The musical instrument includes: a pickup that acquires an electric sound signal corresponding to a sound performed on the musical instrument; effector circuitry that imparts an effect to the acquired electric sound signal; a vibrator that produces mechanical vibration corresponding to the effect-imparted sound signal; and a transmission device that transmits the mechanical vibration, produced by the vibrator, to the body of the musical instrument with a characteristic having a fundamental frequency region of the musical instrument suppressed. The electric sound signal corresponding to the performed sound is imparted with an effect, the vibrator is driven by the effect-imparted sound signal, and a mechanical vibration sound is generated from the body of the musical instrument. The thus-generated mechanical vibration sound is audibly generated from the body as a vibration sound additional to the performed sound, which allows a user to experience a performance feeling that has never existed before.

Systems and methods for providing a musical or voice or sound audio perception enhanced by means of tactile stimuli are described. A signal representative of the musical or voice or sound audio is received and tactile stimuli is simultaneously generated. The tactile stimuli (ST) is modulated on the based of the received signal to generate modulated tactile stimuli (STM). The modulated tactile stimuli are applied to a listener, together with a sound diffusion of the musical or voice or sound audio so that the listener can enjoy the musical or voice or sound audio by both auditory stimuli and tactile stimuli.

According to some aspects, an apparatus is provided for controlling the production of music, the apparatus comprising at least one processor, and at least one processor-readable storage medium comprising processor-executable instructions that, when executed, cause the at least one processor to receive data indicative of acceleration of a user device, detect that the acceleration of the user device has exceeded a predetermined threshold based at least in part on the received data, determine that no beat point has been triggered by the apparatus for at least a first period of time, and trigger a beat point in response to detecting that the acceleration of the user device has exceeded the predetermined threshold and determining that no beat point has been triggered for at least the first period of time.

According to some aspects, an apparatus is provided for controlling the production of music, the apparatus comprising at least one processor, and at least one processor-readable storage medium comprising processor-executable instructions that, when executed, cause the at least one processor to receive data indicative of acceleration of a user device, detect that the acceleration of the user device has exceeded a predetermined threshold based at least in part on the received data, determine that no beat point has been triggered by the apparatus for at least a first period of time, and trigger a beat point in response to detecting that the acceleration of the user device has exceeded the predetermined threshold and determining that no beat point has been triggered for at least the first period of time.

The present invention provides an acoustic apparatus which can be attached to the musical instrument without adding processing to reproduce. After the acoustic apparatus is detached, the user can enjoy playing the musical instrument itself same as before the acoustic apparatus is attached. An acoustic apparatus 1 has a vibration generator 2, a support body 3, a locking portion 4 and a drive circuit 5. The acoustic apparatus 1 is locked to a neck holder 301 of a stand 300, and a diaphragm 201 of the vibration generator 2 is arranged to face a sound hole 109 of a guitar 100. The drive circuit 5 drives the vibration generator 2 according to the inputted sound signal to resonate a sound box 103. Thus, rich sound can be reproduced.

Methods and systems are disclosed to facilitate creating the sensation of vibrotactile movement on the body of a user. Vibratory motors are used to generate a haptic language for music or other stimuli that is integrated into wearable technology. The disclosed system in certain embodiments enables the creation of a family of devices that allow people such as those with hearing impairments to experience sounds such as music or other input to the system. For example, a sound vest or other wearable array transforms musical input to haptic signals so that users can experience their favorite music in a unique way, and can also recognize auditory or other cues in the user's real or virtual reality environment and convey this information to the user using haptic signals.

Methods and systems are disclosed to facilitate creating the sensation of vibrotactile movement on the body of a user. Vibratory motors are used to generate a haptic language for music or other stimuli that is integrated into wearable technology. The disclosed system in certain embodiments enables the creation of a family of devices that allow people such as those with hearing impairments to experience sounds such as music or other input to the system. For example, a sound vest or other wearable array transforms musical input to haptic signals so that users can experience their favorite music in a unique way, and can also recognize auditory or other cues in the user's real or virtual reality environment and convey this information to the user using haptic signals.

A tempo trainer includes a plurality of lights displayed on a front display surface of a housing in the form of at least one of a line or a circle and including a center light. A beat can be set for an electronic metronome. An attack from a musical instrument can be compared with the beat using a phase comparator. The difference in phase between the beat and the attack can be determined by the phase comparator. The difference in phase (time-difference) between a beat of an electronic metronome and an attack of a musical instrument can be displayed by the plurality of lights. The plurality of lights can visually display the difference with at least one or a portion of the plurality of lights becoming lit either ahead of, at, or after a center light to indicate whether a musician operating the musical instrument is playing ahead of, at, or after the beat of the electronic metronone.

A tempo trainer includes a plurality of lights displayed on a front display surface of a housing in the form of at least one of a line or a circle and including a center light. A beat can be set for an electronic metronome. An attack from a musical instrument can be compared with the beat using a phase comparator. The difference in phase between the beat and the attack can be determined by the phase comparator. The difference in phase (time-difference) between a beat of an electronic metronome and an attack of a musical instrument can be displayed by the plurality of lights. The plurality of lights can visually display the difference with at least one or a portion of the plurality of lights becoming lit either ahead of, at, or after a center light to indicate whether a musician operating the musical instrument is playing ahead of, at, or after the beat of the electronic metronone.

A musical instrument, including: an acoustic portion configured to generate sounds in accordance with a vibration; a plurality of soundboard braces attached to a flat surface of the acoustic portion; a bracket supported by two of the plurality of soundboard braces; and an acoustic transducer supported by the bracket and configured to vibrate the acoustic portion based on an acoustic signal inputted thereto, wherein the bracket is disposed so as to bridge the two of the plurality of soundboard braces, and the acoustic transducer vibrates the acoustic portion at a position between the two of the plurality of soundboard braces.