The present invention comprises a device and process designed to accelerate the maturation of stringed musical instruments, composed of but not limited to a broad spectrum audio generator coupled with one or more fasteners via one or more armatures dimensioned to allow easy installation, secure attachment, and easy uninstallation from the stringed musical instrument.

A signal processing device includes: connecting terminals, each of which is connectable to respective ones of a plurality of other signal processing devices that are different from the subject signal processing device; an analog bus connected to the connecting terminals; an input terminal connected to the analog bus and that accepts an input of an audio signal; and an output terminal connected to the analog bus and that outputs an audio signal to a sound emitting device.

A method in accord with certain implementations involves, at a data interface of a musical instrument effects processor, receiving an extracted characteristic of an audible sound that is captured at a microphone; transferring the extracted characteristic to a digital signal processor residing in the musical instrument effects processor; receiving input signals at an input to the musical instrument effects processor; at the digital signal processor of the musical instrument effects processor, modifying the received input signals using the extracted characteristics to create the electronic audio effect; and outputting the modified input signals as an output signal from the musical instrument effects processor. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract.

A method for processing music audio data, including providing input audio data representing a first piece of music comprising a mixture of musical timbres. The method also includes decomposing the input audio data to generate at least first-timbre decomposed data representing a first timbre selected from the musical timbres of the first piece of music, and second-timbre decomposed data representing a second timbre selected from the musical timbres of the first piece of music. The method also includes applying a transport control to obtain transport controlled first-timbre decomposed data. The method also includes recombining audio data obtained from the transport controlled first-timbre decomposed data with audio data obtained from the second-timbre decomposed data to obtain recombined audio data.

In general, the present invention relates to a method and system for synthesizing artificial reverberation using modal analysis of a room or resonating object. In one embodiment of the inventive system, a collection of resonant filters is employed, each driven by the source signal, and their outputs summed. With filter resonance frequencies and dampings tuned to the modal frequencies and decay times of the acoustic space or resonating object being simulated, and filter gains set according to the source and listener positions within the space or object, any number of acoustic spaces and resonant objects may be simulated.

A platform for audio and electronic music applications where the electronics are implemented as modules, and the modules mount in a cabinet with a common power supply and infrastructure. The platform addresses problems in electrical, mechanical, usability, and power distribution areas, and is suitable for guitar effects, synthesizers, studio equipment, and DJ gear.

The present invention relates to an audio processing device and method, and an electro-acoustic converting device and method. The audio processing device comprises: a first receiving module, configured to receive a first audio signal; a second receiving module, configured to receive a second audio signal; an audio synthesizing module, configured to synthesize the first audio signal and the second audio signal to obtain a third audio signal; and an audio outputting module, configured to output the third audio signal. According to the present invention, when enjoying songs or music or learning languages by using an audio processing device or an audio playing device, a user is capable of hearing his or her own voice while singing or reading, which greatly improves the effects of self-entertainment and language learning.

An amplifier and a method of outputting a waveform of a music signal capable of outputting a waveform of a music signal exceeding a power supply voltage is provided. An amplifier includes a power supply, an input terminal for a music signal, an amplifying circuit which amplifies the music signal using the power supply, and a jumping-up circuit which is connected to an output end of the amplifying circuit and outputs a waveform exceeding a voltage value of the power supply.

The object of the present invention concerns a control device (100) for a generation module (GM) of sound effects (EF.sub.A, EF.sub.B) of a musical instrument (MI), such device comprising computer software configured for: —the capture, using a digital camera (10), of at least one digital image (I) comprising at least one portion of the user's (U) face; —processing of such at least one image (I) to define expression data (D_EX.sub.i, i being a positive integer) containing information relating to facial expressions (EX.sub.a, EX.sub.b) of the user (U); —an analysis of such expression data (D_EX.sub.i) using a predefined first database (DB1) to determine a sound effect data (D_EF.sub.j, j being a positive integer) containing information relating to at least one sound effect (EF.sub.A, EF.sub.B) corresponding to the facial expression (EX.sub.a, EX.sub.b) of the user (U).

A stringed musical instrument includes: a musical instrument body configured such that a string is attached thereto; a pickup configured to: i) detect vibration of the string and ii) output a string vibration signal according to the vibration; a detection sensor that is: i) attached to the musical instrument body and ii) configured to output a detection signal according to a force applied to the musical instrument body; and a controller that is attached to the musical instrument body, and is configured to output, based on the detection signal, a control signal configured to control an operation of an effector configured to impart an effect to the string vibration signal.