The disclosure provides a wireless communication device, an electronic device, and a wireless communication method. A wireless communication device is connected to an electronic musical instrument and transmits and receives MIDI data input to and output from the electronic musical instrument to and from other wireless communication devices paired through wireless communication at a predetermined communication interval, the pair is formed with each of a plurality of the other wireless communication devices. The wireless communication device includes a communication interval setting part configured to set a communication interval of each pair to a different time interval; and a communication interval transmission part configured to transmit the communication intervals set by the communication interval setting part to the corresponding other wireless communication devices.

A sound processing component applied to a string instrument for providing multiple playing forms and a MIDI function. An acquisition module acquires vibration information of multiple strings and outputs analog signals, and a first amplification and filter module amplifies the analog signals and filters the analog signals. A first conversion module converts the analog signals into digital signals, and a processing module identifies playing information of the digital signals, converts the digital signals to MIDI data based on the playing information, converts the MIDI data to audio data, and add audio effects for the audio data. A second conversion module converts the audio data with the audio effects into analog audio signals, and a second amplification and filter module amplifies the analog audio signals, filters the analog audio signals, and transmit the filtered analog audio signals to a loudspeaker. The string instrument is also provided.

A stick device that includes a base and a tip end, and a tip secured to the tip end of the stick, the stick tip including a sensor. The stick including the base thereof, and includes at least one control button, a communication element, and a processor in communication with the at least one control button, the stick tip and the communication element. The processor is configured to receive a signal from the stick tip and to generate output to the communication element. The output so generated includes a signal that specifies a sound file selected by operation of the at least one control button.

A communication device for an electronic musical instrument includes a battery; an input terminal that is connected to a MIDI output terminal of the electronic musical instrument; an output terminal that is connected to a MIDI input terminal of the electronic musical instrument; a control unit that transmits and receives various kinds of electronic information between the electronic musical instrument and the other electronic instrument via the input terminal and the output terminal; and a switching unit that switches between taking in electric power to be supplied to the control unit through a MIDI signal line from the electronic musical instrument via the input terminal and taking in the electric power from the battery in accordance with a communication state of the control unit.

A method and apparatus for music generation may include steps of receiving any length of input; recognizing pitches and rhythm of the input; generating a first segment of a full music; generating segments other than the first segment to complete the full music; generating connecting notes, chords and beats of the segments of the full music and handling anacrusis; and generating instrument accompaniment for the full music, and comprise a music generating system to realize the steps of music generation.

A method for interfacing tones with a computer enables a music device to emulate the functions of a computer keyboard. The method includes receiving a digital signal representing one or more note events and identifying a group of concurrent notes from the one or more note events, wherein the one or more note events each have a pitch, a velocity and an initiation. In accordance with a pitch class of a base note of the group of notes and intervals computed between pitch classes of the notes of the group as ordered by the pitch of the note events, the group of notes are translated into a computer input signal representative of one or more keystrokes on a computer keyboard and the computer input signal is sent to a computer for output or further processing.

A wireless communication device and a wireless communication method are provided. When a master mode is set in a mode memory, a mode setting notification is transmitted to a different wireless communication device. When a mode setting permission notification for the mode setting notification is received from the different wireless communication device, the master mode is settled as a communication mode, and the master mode is set in the mode memory. When a slave mode is set in the mode memory and when a mode setting notification is received from the different wireless communication device, the slave mode is settled as the communication mode, the slave mode is set in the mode memory, and a mode setting permission notification is transmitted to the different wireless communication device. Thus, the communication mode can be automatically set in a pair of wireless communication devices.

A wireless communication device and a wireless communication method capable of curbing occurrence of latency even when performing wireless communication at predetermined time intervals are provided. MIDI data is transmitted and received by communication (B) performed through a wireless module during an intermission between communications (A) performed at predetermined time intervals through the wireless module. Accordingly, a communication speed for wireless communication is improved. Therefore, compared to a case in which wireless communication is performed by only the communication (A), MIDI data can be quickly transmitted and received, and thus occurrence of latency can be curbed.

A percussion device includes a drumstick assembly. The drumstick assembly includes a drumstick having a base and a tip end, and a drumstick tip secured to the tip end of the drumstick, the drumstick tip including a sensor. The drumstick including the base thereof, and includes at least one control button, a communication element, and a processor in communication with the at least one control button, the drumstick tip and the communication element. The processor is configured to receive a signal from the drumstick tip and to generate output to the communication element. The output so generated includes a signal that specifies a sound file selected by operation of the at least one control button.

A wireless headset configured to process music interface protocol (e.g., the Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) protocol) received wirelessly (e.g., via a Bluetooth™ connection or an Internet connection) by a source device is described herein. The wireless headset includes a first and second headset speaker and a wireless transceiver unit to receive a stream of data over a wireless connection. The wireless transceiver unit includes a sound processing logic unit that converts the stream of data to a stream of data associated with a music interface protocol outputs audio corresponding to the converted stream of data to the first and second headset speakers.