means

Goods & Services

Attachable wireless sensors that simulate and sense drum playing on any surface; Downloadable application software that interfaces with wireless sensors that simulate drum playing